Caryl Churchill

Cancellation of award for playwright Caryl Churchill condemned
Leading figures in British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rights
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent
17, Nov, 2022 @12:05 PM

Antisemitism claims at the Royal Court theatre | Letters
Letters: Caryl Churchill and Dominic Cooke defend the play Seven Jewish Children, and John Pelling recalls plays by Arnold Wesker and Bernard Kops
Letters
22, Sep, 2022 @5:06 PM

The week in theatre: A Number; The Glow – review
Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu illuminate Caryl Churchill’s great cloning play, while a fine cast lift Alistair McDowall’s wordy new dystopia
Susannah Clapp
06, Feb, 2022 @10:30 AM

A Number review – Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu scintillate as father and sons
The powerhouse duo’s effortless chemistry and emotional realism brings Caryl Churchill’s cloning tragedy blazing into new life
Arifa Akbar
02, Feb, 2022 @1:06 PM

Lennie James: ‘I wasn’t willing to let somebody else decide what my ambition should be’
The Walking Dead and Save Me actor and writer on his return to theatre, why he left to work in the US, and what his mum would think of his career choice
Arifa Akbar
20, Jan, 2022 @2:00 PM

The week in theatre: Hamlet; The Mirror and the Light; What If If Only
Cush Jumbo is a perfect prince, Ben Miles bows out as Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell, while Caryl Churchill gets to the heart of love and loss in under 20 minutes
Susannah Clapp
10, Oct, 2021 @9:30 AM

What If If Only review – short and sharp, with shades of Scrooge
Caryl Churchill explores grief and loss with a study of a man facing different possible futures
Mark Lawson
01, Oct, 2021 @8:27 PM

Bad Nights and Odd Days review – prescient and daring Caryl Churchill
A respiratory crisis in a world tensed by terrorism is among topical themes in this compelling showcase of the playwright’s shorter, earlier works
Mark Lawson
27, Jun, 2021 @11:01 PM

Forgotten plays: No 5 – Owners (1972) by Caryl Churchill
The writer unleashed her gift for black comedy to excoriate British attitudes to property and possessions in this sprightly drama
Michael Billington
28, Jun, 2020 @11:01 PM

Six of the best plays about confinement | Michael Billington
Dramatists have long focused on the agonies and irritations of self-imposed or enforced isolation
Michael Billington
03, Apr, 2020 @5:00 AM

The week in theatre: A Number; The Visit; Alone in Berlin – review
Cloned siblings cast fleeting shadows in a vivid Caryl Churchill revival, while Lesley Manville dazzles in an unwieldy revenge drama
Susannah Clapp
23, Feb, 2020 @10:30 AM

A Number review – Caryl Churchill's clone fable counts cost of progress
Roger Allam plays a father with multiple versions of the same son in a drama that feels like an early noughties Black Mirror
Arifa Akbar
19, Feb, 2020 @10:00 PM
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