Winner of the Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010. An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer. When her boyfriend is attacked on the street, feisty eighteen-year-old Katie is thrust on a white-knuckle ride through one extraordinary evening.
Winner of the Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010. An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer. When her boyfriend is attacked on the s...
One bathroom. Two people. One day. A relationship witnessed in minute, devastating detail. A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love, Jack Thorne's Mydidae exposes the private and disturbing moments a couple share, and explores what becomes of a relationship when it is held together not only by love, but by fear, guilt and despair.
One bathroom. Two people. One day. A relationship witnessed in minute, devastating detail. A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of l...
-A ravishing little romance of the undead that's guaranteed to warm -- and break -- your heart, even as it chills your blood.- - New York Times A dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film. Oskar is a bullied, lonely, teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town, when a spate of sinister killings rocks the neighborhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn't go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends....
-A ravishing little romance of the undead that's guaranteed to warm -- and break -- your heart, even as it chills your blood.- - New York Times...
-A critical, hard-edged play that is not cynical . . . Beautiful.---Times (UK)
An urgent political play from Jack Thorne (Let the Right One In; TV's Skins), a rising star on the British playwriting scene. Hope is a funny and scathing fable attacking the squeeze on local government. How do you save twenty-two million pounds? Mark and Hilary, the leaders of the Council, are about to find out. Hope premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in November 2014.
-A critical, hard-edged play that is not cynical . . . Beautiful.---Times (UK)
An urgent political play from Jack Thorne (Let the R...
Acclaimed for his TV screenplays (Skins, This is England), as well as his original plays and adaptations (Let the Right One In), Jack Thorne is one of the most distinctive talents working in theater today. This collection of Thorne's early plays, with a revealing introduction by the author, includes the following works: When You Cure Me; Stacy; 2nd May 1997; Bunny; Red Car, Blue Car; and Mydidae.
Acclaimed for his TV screenplays (Skins, This is England), as well as his original plays and adaptations (Let the Right One In), ...
It's 1979, rubbish is on the streets of Lockleaze, and growing up is tricky for Fiz, Higgy and Ginger. Rick remembers what it's like to be a teenager. So when he decides to build a junk playground, he's pretty sure he has the charisma to get a bunch of reluctant kids involved. He's wrong. This brilliantly honest and witty new musical is a coming-of-age story about friendship and standing up for what matters.
It's 1979, rubbish is on the streets of Lockleaze, and growing up is tricky for Fiz, Higgy and Ginger. Rick remembers what it's like to be a teenager....
"No talent at all when it comes to cooking - as you will discover - but when it comes to pissing off my children - immense talent - Olympian talent." Newbury, 1997. Sal is attempting to cook dinner for the family. She and husband David have pulled off a coup and gathered their brood back home for the weekend. Eldest son Carl is bringing his new girlfriend to meet everyone for the first time; middle daughter Polly is back from Cambridge University for the occasion; and youngest Tom will hopefully make it out of detention in time for dinner. Sal and David would rather feed their kids with...
"No talent at all when it comes to cooking - as you will discover - but when it comes to pissing off my children - immense talent - Olympian talent." ...
Charles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous adaptation by Jack Thorne. One bitter Christmas Eve, a cold-hearted miser is visited by four ghosts. Transported to worlds past, present and future, Ebenezer Scrooge witnesses what a lifetime of fear and selfishness has led to, and sees with fresh eyes the lonely life he has built for himself. Can Ebenezer be saved before it's too late? This adaptation of A Christmas Carol premiered at The Old Vic, London, in November 2017. It has played to sold out houses at the Old Vic every Christmas since then.
Charles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous adaptation by Jack Thorne. One bitter Christmas Eve, a cold-hearted miser is visited...
If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be? A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. After Life, a play by Jack Thorne adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film (concept by Bunny Christie, Jeremy Herrin and Jack Thorne), is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives. It was premiered at the National Theatre,...
If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be? A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they...
