[1] She started working in acting with the Nottingham Playhouse's theatre-in-education team, and later joined the feminist Women's Theatre Group as a performer and deviser.

[1] Before devoting herself to full-time feminist playwriting, she also played minor roles in films such as The Pirates of Penzance (1983), Hotel du Lac (1986) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988).

[1] In the following years, she wrote not only for the stage, but also for television, as she contributed to the British soap operas EastEnders and Castles, and radio, with Walls of Silence (1993) and Noisy Bodies (1999).

[1] Characterised by a humorous and imaginative style, poignant dialogue and complex characters, McIntyre's plays shrewdly expose feminist concerns such as women's anxieties over personal relationships, their bodies and pornography.

[2] McIntyre's other theatre pieces include: I've Been Running (1986), No Warning For Life (1992), The Thickness of Skin (1996), Bob's Play (1999), The Changeling (2001) and The Maths Tutor (2003).