Christina Reid

Reid was born in North Belfast. She left school in 1957 and married in 1963.^[3]

She enrolled at Queen's University Belfast in 1981 but winning a BBC playwrighting competition and becoming a single parent following a divorce meant she did not complete the course.^[3]

Reid was a writer-in-residence at the Lyric Theatre,^[4] and at the Young Vic.^[5] Reid was a scriptwriter on BBC Radio 4's drama series Citizens.

Reid was a Patron of YouthAction Northern Ireland, a charity working to inspire young people. One of its projects is the Rainbow Factory which has over 450 young people participating a range of classes, workshops and performances.

She was mother to three daughters,^[3] Heidi, Tara and Siubhan.

• Thames Television Playwriting Award for "Tea in a China Cup"
• 1980 Ulster Television Drama Award, "Did You Hear the One About the Irishman?"^[3]
• 1986 George Devine Award for "The Belle of Belfast City"

• Tea In A China Cup, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1983
• Did You Hear The One About The Irishman . . .?, New York, 1985
• Joyriders, Tricycle Theatre, London, 1986
• The Belle Of Belfast City, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1989
• My Name, Shall I Tell You My Name? Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin, 1989
• Les Misérables, Nottingham Playhouse, 1992
• The King of the Castle, Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London, 1999
• Clowns, The Room, Orange Tree, Richmond, 1996
• A Year And A Day, National Theatre, London, 2007 ^[6]

• Christina Reid, Plays I, Methuen, 1997. ISBN 978-0-413-71220-2