Featured Playwright
Lucy Campbell
About Me: I am a theatre maker/writer from Leeds. I write plays through a devising, improvisation process with actors and on my own. My work tells stories about outliers and outsiders, about the need to fit in and the longing to be oneself. Most recently I had my show Ripe on at Leeds Playhouse BRV. Previous to this I have written in the room with theatre company Dark Horse on a show You Have Been Watching which had a regional tour. I am now trying to write a play about a tribute actor in room on my own.
Featured Play
Watchdog
Two young women, Lexie and Sam, break into a synagogue late at night to confront Hanna, who is spending the night watching over a member of the synagogue who has passed away. In Judaism, a body cannot be left alone between death and burial, and to watch over someone in this way is considered the best mitzvah (good deed) that one Jewish person can do for another. After ten years of searching for the person who killed their sister in a hit-and-run, Lexie and Sam believe that Hanna is the person they have been looking for. With Sam hiding in the closet with a camera and Lexie posing as a homeless person seeking shelter, the two attempt to get Hanna’s recorded confession. This play explores notions of forgiveness and redemption, and asks what happens when someone is confronted with a person they believe to be beyond forgiveness.
Playwright: Kayla Feldman