Lucy Kirkwood
Rage, fury and noise – the new wave of feminist theatre is more vital than ever | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Plays such as Maryland, written in the wake of the killings of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, are rallying points for protest, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
25, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
The week in theatre: Maryland; The Tragedy of Macbeth; White Noise
Lucy Kirkwood’s raw response to the murders of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard captures a moment of terrible rage
Susannah Clapp
17, Oct, 2021 @9:30 AM
‘This had to happen now’: Lucy Kirkwood on Maryland, her 30-minute ‘howl’ of a play
Galvanised by the killings of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard, the playwright tells how she penned the eviscerating drama in just two days
Arifa Akbar
10, Oct, 2021 @11:48 AM
TV tonight: Adult Material explores the ins and outs of the pornography industry
Lucy Kirkwood’s latest drama focuses on the world of adult film. Plus: Prince William tries to save the planet. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Ali Catterall, Jack Seale, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett
05, Oct, 2020 @5:20 AM
At the National, the past really is a foreign place
Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin isn’t quite speaking everyone’s language
Richard Brooks
09, Feb, 2020 @9:00 AM
The week in theatre: The Welkin; Krapp’s Last Tape/ Eh Joe/ The Old Tune; The Sunset Limited – review
A pregnant question hangs over Lucy Kirkwood’s elegant new courthouse drama, while a superlative Beckett triple bill could teach Cormac McCarthy a thing or two
Kate Kellaway
26, Jan, 2020 @10:30 AM
The Welkin review – Maxine Peake leads Lucy Kirkwood's jury of matrons
Twelve bickering, bantering women must determine an accused murderer’s pregnancy claim in this admirable drama
Arifa Akbar
23, Jan, 2020 @12:04 PM
On my radar: Lucy Kirkwood’s cultural highlights
The award-winning playwright on deconstructing the Wu-Tang Clan, her love of Alasdair Gray and the genius of Jürgen Klopp
Lucy Kirkwood
12, Jan, 2020 @10:00 AM
The 50 best theatre shows of the 21st century
A hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000
Michael Billington, Alexis Soloski, Catherine Love, Mark Fisher and Chris Wiegand
17, Sep, 2019 @2:43 PM
The Children review – a toxic past refuses to remain buried
Domestic-seeming drama with the underpinning of a Greek tragedy
Clare Brennan
28, Jul, 2019 @7:00 AM
Play that charted the rise of China updated for Trump era as Chimerica comes to TV
Lucy Kirkwood tells how she added press freedom and fake news when updating her 2013 drama for Channel 4
Sarah Hughes
07, Apr, 2019 @7:30 AM
The Children review – Lucy Kirkwood's taut tale of human and atomic meltdown
Three nuclear physicists are reunited in this engrossing drama about ageing, marriage and sexual rivalry, directed by Oonagh Murphy
Helen Meany
08, Mar, 2019 @12:22 PM
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