Lucy Kirkwood
Lucy Kirkwood is an acclaimed playwright and screenwriter. In 2009, Lucy’s play IT FELT EMPTY WHEN THE HEART WENT AT FIRST BUT IT IS ALRIGHT NOW was produced by Clean Break Theatre Co. at the Arcola Theatre. The play was nominated for an Evening Standard Award for Best Newcomer and made Lucy joint winner of the John Whiting Award 2010. NSFW premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2012. CHIMERICA, premiered at the Almeida Theatre in 2013 and subsequently transferred to the West End, earning the Best New Play at the 2014 Olivier and Evening Standard Awards, as well as the Critics Circle Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. Recent work includes MOSQUITOES, presented by special arrangement with Manhattan Theatre Club, which opened at the National Theatre in summer 2017, and THE CHILDREN, which premiered at the Royal Court, London, in 2016, opened on Broadway in December 2017 and was nominated for a Tony in the category of Best New Play. Lucy also writes for screen: she has written for SKINS (Company Pictures), created and wrote THE SMOKE (Kudos / Sky 1), and is developing projects with Cowboy Films and Lenny Abrahamson. Her adaptation of CHIMERICA aired on Channel 4 in April 2019 and her mini-series ADULT MATERIAL aired in October 2020 and was nominated for five BAFTAS. Her play THE WELKIN opened at the National in January 2020. Her plays Maryland and This Is Not Who I Am both premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2021 and 2023 respectively. Also in 2023, her adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches opened at The National Theatre, and her latest play The Human Body premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in 2024.