Alice Birch
Playwright, Anatomy of a Suicide
Alice Birch is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose recent plays include:
- [BLANK] (Donmar Warehouse / Clean Break)
- Orlando (Schaubühne, Berlin)
- Anatomy of a Suicide (Royal Court Theatre, Seymour Centre 2022)
Alice wrote on the TV adaptation of Normal People, alongside Sally Rooney and Mark O’Rowe, for which she and Sally were nominated for an Emmy. She also wrote on the TV adaptation of Conversations with Friends.
She worked as story editor on Season 2 of Succession for HBO, and is currently the lead writer and an executive producer on Dead Ringers for Annapurna and Amazon starring Rachel Weisz.
Her first feature was Lady Macbeth, which won five British Independent Film Awards in 2017, including Best Screenplay. Her second feature was an adaptation of the Graham Swift novel, Mothering Sunday, for Number 9 Films and Film 4.
Other awards include:
- Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2018
- George Devine Award (for Revolt. She said. Revolt again)
- Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting
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Alice Birch is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose recent plays include:
- [BLANK] (Donmar Warehouse / Clean Break)
- Orlando (Schaubühne, Berlin)
- Anatomy of a Suicide (Royal Court Theatre, Seymour Centre 2022)
Alice wrote on the TV adaptation of Normal People, alongside Sally Rooney and Mark O’Rowe, for which she and Sally were nominated for an Emmy. She also wrote on the TV adaptation of Conversations with Friends.
She worked as story editor on Season 2 of Succession for HBO, and is currently the lead writer and an executive producer on Dead Ringers for Annapurna and Amazon starring Rachel Weisz.
Her first feature was Lady Macbeth, which won five British Independent Film Awards in 2017, including Best Screenplay. Her second feature was an adaptation of the Graham Swift novel, Mothering Sunday, for Number 9 Films and Film 4.
Other awards include:
- Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2018
- George Devine Award (for Revolt. She said. Revolt again)
- Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting
For the latest event written by Alice Birch, and other events happening at Seymour Centre, check the links below.
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