Lindsay Rodden is a British playwright and dramaturg. Rodden was born in

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

and grew up in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

and in

Buncrana Buncrana ( ; ) is a town in Inishowen in the north of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern Provinces of Ireland, province in Ireland. The town sits on the eastern shores of Lough Swilly, being northwest of Derry and north of Letterkenny. I ...

, County Donegal, Ireland. She was writer-in-residence at

Northumbria University Northumbria University (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a Public research university, public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, North East of England. It has been a university since 199 ...

and

Live Theatre Live Theatre, formerly Live Theatre Company, is a new writing theatre and company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. As well as producing and presenting new plays many of which go on to tour nationally and internationally, it seeks out an ...

in 2017. She has written two plays for

Mikron Theatre Company The Mikron Theatre Company is an English touring theatre company, founded in 1972, which is notable for its tours by canal boat during the summer months, and by road in the spring and autumn. The company believes itself to be the only theatre ...

: ''Red Sky at Night'', about weather forecasting, toured in 2022 and ''Jennie Lee'', about the politician Jennie Lee, in 2024. 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. 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.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century British dramatists and playwrights Academics of Northumbria University British women dramatists and playwrights Dramatists and playwrights from Liverpool People from Buncrana Writers from Edinburgh {{UK-playwright-stub