- Lucy Kirkwood
Lucy Kirkwood (born c. 1984) is a British playwright. She is writer in residence at Clean Break Theatre Company.
Kirkwood is from East London and has a degree in English Literature from the
University of Edinburgh .History
In 2005, she wrote and starred in her first play, "Grady Hot Potato", at the
Bedlam Theatre . It was also selected for theNational Student Drama Festival .The following year she took two productions of her second play, "Geronimo" to the Edinburgh Fringe, under the title "The Umbilical Project". The two plays, "Cut" and "Uncut", were an experiment in cutting the cord between writer and production. "Uncut" was directed by Lucy herself and "Cut" by a completely separate company under the direction of Matt Addicott. No contact was made between the two companies during the rehearsal period, prompting the tag line "Two casts, two crews, two directors, two venues, one new play... no communication". [cite news| last =Smith | first =Rebecca | coauthors =| title =The Umbilical Project: Cut & Uncut Reviews| work =| pages =| language =| publisher =The Edinburgh Guide| date =
2007-08-07 | url =http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2006/fringe/review_theatre.php?page=u| accessdate =2008-05-23]Her third play "Guns or Butter", about soldiers being overcome by the horror of war, was written for the
Terror 2007 Festival at theUnion Theatre ,London . [cite news| last =Smith | first =Alistair | coauthors =| title =Terror 2007| work =| pages =| language =| publisher =The Stage| date =2007-10-22 | url =http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/18590/terror-2007| accessdate =2008-05-23]"Tinderbox", a dark comedy set in a fictional 21st Century
England , premiered at theBush Theatre in in 2008. It starredJamie Foreman andSheridan Smith . [cite news| last =| first =| coauthors =| title =Tinderbox| work =| pages =| language =| publisher =The Bush Theatre| date =2008-04-23 | url =http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/productions/tinderbox.html#reviews| accessdate =2008-05-23] In the same year she also contributed to the Bush's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover".Her version of Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler", entitled "Hedda", premiered at London's Gate Theatre this year to generally favourable reviews. She is currently under commission from the Bush Theatre to write a horror piece.
She is currently developing a TV series with Kudos Film & Television and writes for the
Company Pictures TV series "Skins". [cite news| last =Kenyon| first =Mel| coauthors =| title =CV| work =| pages =| language =| publisher =Casarotto Ramsay and Associates| date =| url =http://www.casarotto.co.uk/system/media/client/cv/1852/Lucy_Kirkwood.pdf| accessdate =2008-05-23]External links
*imdb name|id=2990098|name=Lucy Kirkwood
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