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The Children at Lyric Hammersmith: Meera Syal excellent in post-apocalyptic drama

4/5 Lucy Kirkwood’s play shows three people pitched together in a cottage after a nuclear power plant disaster

Evening Standard · Sep 14

The Children review – Meera Syal and co go nuclear in poignant drama

A catastrophic explosion forces retired nuclear engineers Syal and Declan Conlon to confront their past after a visit by Kerry Fox in this revival of Lucy Kirkwood’s debut

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13

The Human Body at Donmar Warehouse review: Keeley Hawes is luminous on her return to the stage

The leads are superb in this story about the early days of the NHS but the unfocused play is in need of some medical attention

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2024

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023

The week in TV: The Control Room; Maryland; Unvaccinated; Better Things

An emergency call handler is bombarded with improbable plot twists in the BBC’s new thriller; playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s fury sears on the small screen; and Covid vaccine sceptics get the needle

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

Maryland review – 25 minutes of female fury that speaks for us all

Lucy Kirkwood’s rage-filled, agonisingly truthful drama about two women attacked by the same man – and the woeful police response – perfectly captures generations of anger and pain

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022

Maryland review: An angry, galvanising call to action on women’s safety

Short and sharp, Lucy Kirkwood’s play-turned-film is one that everyone should watch

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Maryland on BBC Two review: Lucy Kirkwood’s film about sexual violence is horribly, depressingly necessary

The playwright has adapted her ‘howl’ of rage, written after the murder of Sabina Nessa, for the screen

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2022

TV tonight: Lucy Kirkwood’s blistering drama about sexual violence

Zawe Ashton and Hayley Squires star in a powerful short film about the treatment of rape victims. Plus: Frank Skinner on The South Bank Show. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022

The best theatre to stream this month: Dancing at Dusk, Maryland and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes international festivals, Gemma Arterton in The Duchess of Malfi and Christopher Plummer in The Tempest

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022