Kay Adshead

Who is Kay Adshead?

Kay Adshead is a British actress, poet, playwright, artistic director and theatrical producer. She graduated from RADA in 1974. Her television credits include Linda in Mike Leigh's film The Kiss of Death, Christine in the BBC television series Dinnerladies, Barbara Fletcher in Family Affairs, Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, Crime Traveller, Mother's Ruin, and One Foot in The Grave.

Her credits as a playwright include:

Metal and Feathers - Cockpit Theatre,

The Still Born - Soho Theatre

Fears and Miseries of the Third Term

After the Party - Altered States / Liverpool Playhouse

Thatcher's Women - 1987 Paines Plough / Tricycle Theatre

Ravings: Dreamings - 1993 Library Theatre, Manchester

The Slug Sabbatical - 1995 The Red Room Theatre Company. Calouste Gulbenkian Award Bursary for performance poetry

Bacillus - 1996 Performed by The Red Room Theatre Company following rehearsed readings at the Cockpit Theatre and the Hampstead Theatre

Juicy Bits - 1998 Lyric, Hammersmith

Bogus People's Poem - 2000 The Red Room Theatre Company, London / BAC

The Bogus Woman - 2000-2001 The Red Room Theatre Company Traverse Theatre / Bush Theatre