Are you a theatre-maker looking for devising tools? A writer wanting to improve your dialogue? A director trying to create a story through improvisation? Three Plays by Squint & How They Were Made brings three of the company's plays together with the methods used to create them, in a practical, user-friendly toolkit. Three of Squint's plays - created by Lee Anderson, Adam Foster and Andrew Whyment - are published here for the first time. At the heart of each, a character is struggling to process their personal trauma under the intense glare of the public eye. Long Story Short (2014) dissects journalism in the digital age, Molly (2015) takes a reality television-style journey into the mind of a sociopath, and The Incredible True Story of the Johnstown Flood (2021) embarks on a transatlantic exploration of class, exploitation and appropriation. Developed over ten years through Squint's education programme, the exercises in this book distil the company's collaborative practice into over 25 tools for writing and devising. The Squint Toolkit covers the entire theatre-making process, from carrying out research and improvising story to writing subtext, devising from music and making cuts.

Plays, commentary and practice come together in a book that sheds light on the peaks and pitfalls involved in growing a theatre company and developing an artistic ethos across nearly ten years.

About the Author
Squint is an award-winning British theatre company that stages stories about the here and now. They collide new writing, choreography and genre in unexpected ways to create thrilling nights at the theatre. Founded in 2009, Squint is led by Artistic Director Andrew Whyment and Associates Lee Anderson, Adam Foster, Claire Gilbert, Kane Husbands, Louise Roberts and Ash J. Woodward

Reviews
Squint's trio of fast-paced plays, combined with the activities used to create them, are an invaluable resource for directors, ensembles, devisers and playwrights alike * Emma Rice, Wise Children *
You can't help but feel nourished by Squint's collective spirit and markedly more equipped to originate theatre * Holly Race Roughan, Artistic Director of Headlong *
It's fascinating to read this generous and detailed articulation of the tools and methods of Squint's theatre making * Amit Lahav, Artistic Director of Gecko *
An invaluable resource for theatre makers and educators * Anna Niland, Associate Director of the National Youth Theatre. *
A punchy collection of swaggeringly smart plays coupled with a generous toolkit of inspirations for making new work * Dan Rebellato, Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway. *



Book Information
ISBN 9781350289956
Author Squint Theatre
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC