Description
A Listening Heaven, which focuses on one family's painful inability to grieve for a dead son, was first produced in 1999 to critical acclaim at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where Betts was the resident dramatist. Mummies and Daddies, developed at the RNT Studio, brutally yet hilariously lays bare the soullessness of consumerism. In Clockwatching, produced at both the SJT and the Orange Tree Theatre in 2001, a despotic man descends into helplessness when his servile wife falls seriously ill. With an introduction by Connal Orton.
"A complex writer of misery pock-marked with painful comedy."--Yorkshire Evening Post
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, Best New Play 2007 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (Tron/Traverse/Arcola/Brits-off-Broadway); A Listening Heaven, nominated for Best New Play at the 2001 TMA Awards (Edinburgh Royal Lyceum); Lie of the Land, nominated for Edinburgh Fringe First Award, 2008 (Edinburgh Pleasance/Arcola); Clockwatching (Orange Tree Theatre); The Company Man (Orange Tree Theatre); The Biggleswades (Southwark Playhouse); Five Visions of the Faithful (Edinburgh Festival); The Lunatic Queen (Riverside Studios); The Error of Their Ways (HERE Arts Center, New York); The Swing of Things (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough). 'just about the most original and extraordinary writer of drama we have...a boldly visionary poet...a political Beckett...a flamingly original writer we ignore at our peril.' LIZ LOCHHEAD, NATIONAL POET OF SCOTLAND 'an uncommonly talented playwright'. TIME OUT 'Betts has a profound and highly original theatrical voice.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Reviews
"A wonderfully accomplished first play" Alan Ayckbourn (A Listening Heaven) "A complex writer of misery pock marked with painful comedy" (Yorkshire Evening Post)"
Book Information
ISBN 9781840021769
Author Torben Betts
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
"A complex writer of misery pock-marked with painful comedy."--Yorkshire Evening Post
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, Best New Play 2007 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (Tron/Traverse/Arcola/Brits-off-Broadway); A Listening Heaven, nominated for Best New Play at the 2001 TMA Awards (Edinburgh Royal Lyceum); Lie of the Land, nominated for Edinburgh Fringe First Award, 2008 (Edinburgh Pleasance/Arcola); Clockwatching (Orange Tree Theatre); The Company Man (Orange Tree Theatre); The Biggleswades (Southwark Playhouse); Five Visions of the Faithful (Edinburgh Festival); The Lunatic Queen (Riverside Studios); The Error of Their Ways (HERE Arts Center, New York); The Swing of Things (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough). 'just about the most original and extraordinary writer of drama we have...a boldly visionary poet...a political Beckett...a flamingly original writer we ignore at our peril.' LIZ LOCHHEAD, NATIONAL POET OF SCOTLAND 'an uncommonly talented playwright'. TIME OUT 'Betts has a profound and highly original theatrical voice.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Reviews
"A wonderfully accomplished first play" Alan Ayckbourn (A Listening Heaven) "A complex writer of misery pock marked with painful comedy" (Yorkshire Evening Post)"
Book Information
ISBN 9781840021769
Author Torben Betts
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
