Plays

Plays PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher: NHB Modern Plays
ISBN: 9781848426191
Category : DRAMA
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Since her debut in 2008, Lucy Kirkwood has firmly established herself as a leading playwright of her generation, the writer of a series of savagely funny, highly intelligent and beautifully observed plays that tackle the pressing issues of our times. This collection, with an introduction by the author, brings together five of her plays, starting with the wild and riotously funny farce, Tinderbox (Bush Theatre, 2008), a disturbing vision of a dystopian future where England is dissolving into the sea, realised with 'off-kilter imaginative flair' (The Times). Written for Clean Break theatre company, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (Arcola Theatre, 2009; winner of the John Whiting Award) is a devastating report from the hidden world of Eastern European women trafficked to London to work in the sex industry. The previously unpublished small hours (Hampstead Theatre, 2011), a collaboration with Ed Hime, directed by Katie Mitchell, is an intimate dissection of the claustrophobic world of a new mother struggling to cope on her own. The sharply satirical NSFW (Royal Court, 2012) is a 'richly absorbing and inventive' (Telegraph) look at power games, privacy and gender politics in the media. The volume concludes with Chimerica (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2013), a gripping and provocative examination of the shifting balance of power between East and West. Winner of multiple awards, including the Olivier and Critics' Circle Awards for Best New Play, the Evening Standard Best Play Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Chimerica is 'gloriously rich and mind-expanding' (Guardian), and a 'tremendously bold piece of writing' (Evening Standard). 'Kirkwood is the most rewarding dramatist of her generation' Independent

The Children

The Children PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822237482
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
Two retired nuclear scientists reside in an isolated cottage by the sea as the world around them crumbles. Together they are going to live forever on yogurt and yoga, until an old friend arrives with a frightening request.

NSFW

NSFW PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher: NHB Modern Plays
ISBN: 9781848422902
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A scathing and hilarious take on the world of lad's mags and celebrity magazines. NSFW is Not Safe for Work.

Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822237504
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
Alice is a scientist. She lives in Geneva. As the Large Hadron particle collider starts up in 2008, she is on the brink of the most exciting work of her life, searching for the Higgs Boson. Jenny is her sister. She lives in Luton. She spends a lot of time googling. When tragedy throws them together, the collision threatens them all with chaos.

The Welkin (Tcg Edition)

The Welkin (Tcg Edition) PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 9781559369862
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
A trenchant examination of justice and power from the award-winning writer of The Children.

Small Hours

Small Hours PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motherhood
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Since her debut in 2008, Lucy Kirkwood has firmly established herself as a leading playwright of her generation, the writer of a series of savagely funny, highly intelligent and beautifully observed plays that tackle the pressing issues of our times. This collection, with an introduction by the author, brings together five of her plays.

Chimerica

Chimerica PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher: NHB Modern Plays
ISBN: 9781848423503
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The smash-hit play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West.

It Felt Empty when the Heart Went at First But it is Alright Now

It Felt Empty when the Heart Went at First But it is Alright Now PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848420816
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This play centres on the lives of two women: young Croatian mother Dijana, who has been brought to England by a man called Babac, promising the world but eventually forcing her into prostitution; and Gloria, an opinionated West African migrant. Babac has told Dijana that once she has earned £20,000 she will be released from her duties and free to find the child she was forced to give up. Today she is only one client away from making the total she believes will earn her freedom.

Tinderbox

Tinderbox PDF Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
A black comedy: from bare bottom spanking to cannibalism, scarcely a bad taste stone left unturned.

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut PDF Author: Dennis Kelly
Publisher: Oberon Books
ISBN: 9781849430630
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Across the UK thousands of people are involved in protests and debates, sparked into action by the largest cuts to publicspending since WWII – cuts which are the turning point of a generation, undermining the welfare state, higher education and the arts in one fell swoop. Theatre Uncut is a national theatre event in response to these cuts, bringing together some of the UK’s leading dramatists. Drama groups, universities, youth clubs and theatre companies nationwide joined the event, staging their own versions of the shorts in a national theatrical uprising. Now published in this new collection, Theatre Uncut contains these short plays, addressing audiences who want to think about what the budget cuts really mean, and who they are really hitting. A debate is underway. Protest might begin, minds might be changed, views challenged, ideas formed. Theatre Uncut is a response to a situation that we cannot control, and over which we had no say. Click below to hear an interview with Libby Brodie and Hannah Price of Theatre Uncut:
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