Lucy Kirkwood is under commission to the National Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club. In 2008, Lucy’s play Tinderbox was produced by the Bush Theatre, and Hedda, her adaptation of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, was produced by the Gate Theatre. Lucy’s play for Clean Break, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2009, won the John Whiting Award in 2010, and was nominated for the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. In 2010, her play Bloody Wimmin was performed at the Tricycle Theatre, London, as part of their ‘Women, Power and Politics’ season. Small Hours (co-written with Ed Hime) was performed at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in 2011, directed by Katie Mitchell and her adaptations of Beauty and the Beast (2011) and Hansel and Gretel (2012) were both performed at the National Theatre, also directed by Katie Mitchell. Lucy is currently developing an original television series for Kudos and a screenplay for Film4/Ruby Films.

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A Nick Hern Book

NSFW first published in Great Britain as a paperback original in 2012 by Nick Hern Books Limited, The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QP, in association with the Royal Court Theatre, London

This ebook edition first published in 2012

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