Lindsay was born in Scotland and grew up on Merseyside and in County Donegal, Ireland where her family is from. She lives in North Shields.

Her plays include Odyssey adaptation THE ISLAND OF THE SUN, episode four of the National Theatre’s Public Acts project, as part of their 60th anniversary nationwide celebrations (National Theatre / Sunderland Culture); HERE, a play about sanctuary-seeking and storytelling for Northern Stage and Curious Monkey (finalist for Performance of the Year and Writer of the Year, NE Culture Awards); musical JENNIE LEE, about the radical MP, and climate action play-with-songs RED SKY AT NIGHT (both toured nationally by narrowboat by Mikron Theatre). Her work for younger audiences includes HERE BE DRAGONS (Unfolding Theatre) and her adaptation of Brian Patten’s THE STORY GIANT for the Liverpool Everyman.

Work in development includes LITTLE BITS OF LIGHT, a new musical written with songwriter/composer Ross Millard of The Futureheads, commissioned by the National Theatre and developed at the NT Studio. Donegal-set THE MARIANS has received staged readings in its early form as ‘Island People’ at Northern Stage and The Royal Court, and was longlisted for The Bruntwood Prize. Lindsay is currently working on SHUSH, a big, loud take-down of the patriarchy developed with director Amy Golding, with a national tour planned for 2027.

Early work includes CARTOGRAPHERS (Theatre by the Lake), A MODEST PROPOSAL and SUNDAY MORNING, DANDELION SEEDS (Agent 160) and MAN WITH BICYCLE, ’73 (The Miniaturists).

Lindsay is an experienced dramaturg, previously Head of New Work for the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. She is completing a PhD in political theatre dramaturgy with Red Ladder Theatre and Leeds University. She co-created the award-winning PENGUIN with Hamzeh el-Hussien and Amy Golding, which toured internationally, and their new show THE ENTERTAINER is in development.

Lindsay was awarded Writer-in-Residence and the Shelagh Stephenson Residency, both with Newcastle’s Live Theatre. She was selected for the Royal Court’s National Writers’ Group and Writers’ Group North, and Dublin Theatre Festival’s The Next Stage. Most recently, she won the New Writing North ADAPT Award to develop her first screenplay.