It Felt Empty When the Heart Went at First But It Is Alright Now

Lucy Kirkwood's first play Tinderbox premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2008. In the same year she provided material for the Bush's 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover and Hedda, a reworking of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, for the Gate Theatre. She is currently writer in residence for Clean Break and a new play, The Shoreditch Spinsters, directed by Matthew Warchus is planned to open in the West End next year.