Where Macmillan truly cements his legacy is in his refusal to romanticize mental illness. His play People, Places and Things (2015) is arguably the definitive text on addiction and recovery in modern theatre.
(2012): A two-hander that follows a couple (W and M) arguing about whether to have a child in a world facing climate collapse. The play’s structure is unique: the entire 70-minute conversation happens in one breath, with no scene breaks, capturing the relentless, spiraling anxiety of modern life. duncan macmillan playwright