Description
The recession is biting hard and so Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize and shift their middle-class London lifestyle to a small town in the north of England. They want to live and to work and to raise their two young children in a friendly community, among what Emily terms 'real people', away from the cold anonymityof the city. So these left-leaning, well-educated people have invited over two of their new neighbours in an attempt to break the ice. Tonight Alan and Dawn are to be offered olives, anchovies and are to be introduced to Karl Marx and abstract art. As classes and outlooks collide, the scene is set for a meeting which will have consequences as hilarious as they are tragic.
Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize their lives, but classes and outlooks collide when they meet their new neighbors.
About the Author
Torben Betts read English Literature & English Language at the University of Liverpool before training and working as an actor. Works include: The Unconquered, which won the award for Best New Play 2007 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland ; A Listening Heaven, nominated for Best New Play at the 2001 TMA Awards; Lie of the Land, nominated for Edinburgh Fringe First Award, 2008 (Edinburgh Pleasance/Arcola); Clockwatching (Orange Tree Theatre); The Company Man; The Biggleswades; Five Visions of the Faithful; The Lunatic Queen; The Error of Their Ways (HERE Arts Center, New York); The Swing of Things.
Reviews
'Betts has caught the mood of the times... The only mystery about Torben Betts is why his perceptive social commentaries are not better known.' -- Michael Billington * Guardian *
'Torben Betts is one of the most exciting theatre writing'Torben Betts is one of the most exciting theatre writing talents I have come across in many a year.' -- Alan Ayckbourn
'Torben Betts's astute new play is both highly entertaining and tense...a vibrant combination of a play of ideas and a comedy of bad manners...startlingly raw.' -- Kate Bassett * The Times *
'An uncommonly talented playwright... Brilliant and testing.' * Time Out *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783191109
Author Torben Betts
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 120g
Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize their lives, but classes and outlooks collide when they meet their new neighbors.
About the Author
Torben Betts read English Literature & English Language at the University of Liverpool before training and working as an actor. Works include: The Unconquered, which won the award for Best New Play 2007 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland ; A Listening Heaven, nominated for Best New Play at the 2001 TMA Awards; Lie of the Land, nominated for Edinburgh Fringe First Award, 2008 (Edinburgh Pleasance/Arcola); Clockwatching (Orange Tree Theatre); The Company Man; The Biggleswades; Five Visions of the Faithful; The Lunatic Queen; The Error of Their Ways (HERE Arts Center, New York); The Swing of Things.
Reviews
'Betts has caught the mood of the times... The only mystery about Torben Betts is why his perceptive social commentaries are not better known.' -- Michael Billington * Guardian *
'Torben Betts is one of the most exciting theatre writing'Torben Betts is one of the most exciting theatre writing talents I have come across in many a year.' -- Alan Ayckbourn
'Torben Betts's astute new play is both highly entertaining and tense...a vibrant combination of a play of ideas and a comedy of bad manners...startlingly raw.' -- Kate Bassett * The Times *
'An uncommonly talented playwright... Brilliant and testing.' * Time Out *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783191109
Author Torben Betts
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 120g
