Osment's trilogy of 'Devon Plays' draw on his background growing up on a farm in North Devon and were produced in the mid-1990s by Cambridge Theatre Company (Method and Madness).
The Dearly Beloved (1993): 'Local boy made good comes back to visit his mother in a small West Country town where his presence brings home to his friends who stayed put the various ways in which their lives have failed ... you can't but be reminded of Chekhov at times.' Independent
What I Did in the Holidays (1995): 'Osment's wonderfully dense and detailed study of fraught life in...
Osment's trilogy of 'Devon Plays' draw on his background growing up on a farm in North Devon and were produced in the mid-1990s by Cambridge Theatr...
What happens when you're in a hole? What happens when that hole's inside you? What do you do you fill it with to make yourself feel whole? In 2012, 3 teenagers emailed the 20 Stories High Theatre Company to ask them if they could make a play about their friend Holly. This is how it unravelled... 3 teenagers: ...So that's our story and we really want to tell it... and we want to act in it as well, and play ourselves... cos actors wouldn't really be as convincing as us. 20 Stories High: It's a very moving story... but we're really busy at the moment and also, to be honest,...
What happens when you're in a hole? What happens when that hole's inside you? What do you do you fill it with to make yourself feel whole? In 2012...
On a dilapidated British farm in 1963, Morley is coping with puberty, the tangles of love within his family, and the desertion of his mother. He is attracted to Andy, one of the Scottish hitchhikers who have sought shelter at the farm. All is not, however, as it seems in this powerful play by the author of Flesh and Blood and The Dearly Beloved. Morley's habit of telling tales about his elders hastens a crisis.
On a dilapidated British farm in 1963, Morley is coping with puberty, the tangles of love within his family, and the desertion of his mother. He is at...
Hearing Things explores the dilemmas of psychiatry from the points of view of patients, relatives and staff. Based on experiences of psychiatrists and patients, the `healthy' and the `ill', the play examines how and if people heal and recover inside institutions. As part of the research process, staff and patients at Homerton University Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital in south London took part in drama programmes creating characters and improvising scenes, with clinicians and those receiving treatment swapping roles. Using a unique collaborative process between patients, psychiatrists and...
Hearing Things explores the dilemmas of psychiatry from the points of view of patients, relatives and staff. Based on experiences of psychiatrists and...
