Gill Kirk, writer

Category: politics

  • Climate Catastrophe Satire Hits London Stage

    Climate Catastrophe Satire Hits London Stage

    News Release 1 Nov 2021 A climate catastrophe satire that was developed with audiences in Bath hits the London stage this month (November). The New Wimbledon Theatre, run by Ambassadors Theatre Group, opens Gill Kirk’s dark-green dystopian horror-comedy SKIN IN THE GAME on the very day that COP26 ends in Glasgow.  Chosen by New Wimbledon Theatre…

  • Muck-Up or Evil Genius?

    Muck-Up or Evil Genius?

    Was leaving politics for writing a major mistake? Have I in fact been amassing a different kind of army, preparing a stealth attack with my pen, ready to take them (whoever they may be) from behind? 

  • May You Live In Interesting Times: a new age of political TV drama?

    Ah, those old Chinese curses, eh? A couple of years back, I was pitching a TV drama-comedy idea to a really cracking producer. We were both excited (I think!) about the central character – an unseated MP thrown into my old work world of lobbying, with all its grey shades and the implications for her…