{"product_id":"harrogate-9781350028081","title":"Harrogate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's gossip going around that we're all like him. That we're all  paper thin, that it's all been painted over, and each one of us is gonna  sit down one day and not be able to stand up, like we've disappeared to  ourselves.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrogate \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a father  struggling to confront his obsessions head-on without destroying his  family. It is a play about how we perform versions of ourselves  depending on what company we keep, and how we project onto others  versions of the people we want to see, rather than accepting who stands  in front of us.The play is a triptych about obsession,  repression and lust. It received its world premiere on the 11 September  2015 as part of the HighTide Theatre Festival and this edition has been published for its subsequent production in October 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrogate \u003c\/i\u003eplays games with its audience, setting up and then  confounding our expectations ... Smith's writing is punchy, sometimes  bruising * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e[A] knife-like piece of writing * Stage on \"Harrogate\" *\u003cbr\u003eSmith's skill is in sidling up to a taboo and staying just the right side of it ... A slippery, unpinnable piece: a triptych full of uncanny echoes and reverb * Whatsonstage on \"Harrogate\" *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407499370839,"sku":"9781350028081","price":10.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350028081.jpg?v=1730499583","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/harrogate-9781350028081","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}