{"product_id":"hightide-plays-1-9781350001961","title":"HighTide Plays 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighTide Theatre Festival was founded in 2006 and has since become one of the most prolific homes of new writing. It has been described by the Telegraph as one of the little gems  of the artistic calendar in Britain and by the Daily Mail as famous for championing emerging playwrights and contemporary theatre.2016 marks ten years of HighTide, during which time numerous emerging playwrights and new plays have shot to prominence.This anniversary volume brings together four of the key plays that have come out of HighTide Theatre Festival''s programme during this time: \u003ci\u003eDitch \u003c\/i\u003eby Beth Steel is a clear-eyed look at how we might behave when the  conveniences of our civilisation are taken away, and a frightening  vision of a future that could all too easily be ours.\u003ci\u003epeddling \u003c\/i\u003eby Harry Melling is a poetic monologue about a young homeless man, which  confronts whether it''s a good thing to turn a blind eye and let people  get on with their  lives, or whether that''s exactly how people \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteel's text is an evocative mix of farm metaphors, punchy dialogue and moments of dreamy wistfulness * Tribune on 'Ditch' *\u003cbr\u003eFeels like the intersection of Beckett and Albee * New York Times (Critics' Choice) on Harry Melling's 'peddling' *\u003cbr\u003eA life-in-overdrive comic drama . . . Dan LeFranc’s snappy dialogue captures the tumultuous tenor of family gatherings * New York Times on 'The Big Meal' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLampedusa \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most gently enticing pieces of  storytelling you will see, softly encroaching on the moral consciousness  like a lullaby. . . . Lustgarten's descriptions of drowning have a  power that comes from fleshy detail matched by poetic virtuosity.  There's dark beauty here, on the sharp end of Europe's implosion * The Times on 'Lampedusa' *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Steven Atkinson\u003ci\u003e Ditch \u003c\/i\u003eby Beth Steel \u003ci\u003epeddling \u003c\/i\u003eby Harry Melling \u003ci\u003eThe Big Meal\u003c\/i\u003e by Dan LeFranc \u003ci\u003eLampedusa \u003c\/i\u003eby Anders Lustgarten","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407496126807,"sku":"9781350001961","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350001961.jpg?v=1730499572","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hightide-plays-1-9781350001961","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}