In a series of 50 scenes – some of which may feel connected, others not – Alice Birch‘s [BLANK] explores what life is like when adults feel absent from it.
Alice has been nominated for two 2018 BAFTA awards for her film Lady Macbeth and her recent play Anatomy of a Suicide was met with high acclaim at the Royal Court.
Wed 2 May | 8pm | PQA Performing Arts Sutton
Alice is a writer for film, TV and theatre. Awards for her film Lady Macbeth include: Nominated Outstanding Debut & Best British Feature BAFTA 2018, Nominated Best International Film Spirit Awards 2018, Winner 5 British Independent Film Awards 2017 including Best Screenplay, Winner Discovery Award European Film Awards 2017, Winner International Critic’s Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) at San Sebastian International Film Festival 2016, Winner Critic’s Choice Award for Best First Feature at Zurich Film Festival 2016, Winner Best Screenplay at Turin Film Festival).
Other Awards include: George Devine Award (Revolt. She said. Revolt again); Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting. Alice has been a finalist in the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2018, 2015 and 2012. In 2016, Alice was selected as one of the Creative England 50, a shortlist of individuals and companies judged to be the country’s most inventive, innovative and creative minds. In 2015 Alice was nominated for Friedrich Luft Prize.
Alice is currently under commission to Paines Plough, the National Theatre, the Royal Court, The Almeida and Clean Break. She is writing a TV adaptation of Love & Capital for James Schamus & Potboiler and an original pilot for HBO. Her second feature will be an adaptation of the Graham Swift novel Mothering Sunday for Number 9 Films and Film 4.
