Kay Adshead Writer
Kay Adshead Writer Kay Adshead is a poet, playwright, theatre maker, performer, and producer. She trained at RADA as an actress, where she won the Emile Littler Award for Outstanding Talent. She has played leading roles in film, theatre and TV, including Cathy in the BBC classic series Wuthering Heights, Linda in Mike Leigh’s film Kiss of Death, as well as notable appearances in popular TV programs spanning 30 years. Theatre performances include Moll Gromer in Thee and Me at the RNT, Viola in Twelfth Night, Betty in Touched and singing the role of Clara Twain in White Suit Blues, at The Old Vic. She learnt to wrestle for the role of Tanzi in Trafford Tanzi at The Mermaid, As a writer, she has been nominated 3 times for The Susan Smith Blackburn Award. She has written over 25 plays. She has been published by Methuen, Faber and Faber, and Oberon, with commissions and/or productions at The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Court, The Young Vic, The Roundhouse, The Tricycle, The Bush, Soho Theatre, The Cockpit, The Arcola, Theatre503, The Omnibus, and many more. In 1999 with Lucinda Gane, she co-founded award-winning theatre company Mama Quilla, winning amongst other awards, Edinburgh Fringe First, Adelaide Fringe Sensation Award, Adelaide Best Fringe Performance Award, M.E.N. best Fringe Performance, nominated for an E.M.M.A and Encore Magazine best Play of the Year. She has devised and directed more than 12, experimental and live art projects for Mama Quilla (many with casts of over 30) working in hard to reach communities, including maximum security prisons.
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