Alexi Kaye Campbell is a playwright and actor whose plays include The Pride (Royal Court, London, 2008; Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, 2010; Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2011; Trafalgar Studios, 2013); Apologia (Bush Theatre, London, 2009); The Faith Machine (Royal Court, London, 2011); Bracken Moor (Shared Experience at the Tricycle Theatre, London, 2013), Sunset at the Villa Thalia (National Theatre, 2016) and Bird Grove (Hampstead Theatre, 2026).The Pride received the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and the John Whiting Award for Best New Play. The production was also awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.His work for film includes Woman in Gold (BBC Films and Origin Pictures, 2015).Author photo by Phil Sharp

'An urgent play that has the courage to address big issues'

Alexi Kaye Campbell is a playwright and actor whose plays include The Pride (Royal Court, London, 2008; Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, 2010; Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2011; Trafalgar Studios, 2013); Apologia (Bush Theatre, London, 2009); The Faith Machine (Royal Court, London, 2011); Bracken Moor (Shared Experience at the Tricycle Theatre, London, 2013), Sunset at the Villa Thalia (National Theatre, 2016) and Bird Grove (Hampstead Theatre, 2026).The Pride received the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and the John Whiting Award for Best New Play. The production was also awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.His work for film includes Woman in Gold (BBC Films and Origin Pictures, 2015).Author photo by Phil Sharp

'An urgent play that has the courage to address big issues'

Alexi Kaye Campbell is a playwright and actor whose plays include The Pride (Royal Court, London, 2008; Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, 2010; Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2011; Trafalgar Studios, 2013); Apologia (Bush Theatre, London, 2009); The Faith Machine (Royal Court, London, 2011); Bracken Moor (Shared Experience at the Tricycle Theatre, London, 2013), Sunset at the Villa Thalia (National Theatre, 2016) and Bird Grove (Hampstead Theatre, 2026).The Pride received the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and the John Whiting Award for Best New Play. The production was also awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.His work for film includes Woman in Gold (BBC Films and Origin Pictures, 2015).Author photo by Phil Sharp

'An urgent play that has the courage to address big issues'