I had a blast talking with the hilarious comedian Raanan Hershberg on his podcast.
Year in review
2022 saw my first world premiere play since 2017, The Narcissist at Chichester Festival Theatre. Postponed from the 2020 season and co-produced with Fictionhouse, the play was also published by Methuen in tandem with its opening in the late summer. Prior and subsequent to the production, I worked on new projects and ideas for theatre, film, and TV, and continued to teach at the New School — interrupted by our part-time faculty union’s strike in mid-November.
12/11 update: our union reached an agreement with The New School and we have ended our strike.
Harry Lloyd
Drama Book Shop display
I was asked to curate a selection of plays I admire for the Drama Book Shop in partnership with the Dramatists Guild. My display should be up for the next two months or so.
The Narcissist published
Methuen has published The Narcissist, available on Kindle now and in paperback soon.
The Narcissist opens
The Narcissist has opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and runs through September 24.
Caroline Gruber, Akshay Khanna, Jenny Walser, Stuart Thompson, Simon Lennon, Paksie Vernon, Claire Skinner, and Harry Lloyd. Photo by Johan Persson
The Narcissist rehearsal photos
A first look at The Narcissist at Chichester Festival Theatre can be found here.
Stuart Thompson, Harry Lloyd, Akshay Khanna, and Claire Skinner. Photo by Johan Persson
Harry Lloyd in The Narcissist
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of The Narcissist at Chichester Festival Theatre. Joining Harry Lloyd are Claire Skinner, Caroline Gruber, Akshay Khanna, Simon Lennon, Stuart Thompson, Paksie Vernon and Jenny Walser.
Harry Lloyd
Against at Rose Bruford College
Against is being performed at Rose Bruford in a production directed by Hanna Berrigan.
Liam Watson, Ethan Reid, and Abdul Malik-Janneh
Against at LAMDA
Against will be performed this April at LAMDA.
Kira Guess and Elijah Cook
Checking in with East Forest
For the third time in the last few years, I chatted with East Forest. We talk about how I’ve experienced the pandemic and its impact on how I think of myself as an artist.
The Narcissist at Chichester
After a two-year pandemic delay, The Narcissist gets its world premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer, directed by Josh Seymour.
Against at ALRA
Against is being performed in person at ALRA this March.
Year in review
For the first half of 2021, I focused on my research at the Cullman Center (below, see the plaque outside the office I occupied, to which my name was added at the end of my fellowship term). In the second half of the year, I focused on various writing projects. 2022 looks to be a busy year, God willing — watch this space!
Against at Guildford School of Acting
Against is being performed in person at Guildford School of Acting this December.
Against at Manchester School of Theatre
My play Against will be performed in person at Manchester School of Theater this November and streamed in January.
Against at RADA
My play Against was performed by students at RADA recently. The production was filmed and edited, and is available to industry professionals May 17-21. It was directed by Psyche Stott and designed by Simon Kenny.
Adam Woolley and Tom Mackean. Photographer: Linda Carter
Year in review
It was a quiet year for me as the pandemic brought theatre to a halt. Still, there were a few bright spots: Methuen published Now or Later in their Modern Classics series, featuring an insightful introduction by Dominic Cooke. I began a fellowship at the Cullman Center, giving me an extraordinary opportunity to further my work on disability and culture. And just before the election, The Guardian ran an excerpt of The Narcissist, which I hope will not be the last word for the play. While next year remains a mystery in many ways, I am hopeful that at the least there will be more to report than there is this year.
my office at the Cullman Center
The Narcissist in The Guardian
As part of their Future Plays series, The Guardian has run an excerpt from my play The Narcissist, with a short introduction by me.
East Forest redux
I had another wonderful chat with Trevor Oswalt on Ten Laws with East Forest, a year or so after our last chat. We talk about the lockdown, our dreams, and how art functions in our tech-mediated culture.
What plays am I reading?
American Theatre asked me and others that question in April and has just published our answers. Here’s mine:
