Lindsay Rodden

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

1. "Who we are". Almanac Arts. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
2. "Introducing Writer in Residence – Lindsay Rodden". Live Theatre's blog. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
3. "Northumbria University". Live Theatre. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
4. "Red Sky at Night". Mikron. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
5. Pattison, Julia (23 May 2022). "Mikron's Red Sky at Night at the Wetherby Whaler, Guiseley". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
6. "Jennie Lee". Mikron. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
7. 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.
8. "A Curious Monkey, Northern Stage and Newcastle University co-production:HERE by Lindsay Rodden". Northern Arts Review. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
9. "Mikron Announce New Play - Jennie Lee". Theatre Weekly. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
10. "The Odyssey: Episode 4 - The Island of the Sun". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. National Theatre. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
11. "Epic adventures: Staging The Odyssey for National Theatre Public Acts, Sunderland Culture & Sunderland Empire". Unfolding Theatre. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
12. "Theatre review: The Odyssey – The Island of The Sun at The Fire Station, Sunderland". British Theatre Guide. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.