tinderbox
Lucy Kirkwood (another Edinburgh alumna) has a new play at the Bush Theatre in London starting later this month:
TINDERBOX a revenge comedy
by Lucy Kirkwood
23 April – 24 MaySometime in the 21st Century, England is dissolving into the sea. Amidst the chaos, one man clings to his traditional British values and his love of meat. For Londoner Saul Everard, his butchers shop is an empire that he will do anything to preserve, including moving it to Bradford.
An outlaw Scottish artist swims Hadrian’s channel and seeks refuge in Saul’s shop. There’s rioting on the streets and the police are onto him but Saul’s meaty little empire may be the last place to seek sanctuary…
Fast, wild and farcically funny Lucy Kirkwood’s first full-length play plunges you into a disturbing vision of a dystopian future.
I saw quite a bit of Lucy’s early writing as a student and got to know her through the theatre/comedy circuit, and there’s a reason she got snapped up by an agent as soon as she graduated: she’s very, very good. I’m going to try my best to get down south to see it: if you’re in London, you’ve no excuse not to.