Stefan Golaszewski
Stefan Golaszewski is an English/Polish writer, performer and director. He is part of comedy sketch group Cowards and is the writer and creator of the BAFTA winning sitcom Him & Her.
Early life
Stefan Golaszewski comes from Poland, as does his family. His surname is pronounced Go -wah-shev-skee.[1]
Career
Golaszewski was the Cambridge Footlights President in 2002-03.
He wrote, performed in and co-directed a pilot for BBC Three called Things Talk. As a director, he won the if.comedy Best Newcomer Award with Tom Basden for Won't Say Anything in 2007 and again in 2009 with Jonny Sweet for Mostly About Arthur.
His one-man play Stefan Golaszewski Speaks about a Girl He Once Loved was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008. Directed by Phillip Breen, it picked up a host of five-star reviews. This was later performed with another play Stefan Golaszewski is a Widower at the Bush Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush, again to critical acclaim.[2] The two plays have since been published as The Stefan Golaszewski Plays by The Invisible Dot Ltd.
Golaszewski is a part of comedy sketch group Cowards, which also includes Tim Key, Tom Basden and Lloyd Woolf. They made a TV series for BBC Four and their second Radio 4 series came out in late 2008.[3]
His sitcom Him & Her, starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani, aired on BBC Three for four series during 2010-2014 and won the 2014 British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy.[4]
He has written a West End play, Sex with a Stranger, that was staged in early 2012 starring Tovey and Jaime Winstone.[5]
References
- ↑ "How to pronounce Golaszewski". HowToPronounce.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ Spencer, Charles (2009-12-04). "The Stefan Golaszewski Plays at Bush Theatre, review". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑
- ↑ 03:30 (2015-12-31). "BBC Three - Him & Her, Series 1". BBC. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ Tom Lamont. "Sex With a Stranger – review | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-15.