THE FIRST COLLECTION OF PLAYS FROM OLIVIER-NOMINATED PLAYWRIGHT ISLEY
LYNN, WHOSE AWARD-WINNING WORK UPLIFTS THEIR DEEPLY HUMAN CHARACTERS
THROUGH STORIES THAT ARE UNEXPECTED, RADICALLY INTIMATE, AND
PROFOUNDLY THEATRICAL.
Lean (2013): "It's not just powerful but it's incandescent. There is a
profound intensity... that truly keeps you on the edge of your seat
the whole way through. Sensitively written... Exemplary theatre at its
best." _The London Stage_
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_Skin A Cat (2016): "Frequently hilarious, it's also refreshingly
honest and open in its discussion of menstruation, masturbation, oral
and anal sex, and might well be the smartest, sharpest piece about
female sexual identity since Phoebe Waller Bridge's Fleabag... this is
bold and genuinely exciting new writing." _The Stage_
albatross (2021): "Every intimate, individual scene is engaging, as
the full-bodied characters knock up against their own judgments and
histories... Lynn's scenes are full of genuine connections between
characters, and the hope that comes with change." _Guardian_
The Swell (2023): "Isley Lynn's characters are nuanced and beautifully
drawn, and the play's dialogue is gorgeously natural and flowing.
Where the playwright really excels though, is in bold and unexpected
choices. The Swell takes its audience on some hugely gripping twists
and turns. Lynn's writing is genuinely exciting." _Evening Standard_
Isley won the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award at the
2023 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for _The Swell_, which was also
nominated for Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre at the
2024 Olivier Awards, as well as Best New Play, Best Director, and Best
Production at the 2023 Off West End awards._ Skin A Cat_ was awarded
Pick Of The Year at Vault Festival 2016 and nominated for four Off
West End Awards (Most Promising New Playwright - shortlist, Best New
Play, Best Lead Female, Best Director) for its transfer as inaugural
production at The Bunker, 2016, before touring nationally throughout
2018. Isley was the 2014 Script6 winner at The Space with _Bright
Nights_, they received Special Commendation from the 2012 Soho Young
Writers Award for _Lomography_, and they were twice named Champion of
Literary Death Match (Norfolk and Norwich Festival, The Book Club
London).
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Lean; Skin A Cat; albatross; The Swell
Product details
ISBN
9781350504547
Published
2024
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury UK
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Author