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We've got a great bundle of new plays for you this month, kicking off with Sunrise, the extraordinary new work by comedian, artist and Harry Potter actor Jessie Cave. We love its toe-curling honesty about dating, break-ups and balancing life with having kids, and we're especially happy about the amazing, full-colour doodles by Jessie that appear throughout the book. It's one of our biggest hits of the year before it's even been released, so pre-order your copy from our website now, and you'll also receive a free set of postcards!
There's also a brand new edition of Martin Crimp's brilliantly bleak Dealing with Clair; this year's Papatango Prize-winning play, The Funeral Director; Josh Azouz's anarchic new play for the National Youth Theatre; William Gaminara's play The Nightingales, touring with Ruth Jones; and new titles from our US associates, Theatre Communications Group, including Suzan-Lori Parks on Trump's first one hundred days, and the Tony Award-winning musical The Band's Visit.
With a special offer on thirty international plays, and news of some exciting author events, we're keeping our 30th-anniversary celebrations going throughout November...
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Sunrise
Jessie Cave
Honest, tender-hearted and uproariously funny, Sunrise is the breakout play by comedian and artist Jessie Cave, published alongside the Soho Theatre production and tour, with dozens of Jessie's own doodles included. 'Devastatingly honest, wickedly funny' Guardian
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The Hoes
Ifeyinwa Frederick
A riotous celebration of sisterhood, Ifeyinwa Frederick’s debut play, longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, is premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs this month.
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Asking for It
Louise O’Neill, adapt. Meadhbh McHugh & Annabelle Comyn
A young woman is at the centre of a horrific act of violence in this unflinching stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel. At the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, this month.
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Dealing with Clair
Martin Crimp
Martin Crimp's chilling play about the disappearance of an estate agent returns to the Orange Tree, Richmond, this month, with a new edition out now. 'At once a delicious satire on yuppie moral and emotional bankruptcy and a bleak, black comedy thriller' Independent
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Victoria's Knickers
Josh Azouz
An irreverent royal romcom, told with an anarchic heart and a razor-sharp wit - premiered by the National Youth Theatre at Soho Theatre this month. 'Nuggets of comedy gold' The Stage
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100 Plays for the First Hundred Days
Suzan-Lori Parks
A unique and personal response to the extraordinary events of the first hundred days of the presidency of Donald J. Trump, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
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The Funeral Director
Iman Qureshi
Winner of the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize, Iman Qureshi's play, set in a Muslim funeral parlour, is an incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. Premieres at Southwark Playhouse this month. 'A bit of a cracker' Guardian
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The Nightingales
William Gaminara
A funny, touching and thought-provoking comedy drama about the members of a village choir, touring the UK this month following its premiere at Theatre Royal Bath. 'A stirring drama' Telegraph
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The Band's Visit
David Yazbek & Itamar Moses
The Tony Award-winning musical about an Egyptian Police Orchestra stranded in a small Israeli desert town. 'One of the most ravishing musicals you will ever be seduced by... Miraculous' New York Times
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