Associate Lecturer in Theatre Arts
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Vickie is a playwright and writer for TV and radio. She was on the BBC Talent Hotlist (2017), and has been shortlisted for the Tinniswood Award 2022 for her BBC sounds audio drama The Piper.
Vickie's theatre credits include The Flood,The Witchfinder's Sister and Tales from the Thames at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. Her debut full-length play, Mudlarks, was developed through High Tide's Escalator Programme and produced by The Bush, following its premiere at the 2012 High Tide Festival. The play garnered wide spread critical acclaim. In Lyn Gardner’s words the play ‘sings with promise’ and Libby Purves described it as 'stunning... unforgettable'.
Vickie has worked at The Bush, the High Tide Festival, New Theatre Royal Portsmouth, the Royal Court and Sheffield’s Crucible. She was Paines Plough's playwright Fellow 20/21 and is currently working with The National as part of their Connections programme. Her work is published by Methuen Drama.
Her 10-part Podcast drama The Piper, co-written with fellow playwright Natalie Mitchell and produced by Somethin' Else for BBC Sounds, was broadcast in November 2020. It starred Tamsin Outhwaite and Kacey Ainsworth.
Vickie teaches writing for performance, including playwriting, screenwriting, and writing for radio.
Vickie Donoghue, Associate Lecturer in Theatre Arts, v.donoghue@londonmet.ac.uk