Alice Birch
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Biography
Alice is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her recent plays include Romans: A Novel (Almeida), The House of Bernarda Alba (National Theatre); [BLANK] (Donmar Warehouse / Clean Break); Orlando (Schaubühne, Berlin) and Anatomy of a Suicide (Royal Court Theatre).
She co-wrote Die, My Love with Enda Walsh and Lynne Ramsay for Excellent Cadaver and Mubi. Directed by Ramsay, the feature is produced by Martin Scorsese and stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. Alice wrote the critically acclaimed original series Dead Ringers, inspired by the Cronenberg film of 1988, for Annapurna and Amazon. She was the lead writer and an executive producer on the series, which starred Rachel Weisz. Previously Alice wrote on the TV adaptation of Normal People, alongside Sally Rooney and Mark O’Rowe, for which she and Sally were nominated for an Emmy. She also wrote on the TV adaptation of Conversations with Friends and she worked as Story Editor on Season 2 of Succession for HBO.
Her first feature was Lady Macbeth which won 5 British Independent Film Awards in 2017 including Best Screenplay. Her second feature was an adaptation of the Graham Swift novel Mothering Sunday for Number 9 Films and Film 4. She co-wrote The Wonder with Sebastián Lelio and Emma Donoghue, and most recently she wrote an adaptation of The End We Start From which was directed by Mahalia Belo and starred Jodie Comer.
Other Awards include: Winner Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2018, George Devine Award (for Revolt. She Said. Revolt again); Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting.
Alice is represented by United Agents in the UK and by UTA in the US.
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Credits
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SWEETSICK | House Productions / Dirty Films |
As Writer and Director |
| THE PUSH | Heyday Television |
TV series adapted from the novel by Ashley Audrain |
| THE MINISTRY OF TIME | A24 / BBC |
TV Series based on the novel by Kaliane Bradley |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
DEAD RINGERS 2023 |
Amazon |
As Lead Writer and Executive Producer |
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CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS 2022 |
Element / BBC |
Adapted from the novel ‘Conversations with Friends’ by Sally Rooney |
|
NORMAL PEOPLE 2020 |
Element / BBC |
Adapted from the novel ‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney |
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SUCCESSION 2019 |
HBO |
As Story Editor |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
THE END WE START FROM 2023 |
Hera / Sunnymarch |
Dir. Mahalia Belo |
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THE WONDER 2022 |
House Productions / Element Pictures / Screen Ireland |
As Co-Writer with Sebastián Lelio and Emma Donoghue |
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MOTHERING SUNDAY 2021 |
Number 9 Films / Film 4 |
Feature adaptation of novel by Graham Swift |
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LADY MACBETH 2016 |
iFeatures |
Feature script developed through iFeatures development scheme adapted from the Russian Novella by Nikolai Leskov |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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ROMANS: A NOVEL 2025 |
Almeida Theatre |
Dir. Sam Pritchard |
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THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA 2023 |
Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre / Playful Productions |
Adapted from the play by Federico García Lorca |
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[BLANK] 2019 |
Donmar Warehouse / Clean Break |
Dir. Maria Aberg |
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ORLANDO 2019 |
Schaubuhne Theatre Berlin |
By Virginia Woolf, in a version by Alice Birch, Dir. Katie Mitchell |
|
LA MALADIE DE LA MORT 2018 |
Bouffes du Nord |
Dir. Katie Mitchell |
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ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE 2017 |
Royal Court Theatre |
Dir. Katie Mitchell |
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SCHATTEN 2016 |
Schaubuhne Theatre Berlin |
Text by Alice Birch adaptated from the Elfriede Jelinek |
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OPHELIAS ZIMMER 2015 |
Royal Court Theatre/ Schaubuhne Theater Berlin |
Text by Alice Birch |
|
WE WANT YOU TO WATCH 2015 |
RashDash |
Project in development at the National Theatre |
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LITTLE LIGHT 2015 |
Orange Tree Theatre |
Dir. David Mercatali |
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REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. 2014 |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
Dir. Erica Whyman |
| THE LONE PINE CLUB | Pentabus Theatre |
Adapted from the books by Malcolm Saville |
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LITTLE ON THE INSIDE 2013 |
Clean Break Theatre Company |
Dir. Lucy Morrison |
|
SALT 2013 |
Comedie de Valence (France) |
15 minute play for the A ROOM IN TOWN project |
|
MANY MOONS 2011 |
Theatre503 |
Dir. Derek Bond |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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ABSOLUTELY DELISH 2012 |
BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama |
Original play |
