Mona is a young woman on the edge. All she sees is the Earth falling apart, but no one really seems to care. Amidst the chaos of competing and contradictory voices, she sets off on a kaleidoscopic journey to find solutions for the planet - and the truth about her family - in the hope that everything might start to make sense again.

Lizzie Nunnery's Heavy Weather is a powerful, timely play featuring songs, about one girl's journey through a world teetering on the brink.

The play is part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books. Aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre, Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly, or all, female casts, written specifically for performance by young actors.

About the Author
Lizzie Nunnery is a scriptwriter and songwriter working in theatre, radio and film. Her first stage play Intemperance (Liverpool Everyman, 2007) was awarded five stars by the Guardian and shortlisted for the Meyer-Whitworth Award. Narvik (Box of Tricks Theatre, UK tour, 2017) was shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and won Best New Play in the UK Theatre Awards. It was described as a 'thrillingly enigmatic memory play' by the Guardian. Other work includes the co-written verbatim play Unprotected (Everyman/Traverse Theatre, 2006, winner of the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award), The Swallowing Dark (Liverpool Playhouse/Theatre503, 2011), The Sum (Everyman, 2017), The People Are Singing (Manchester Royal Exchange, 2017), The Snow Dragons (National Theatre, 2017) and To Have to Shoot Irishmen (Almanac Arts, UK tour, 2018). Her radio drama series, Daphne: A Fire in Malta, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019. Lizzie is also a singer and musician, collaborating with composer Vidar Norheim.

Reviews

'A great choice for GCSE and A level students... for study it offers some engaging monologues and duologues, and the ensemble is really exciting... a play which ticks a lot of boxes'

* Drama & Theatre Magazine *

'Wonderful... a lovely piece of theatre with great characters for young actors to get their teeth into, familiar issues and situations and lots of humour that still treats the issues very seriously... well worth a look for any teenage youth-theatre group'

* British Theatre Guide *

'A fascinating challenge, with an intriguing role for the ensemble and lots of scope for a compelling visual translation... a young, brilliant director could do wonders with this'

* Broadway World *

'Thrums with life and urgency'

* BritishTheatre.com *



Book Information
ISBN 9781848428683
Author Lizzie Nunnery
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books