Description
Book SynopsisThe Big House Anthology is a celebration of the last decade of work and plays by a unique theatre company, featuring five original plays that offer a chance for stories with diverse casts to contribute to the canon of theatre''s literature.
As a UK-based theatre company, The Big House empowers care leavers and other disadvantaged young people through performance and long-term support. Their plays are born from the hearts and minds of the young people they engage, with this anthology offering five very different plays: a runner struck down by MS; a rapper who spits and snarls and tries to find it in herself to forgive; a teenager who fights for wealth, status and respect in the underworld of county lines; a cackling cowboy they call Corona; and a dog that has been tracked, murdered and stuck in a stew. This anthology celebrates the explosive creativity that comes from mobilising and platforming diverse voices, and its importance in generating social change.
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Trade Review
The epic scale and hugely ambitious writing indicates the theatrical chutzpah of The Big House. Similarly, the accompanying interviews and production notes are enormously helpful and offer encouragement and advice ... All these plays offer something unique and distinctive. * Drama and Theatre *
Table of Contents
Foreword by Jez Butterworth Introduction by Maggie Norris Phoenix Rising by Andrew Day In Conversation with Writer Andrew Day Production Information Play In Conversation with Director Maggie Norris Knife Edge by David Watson In Conversation with Writer David Watson Production Information Play In Conversation with Director Maggie Norris Bullet Tongue (Reloaded) by Andrew Day How it was Written In Conversation with Writer Andrew Day Production Information Play In Conversation with Director Maggie Norris The Ballad of Corona V – The Remix by David Watson In Conversation with Writer David Watson Production Information Play In Conversation with Director Maggie Norris Redemption by James Meteyard In Conversation with Writer James Meteyard Production Information Play In Conversation with Director Maggie Norris
