LynchPin was established by Jack Lynch and Edie Campbell.

We premièred our first play, EMILY DICKINSON & I (originally titled My Life Has Stood), at the Yvonne Arnaud’s Mill Studio, Guildford, in December 1999. From there we created LynchPin Productions Theatre Company, taking our work to five countries on two continents, as well as touring the UK.

When we create our own shows, we write them ‘on our feet’ in the devising process, following a period of intensive research. We aim to tie together the creative process between writer and actor, director and performer, and the biographical and autobiographical. The plays reflect the relationship of the performer to the historical subject of the play, and of the reader to the written word.

Our focus is uniquely on historical, literary figures and their influence on the individual and the world at large. Our productions bring these figures into the present through creating performances where actor and subject meet, enabling a dialogue between the actor, the subject and the audience, allowing the interplay between biography and autobiography.  This is generally in the genre of spoken-word and story telling.  We use set pieces rather than sets making our venue get-ins quick and simple and each of our productions can be performed in full-scale theatres, intimate studios, or alternative spaces with or without full lighting, and little or no sound requirements, depending on the show. 

To book performances, a ScripTease event, or a workshop, please contact us.