Nine Night (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Nick Hern Books, London, 2018
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Paperback. Family, food, music and mourning.Gloria is gravely sick. When her time comes, the celebration begins; the traditional Jamaican Nine Night wake. But for Gloria's children and grandchildren, marking her death with a party that lasts over a week is a test. Nine nights of music, food, sharing stories and an endless parade of mourners.Natasha Gordon's debut play Nine Night is a touching and very funny exploration of the rituals of family. It was premiered at the National Theatre, London, in April 2018, directed by Roy Alexander Weise. The production transferred to the Trafalgar Studios in the West End in December 2018.Nine Night won Natasha Gordon the Most Promising Playwright Awards at the 2018 Evening Standard Theatre Awards and the 2018 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards.'A remarkable debut Gordon has a finely tuned ear for the humour of everyday life an eloquent vision of what it means to be haunted by the past' Evening Standard'Reverberates with authenticity [has] a great warmth of characterisation' Daily Mail'Gordon's intense, moving play pulls the focus tightly on a mourning family, and the mingled strains and comforts that tradition offers. her humour isn't cautious: it's unafraid to poke at racism, colourism, and the insults traded as Jamaica and Britain stare each other down, across centuries of brutal and oppressive history the play says so much about how we rely on family for validation, for confirmation of our identity, putting a weight of need onto them that they sometimes just cant fulfil. And it points to the cathartic power of ritual, too, in a culture whose burial rites are miles away from traditional Englands sad, grey funeral teas' Time Out'Sharp and snappy an undeniably important piece that both celebrates and gives a voice to the Windrush generation and its descendants living in Britain today' Broadway World'The beauty of Nine Night is in the ordinariness of it. The mainstream delivery of black stories is often too often overtly political. Brutalised bodies and violent racism is disturbingly normalised in black British theatre. But what we have here is a pure tale about a regular family, dealing with a regular fact of life. This play is a gift, and youd do well to go and receive it' The Stage'A highly impressive debut play Gordon has a gift for raising big issues through laughter' Guardian'Natasha Gordon's debut play buzzes with comic energy and boasts moments of affecting intensity' IndependentMost Promising Playwright, Critics' Circle AwardsMost Promising Playwright, Evening Standard Awards A touching and very funny exploration of the rituals of family, set amidst a traditional Jamaican Nine Night wake. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Nine Night (Paperback)
- Author
- Natasha Gordon
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books, London
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1848427301
- ISBN 13
- 9781848427303
- Series
- Book 106 of 177: NHB Modern Plays
Gloria is gravely sick. When her time comes, the celebration begins; the traditional Jamaican Nine Night Wake. But for Gloria's children and grandchildren, marking her death with a party that lasts over a week is a test. Nine nights of music, food, sharing stories - and an endless parade of mourners.
Natasha Gordon's debut play Nine Night is a touching and very funny exploration of the rituals of family. It premiered at the National Theatre in April 2018.
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About the Author
Natasha Gordon is an award-winning writer and actor born in London, of Jamaican descent. Her debut play, Nine Night, was premiered at the National Theatre in April 2018 before transferring to Trafalgar Studios in the West End, making her the first black British female playwright to be produced in the West End.
Nine Night won her the Most Promising Playwright Awards at the 2018 Evening Standard Theatre Awards and the 2018 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards.
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2020 for services to drama.
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