'I want the world to change shape.'
'I'm not sure theatre can do that.'
'Well then where am I meant to take that impulse because I'm very serious about the endeavour?'

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

The Writer premiered in 2018 at the Almeida Theatre, London, in a production directed by Blanche McIntyre.

The Writer was a finalist for the 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

'A playwright who grabs the zeitgeist' Independent

About the Author

Ella Hickson's previous plays include Oil at the Almeida, Wendy & Peter Pan for the RSC, Boys, Precious Little Talent and Eight.

Reviews

'Wow. Here's a drama that channels all the righteous anger of the moment, the pent-up fury that women have found themselves at last allowed to express... [Ella Hickson] hits the jackpot once more with this coruscating examination of power structures both artistic and personal and how received ideas shaped by an inescapably patriarchal society infuse the two realms'

* Evening Standard *

'An eloquent, intellectually agile, vividly written and frequently furious play...
a compelling theatrical experience'

* The Stage *

'Electrifying... very punk rock, a thrillingly uninhibited rally against the establishment'

* Time Out *

'Hickson strikes a nerve with her story of toxic masculinity and egocentrism... this momentous new play is a voice that needs to be heard'

* Broadway World *

'Funny, raw, unflaggingly inventive... a sophisticated play for the MeToo generation'

* Telegraph *

'It's sharp, savage stuff... it never for a second is anything less than engrossing and serious, raising issues that need to be raised... Hickson's writing can take the breath away'

* WhatsOnStage *

'A bold and vivid explosion of anger'

* Radio Times *

'This poetically messy, brilliantly clever piece of work has an epic beauty... fractures, stumbles over and twists literary and societal structures like a modern-day Orlando... Hickson's a genius'

* Exeunt Magazine *

'Riveting... Playful and impassioned... Above all, the play is asking a big question: do we need new theatrical forms to reflect a society in the midst of a sexual revolution? Hickson's approach is witty, clever and keeps the ground shifting under one's feet'

* Guardian *



Book Information
ISBN 9781848427549
Author Ella Hickson
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books