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...

'The smaller you are, the quicker your heart beats. But it doesn't matter what size your heart is, we all only get an average of about two billion beats over our lifetime. It's just a pump at the end of the day, right?' Seventeen-year-old Asha is a rebel, inspired by historical revolutionaries and unafraid of pointing out the hypocrisy around her - but less sure how to actually dismantle it. Her younger sister, Bettina, wide-eyed and naive, is just trying to get through the school day without having her pocket money nicked. With essays to write, homework to do, and bus journeys...