represent. production 2021
Photography - Hannah Ellison, Graphic Design - Aaron Douglas
THE GUARDIAN
’Lynn’s script is quick and funny … full of genuine connections between characters,
and the hope that comes with change.’
- Kate Wyver
THE STAGE
’Her final monologue tears down the audience’s assumptions about her,
and the marginalised characters she stands for.’
- Sian Bayley
THE ARTS DESK
’albatross offers a panoramic look at the power dynamics coursing through everyday conversations among strangers and intimates alike … Stylistically, Lynn’s drama carries traces from the works of Caryl Churchill and Alice Birch, but ultimately manages to tilt these influences towards a duly original take on issues both personal and social. One-sided dialogue, delayed revelations, and shifting relationships make for a rich fabric stamped by class divisions and power differentials.’
- Mert Dilek
THE REVIEWS HUB
’This clever play full of interweaving characters and stories is an amalgamation of decisions and choices, some of which have impacts that last forever. Writer Isley Lynn does an incredible job ensuring that the audience remains gripped to this group of interconnecting stories. Each character is so likeable
and their background so intriguing’
- Christine Stanton
LONDONTHEATRE1
’These are gritty stories about the kinds of people who aren’t often seen on theatre stages … This engaging and thoughtful production suggests that there is no need to try to forget or erase the past, but rather it can be used to help shape a better future.’
- Chris Omaweng
LOUREVIEWS
’complex and clever … Lynn’s writing is multilayered and perceptive’
Louise Penn
PLAYS TO SEE
’the writing itself is superb’
Emma Burnell
Photography - Hannah Ellison, Graphic Design - Aaron Douglas
RWCMD / Paines Plough production 2018
Photos by Kirsten McTernan
THE PLAY’S THE THING
‘There aren’t many writers who conjure stories the way Isley Lynn can. Her innate instinct for achingly human characters in situations rarely – if ever – seen on stage sets her well apart from most young playwrights. ... The collage of her unique stories are here pared down to moments where well intentioned, liberal people make all sorts of infuriating assumptions about those less fortunate. ... ‘Instead of the cross, the Albatross about my neck was hung.’ We all have our burdens, and us liberal, middle class, cultural elite are quick to try to rescue those that don’t need or want to be saved. Lynn’s characters draw attention to this often ignored albatross that many of us wear, knowingly or not'
- Laura Kressly