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Mosquitoes
Lucy Kirkwood
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Description for Mosquitoes
Paperback. Olivia Colman heads up the cast in Lucy Kirkwood's debut drama for the National Theatre, London, where it received its world premiere in 2017. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A play about families and particle physics.
Alice is a scientist. She lives in Geneva. As the Large Hadron Collider starts up in 2008, she is embarking on the most exciting work of her life, searching for the Higgs Boson particle.
Jenny is her sister. She lives in Luton. She spends a lot of time Googling.
When tragedy throws them together, the collision threatens them all with chaos.
Lucy Kirkwood's play Mosquitoes premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2017, in a production featuring Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams, and directed by Rufus Norris.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848425828
SKU
V9781848425828
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About Lucy Kirkwood
Lucy Kirkwood is a British playwright and screenwriter whose plays include: The Human Body (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2024); Rapture (promoted as That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court Theatre, London, 2022); The Welkin (National Theatre, London 2020); Mosquitoes (National Theatre, 2017); The Children (Royal Court Theatre, 2016); Chimerica (Almeida Theatre & West End, 2013; winner of the 2014 Olivier ... Read more
Reviews for Mosquitoes
'Fascinating… Lucy Kirkwood is a dramatist of dauntless ambition'
Guardian
'This is the kind of play that makes me want to punch the air in celebration - it exudes as much energy as the protons pinging around the Large Hadron Collider… Lucy Kirkwood's real triumph here is to combine the thoughtful enquiry and large themes that marked her ... Read more
Guardian
'This is the kind of play that makes me want to punch the air in celebration - it exudes as much energy as the protons pinging around the Large Hadron Collider… Lucy Kirkwood's real triumph here is to combine the thoughtful enquiry and large themes that marked her ... Read more