Lindsay Rodden is a British playwright and dramaturg.
Rodden was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Liverpool and in Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland.[1]
She was writer-in-residence at Northumbria University and Live Theatre in 2017.[2][3]
She has written two plays for Mikron Theatre Company: Red Sky at Night, about weather forecasting, toured in 2022[4][5] and Jennie Lee, about the politician Jennie Lee, in 2024.[6][7] Her play HERE, about refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers, was written for Curious Monkey and was informed by Rodden working with 80 immigrants to Derby and North East England.[8][9]
She wrote The Island of the Sun, part 4 of the National Theatre's The Odyssey, performed in Sunderland in April 2023 as part of a multi-venue project.[10][11][12]
References
edit- ^ "Who we are". Almanac Arts. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Introducing Writer in Residence – Lindsay Rodden". Live Theatre's blog. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Northumbria University". Live Theatre. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Red Sky at Night". Mikron. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Pattison, Julia (23 May 2022). "Mikron's Red Sky at Night at the Wetherby Whaler, Guiseley". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Jennie Lee". Mikron. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (10 March 2024). "'I could have written three plays about her': Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage". The Observer. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "A Curious Monkey, Northern Stage and Newcastle University co-production:HERE by Lindsay Rodden". Northern Arts Review. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Mikron Announce New Play - Jennie Lee". Theatre Weekly. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "The Odyssey: Episode 4 - The Island of the Sun". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. National Theatre. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Epic adventures: Staging The Odyssey for National Theatre Public Acts, Sunderland Culture & Sunderland Empire". Unfolding Theatre. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Theatre review: The Odyssey – The Island of The Sun at The Fire Station, Sunderland". British Theatre Guide. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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