Lochhead is a republican and vocal supporter of Scottish independence, having performed with pro-independence group National Collective[REF] and written in The Guardian that Robert Burns would have voted for independence [REF].
Liz Lochhead is also well known as a feminist, both from her writing and public appearances,[REF] she has said in the past, 'feminism is like the hoovering, you just have to keep doing it.'[REF] .