Mosquitoes (NHB Modern Plays)

By Lucy Kirkwood

Lucy Kirkwood's new play is about families and particle physics. It premieres at the National Theatre, London, in July 2017.

Alice is a scientist. She lives in Geneva. As the Large Hadron particle collider starts up in 2008, she is on the brink of the most exciting work of her life, searching for the Higgs Boson.

Jenny is her sister. She lives in Luton. She spends a lot of time Googling.

When tragedy throws them together, the collision threatens them all with chaos.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: Aug 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781780019222

Lucy Kirkwood

Lucy Kirkwood is a British playwright and screenwriter whose plays include: The Human Body (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2024); Rapture (promoted as That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court Theatre, London, 2022); The Welkin (National Theatre, London 2020); Mosquitoes (National Theatre, 2017); The Children (Royal Court Theatre, 2016); Chimerica (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2013; winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Play, the 2013 Evening Standard Best Play Award, the 2014 Critics’ Circle Best New Play Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award); NSFW (Royal Court, 2012); small hours (co-written with Ed Hime; Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Beauty and the Beast (with Katie Mitchell; National Theatre, 2010); Bloody Wimmin, as part of Women, Power and Politics (Tricycle Theatre, 2010); it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (Clean Break and Arcola Theatre, 2009; winner of the 2012 John Whiting Award); Hedda (Gate Theatre, London, 2008); and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre, 2008). She won the inaugural Berwin Lee UK Playwrights Award in 2013.

Reviews for Mosquitoes (NHB Modern Plays)

[Will · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I had the privilege of getting to watch high schoolers perform this . I know, high schoolers!! The script and the characters are very complex and the story is so beautiful. The show takes place over a couple of years and we get to see each character develop during that time. There is a complex scientific element but you don't need to be a scientist to understand everything that is going on! I loved the play and I hope you do too!