Chalk Farm (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

Hurley, Kieran; Taudevin, AJ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783190213 ISBN 13: 9781783190218

Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

"Maggie is just in from Sainsbury's Local to make a quick sandwich for Jamie. He likes his cheese and pickle. With the crusts off. A good heart, that lad. Not like those other boys around here. You know what boys are like. Laws unto themselves once they reach that age. But it's those other boys, really. Not Jamie. A boy with a Batman lunch box? What harm is he to anybody? Co-written by AJ Taudevin and Kieran Hurley, Chalk Farm explores love, responsibility, and the culture of blame and retribution surrounding the 2011 English riots."

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Review:

"the writing is brilliant, sharp, poetic, passionate, full of searing insight into the politics of blame, matched with a brilliant eye for the detail of life in divided Britain today.' Joyce McMillan, Scotsman 'This deceptively simple two-hander comes courtesy of Kieran Hurley and AJ Taudevin, two of Scotland's rising new writing stars' Guardian 'A tender study of the complicated relationship between a single parent and her son - it has a beautiful heart' Time Out 'Most effective in making us rethink our knee-jerk assumptions.' Guardian 'The end result is a not-to-be missed piece of dynamite that succeeds in making the political personal, and vice-versa - The writing crackles with energy and insight' Herald Scotland"

About the Author:

"Kieran Hurley is an award-winning writer, performer, and theatre maker based in Glasgow whose work has been presented internationally and throughout the UK. His monologue Beats was developed with the Arches Platform 18 Award and was awarded Best New Play at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) before being presented at the Traverse Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe. Other recent work includes: Hitch (Arches, Forest Fringe, CATS Best New Play nominee); Rantin (National Theatre of Scotland/The Arches); and a number of short mini-plays including London 2012: Glasgow (Theatre Uncut) and Belcoo (Royal Court, Open Court Festival). Kieran is currently writer in residence with the National Theatre of Scotland as recipient of the Pearson Playwrights' Scheme bursary. As a writer, AJ Taudevin's recent plays include: Some Other Mother, which recently premiered at the Traverse Theatre; The YelloWing (Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival); The 12:57 (Theatre Uncut); and The Jean Jacques Rousseau Show and Demons (Oran Mor). She won the Playwrights' Studio Scotland New Playwrights Award in 2010. As an actor, Julia Taudevin has worked for companies including the National Theatre, the National Theatre of Scotland, Traverse Theatre, Magnetic North, The Arches and Tron Theatre. Julia is also Associate Artist at the Tron Theatre, and is currently on a year-long attachment with the Traverse Theatre as one of the Traverse Fifty. Julia co-directed Beats and Hitch, both by Kieran Hurley."

About this edition

• Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1783190213
• ISBN 13: 9781783190218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64