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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm | |
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| Born | 1980 Westminster, London, England |
| Alma mater | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Genre | Christopher Malcolm, Judy Lloyd |
| Notable awards | Olivier Award |
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm is an Olivier-winning British playwright and screenwriter.
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm was born in Westminster, London, and grew up in London. She is the daughter of actor and producer Christopher Malcolm and actress Judy Lloyd. She attended Goldsmiths, University of London. [1]
Malcolm's first play, Fanny and Madge, was produced on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2002 [2] and then transferred to the Old Red Lion in Islington for a three-week run.
Her early career included work with the Bush Theatre (50 Ways to Leave Your Lover at Christmas and Suddenlossofdignity.com, both of which saw five commissioned playwrights creating short pieces and sketches), the Old Vic (as part of Old Vic New Voices), and Hampstead Theatre (an extract from her play Eveline’s Circle was performed at Hampstead Theatre's Start Night). She was a member of The Apathists and was also part of comedy troupe Trippplicate, writing and performing shows at Edinburgh. In 2009, the Lyric Hammersmith commissioned her to write their Christmas pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk. Malcolm went on to write the Lyric Hammersmith's Christmas pantomine for the next several years. In 2020, she received a six-week attachment to the National Theatre Studio, and was commisioned by the Old Vic to co-write a community production. [3]
Her first major stage production, in 2011, was Belongings which debuted at Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the Trafalgar Studios. Other stage play productions include The Wasp (Hampstead Theatre / West End), Emilia (Shakespeare's Globe / West End), Mum (Plymouth Theatre Royal / Soho Theatre) When The Long Trick's Over (HighTide / UK tour), and Typical Girls (Clean Break). [4]
In 2023, she wrote the book for Cake, a musical celebrating the life of Marie Antoinette. Cake debuted at the Turbine Theatre before transferring to the West End. [5]
Her first screen job was writing for the BBC3 pilot Killing Time, a series set in a women's prison. In 2023, she co-wrote the Netflix erotic thriller series Obsession. A screen adaptation of her stage play The Wasp is currently in post-production, directed by Guillem Morales and starring Natalie Dormer and Naomie Harris. [6] Malcolm is currently adapting Emilia for the screen. [7]
In 2023, she was one of twelve screenwriters chosen for the BBC's Spotlight Scheme. [8]
Malcolm co-founded and co-runs the female-led horror-themed theatre company Terrifying Women, alongside playwrights Abi Zakarian and Sampira. [9]
Her plays are published by Methuen and by Nick Hern Books.
In 2020, Malcolm won her first Olivier Award, for Emilia (Best Entertainment or Comedy Play), the play also won Best Costume Design and Best Sound Design. [10]
She has previously won a Fringe First Award, a Total Theatre Award for Innovation and Experimentation, and a Smiffie Award for Best Comedy, all for various Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows, also being nominated for the Edinburgh Writing Awards for Best Comedy.[ citation needed ]
In 2011, she was longlisted for the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award (in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards) for Belongings.[ citation needed ]
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