Nativities is a darkly comic new play set in the wasteland of petty office politics, designated smoking areas and personal alienation. Excited about her new job as administrative assistant at a call centre, Stella is eager to fit in with her workmates and they seem to like her too, especially when they find out how much they all have in common. It's really like a family at Scion Communications so when they discover that Stella is pregnant they're all delighted for her. However, as her pregnancy progresses, their certainties about love, relationships and parenthood are questioned and their...
Nativities is a darkly comic new play set in the wasteland of petty office politics, designated smoking areas and personal alienation. Excited about h...
The night before the funeral was when he told us that he was getting the lot and I said, I said only then in retaliation, you know, and I am not proud of this, but how Dad had, how he had smashed his glass and cried, cried for Simon when he rang home to tell him how he had failed his exams, how it broke his dad's heart.
Simon and Sean's dad is dead. Returning home from London, Simon is shocked to find Sean in a relationship with a man called Aidan. Sean is irritated by Simon's new cosmopolitan ways. And Aidan? He just wants to be part of the family.
This is a play for...
The night before the funeral was when he told us that he was getting the lot and I said, I said only then in retaliation, you know, and I am not...
Six short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope. Inside looks at the lives of three women forgotten by the world, but not by themselves. Outside presents three stories of finding connection in the darkness and coming together after so long apart. This volume contains the following plays: Two Billion Beats by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Guidesky and I by Deborah Bruce, The Kiss by Zoe Cooper, Prodigal by Kalungi Ssebandeke, When the Daffodils by Joel Tan, and Ursa Major by Joe White. They were first performed and...
Six short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope. Inside looks at the lives of three women forgotten by th...
