"I do not organise the ticket queue, it is up to the people in the ticket queue to organise themselves. Have I made myself clear?" Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2022 One final night. One last chance. Five people queue for a ticket to the hottest show in town. All they must do is simply wait in line. But what in life is ever simple? Who will triumph, who will fail, and who will walk away with... The Last Return? A new play by acclaimed playwright Sonya Kelly (Once Upon a Bridge, Furniture), The Last Return is a thrilling comedy about conflict, peace and the pursuit of territory at any cost. This edition was published to coincide with the premiere at Druid Theatre, Galway, in July 2022.

A searing comment on conflict, peace and the pursuit of territory at any cost.

About the Author
Sonya Kelly is an Irish Writer. Her first play, The Wheelchair on My Face, produced by Fishamble, won a Scotsman Fringe First Award in 2012 and received a Critics' Pick in the New York Times. Her second play, How To Keep An Alien, produced by Rough Magic won Best Production at the Dublin Fringe, 2014 and toured Brisbane, Edinburgh, London, New York, and New Zealand. Her play, Furniture, produced by Druid Theatre premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2018 and was revived for a national tour. It received an Irish Writers Guild Award for Best New Theatre Script and the Stewart Parker Award. Her second play for Druid, Once Upon A Bridge, was live streamed to 14,000 viewers during Covid restrictions. It is currently nominated for a British Writers' Guild Award.

Reviews
A true work of genius * Times of London *



Book Information
ISBN 9781350345713
Author Sonya Kelly
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC