Red (Platform Plays) (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Somalia Seaton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848426526 ISBN 13: 9781848426528

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2017

When her best friend Jay goes missing, Dee withdraws into a twilight world of fragmented memories and conversations, shattered by her grief. Where should she look for Jay? What did she miss? What did Jay say? And what couldn't she say?

Somalia Seaton's Red is an unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. It is part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre. Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by young actors.

"I urge you to explore all the NHB, Tonic Platform Plays. When it comes to giving more opportunities for girls onstage these plays could provide the platform to get there." --Ink Pellet

Review:

Complex, topical and rich in emotion... Seaton's writing fizzes off the page. Her characters are strong and vibrant, her themes solid and resonant and she has delivered a foundation on which girls can finally flourish. --Ink Pellet

About the Author:

Somalia Seaton is a British-Jamaican and Nigerian playwright and screenwriter, born and raised in South-East London. Her plays include Red (commissioned by Tonic Theatre as part of its Platform scheme, and published by Nick Hern Books in 2017); Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Footsoldier (Royal Shakespeare Company; finalist for the 2017 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); House (Clean Break; Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh/The Yard, London, 2016); Crowning Glory (Stratford East, shortlisted for the 2014 Alfred Fagon Award); Curly Fries and Bass (Lyric, Hammersmith); Mama's Little Angel (The Yard, London); and Hush Little Baby (Open Works Theatre Co./Soho Theatre).

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1848426526
• ISBN 13: 9781848426528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96