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Maureen Lennon

Maureen Lennon

Maureen is a Hull based writer. She is a graduate from the English and Theatre Studies BA from The University of Bristol and the Writing for Performance and Publication MA from The University of Leeds (Distinction). She is an Associate Artist of Middle Child Theatre, a Leeds Playhouse FUSE writer 2019 and a Sphinx30 playwright. In 2020, her play Helen, produced by Theatre 503 and Terrain Theatre in 2023, was shortlisted for the Theatre 503 International Playwriting prize.

In 2018/19 she was longlisted for the Alfred Bradley Bursary for Radio Drama. Us Against Whatever, was produced in 2019 by Middle Child Theatre in assoc. with Hull Truck Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse. The Coppergate Woman was produced by York Theatre Royal in 2022. She has also written work for Paines Plough, Hull Truck Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, and Pilot Theatre.

She is currently under commission to Silent Uproar, Hull Truck Theatre & Pilot Theatre, and Middle Child Theatre.

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