Isley Lynn
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Playwright | 2016 Bursary
The bursary supported the development of Isley’s play – Revolutions – enabling them to workshop this physical new piece with a full creative team.
Photo: Matt Maude
Michael Grandage in Conversation with Waleed Akhtar, Rebecca Frecknall and Isley Lynn
Contributor to MGCfutures podcast futures Remixed Episode 3: Love (Coming Soon)
Since receiving the bursary…
Isley is the 2025 Imison Award Winner for their radio play Tether. They won the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award at the 2023 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for The Swell, which was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre at the 2024 Olivier Awards, as well as Best New Play at the 2023 Off West End awards. Their play Skin A Cat was awarded Pick Of The Year at Vault Festival 2016 and nominated for Most Promising New Playwright – shortlist and Best New Play Off West End Awards for its transfer as inaugural production at The Bunker. Their Plays 1 is published by Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury.
