Lindsay Rodden

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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 'sThe Odyssey, performed in Sunderland in April 2023 as part of a multi-venue project. [10] [11] [12]

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References

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  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.
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