Description
Six short plays in two complementary programmes, exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope.
Inside looks at the lives of three women forgotten by the world, but not by themselves.
- Guidesky and I by Deborah Bruce
- When the Daffodils by Joel Tan
- Ursa Major by Joe White
Outside presents three stories of finding connection in the darkness and coming together after so long apart.
- Two Billion Beats by Sonali Bhattacharyya
- The Kiss by Zoe Cooper
- Prodigal by Kalungi Ssebandeke
The six plays were first performed at, and livestreamed from, the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in March 2021.
About the Author
Deborah Bruce is a writer and theatre director. Her plays include The House They Grew Up In (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2017); The Distance (Orange Tree Theatre and Sheffield Crucible, 2014; a finalist for the 2012-13 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); Same (National Theatre Connections Festival 2014); and Godchild (Hampstead Theatre, 2013).
Reviews
'Electrifying... the Orange Tree makes a triumphant return'
* Theatre Weekly *Book Information
ISBN 9781839040016
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
