Lindsay Rodden Explained

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 The Odyssey, performed in Sunderland in April 2023 as part of a multi-venue project.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Who we are . Almanac Arts . 29 March 2024 . en . 15 September 2017.
2. Web site: Introducing Writer in Residence – Lindsay Rodden . Live Theatre's blog . 29 March 2024 . en . 21 February 2017.
3. Web site: Northumbria University . Live Theatre . 29 March 2024 . en .
4. Web site: Red Sky at Night . Mikron . 28 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705163143/https://mikron.org.uk/shows/red-sky-at-night . 5 July 2022.
5. News: Pattison . Julia . Mikron's Red Sky at Night at the Wetherby Whaler, Guiseley . 28 March 2024 . Yorkshire Post . 23 May 2022.
6. Web site: Jennie Lee . Mikron . 28 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240328211701/https://mikron.org.uk/shows/jennie-lee/ . 28 March 2024 .
7. News: Thorpe . Vanessa . 'I could have written three plays about her': Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage . 28 March 2024 . The Observer . 10 March 2024.
8. News: A Curious Monkey, Northern Stage and Newcastle University co-production:HERE by Lindsay Rodden . 28 March 2024 . Northern Arts Review . 9 February 2022.
9. Web site: Mikron Announce New Play - Jennie Lee . Theatre Weekly . 29 March 2024 . 6 March 2024.
10. Web site: The Odyssey: Episode 4 - The Island of the Sun . www.nationaltheatre.org.uk . National Theatre . 29 March 2024.
11. Web site: Epic adventures: Staging The Odyssey for National Theatre Public Acts, Sunderland Culture & Sunderland Empire . Unfolding Theatre . 29 March 2024 . 28 April 2023.
12. Web site: Theatre review: The Odyssey – The Island of The Sun at The Fire Station, Sunderland . British Theatre Guide . 29 March 2024 . 28 April 2023.