Russian Dolls

Hilda is blind, lives alone, and is visited by a carer once a week. Camelia is a young offender looking for her next mark.

A surprising relationship sparks into life between the two very different women, both of them searching for connection and purpose.

Lock's insightful play traces the lines between friendship and family, different cultures, and two generations of women.

KATE LOCK is an actress and writer. She is the author of Russian Dolls (King's Head, London, 2016; winner of the Adrian Pagan Award). Her other plays include Job for Life (Writers’ Guild Award), Sleeping Dogs and Tuesday’s Child (co-written with Terry Johnson, originally a BBC TV drama, later adapted for the stage and premiered at Theatre Royal Stratford East). She has also performed stand-up comedy and written various sketches and monologues.