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  Red Bud (NHB Modern Plays)

  Brett Neveu

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  First performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2010, Brett Neveu's breakthrough play explores the creeping onset of middle age in a group of people increasingly disillusioned by the American Dream.
  Five friends gather in ritual homage at an annual motocross championship in southern Michigan, but times have changed. Greg has always ridden with speed and style, but this year he brings his pregnant wife instead of his bike. As they relive past glories, the haze of beer and smoke can't disguise the fading of their friendship.
  'The script — profane, vigorous and clever — neatly shows how routine joshing insult slides into real enmity as male egos grind and clash' - The Times
  'Make no mistake. This is an author worth watching, and listening to.' - Chicago Tribune

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  Charles Dickens' Poor Relations...

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens The Poor Relations Story Was adapted for Audio and Produced by Alex FreemanIt features the voice talents of Ronnie Cosmos as John, Hollyn Gayle as Christiana, and all other roles were played by Alex Freeman.Music was by Axletree, tracks included Drops of Melting Snow, Cotswold Snow, The Sighful Branches, and The Curios Roe.

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  Heroes (NHB Modern Plays)

  Isabel Dixon

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  Heroes by Isabel Dixon is a poignant exploration of fallen idols, family secrets and the human price of forgiveness. Set across two timelines, it is the tense and sensitive story of a family torn apart by an unforgiveable act.
  This play is taken from Plays from VAULT 5, an anthology, the fifth from Nick Hern Books, comprising of five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2020, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival.

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  The Supine Cobbler

  Jill Connell

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  A contemporary clinical abortion in the spirit of a Western.
  
   
  The Doctor introduces the gang: The Supine Cobbler (wanted), her estranged sister (dead by hanging), her former best friend (missing, presumed dead) and her apprentice (a turncoat). Together they negotiate integrity in a lawless world. The Supine Cobbler is an unsentimental legend and a true story. It is a hero myth for girls.
  
   
  Praisefor the productions of The Supine Cobbler:
  
   
  ‘The show is like nothing you’ve ever seen before.’
  
   
  – Theatre Reader
  
   
  ‘Jill Connell … is consistently one of the most innovative playwrights in the country.’
  
   
  – Vue Weekly
  
   
  ‘The Supine Cobbler is brilliant, subversive and deeply hilarious. The play is about an abortion – but also: waiting, haunting, cheating, hurting, daring and the private cultivation of one’s humanity. It is singular and surprising and epic and lean as Bowie. You cannot help but talk about this play. It is the work of a lover and a rebel. To miss it, would be to miss a master in her early bloom.’
  
   
  – Claudia Dey, author of Trout Stanley and Stunt
  
   
  ‘I love this absolutely idiosyncratic play. It’s very funny, moving and sharp, and the only work of art about abortion I can think of that doesn’t sentimentalize or simplify the experience, but gets the strangeness and banality of it exactly right.’
  
   
  – Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?

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  Steel Magnolias

  Robert Harling

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  Within the walls of Truvy’s beauty shop are six women whose lives increasingly hinge on the existence of one another. Together, they absorb the passing seasons, just like the weathered wooden structure of the salon “home” that they share. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production, starringFrances Fisher, Jeanie Hackett, Shannon Holt, Amy Pietz, Brittany Snow, Jocelyn Towne. Additional voices by Josh Clark. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky and recorded before an audience by L.A. Theatre Works.

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  Blue Mist (NHB Modern Plays)

  Mohamed-Zain Dada

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  Chunkyz Shisha Lounge is a home away from home for Jihad, Rashid, and Asif, a space where community whispers are heard, jokes are told, and new hustles are born. But its future is under threat, having become a target for local politicians.
  Aspiring journalist Jihad wants to fight back. After winning a competition to produce his own documentary, he sets out to create something that gives a voice to his community and challenges the usual stereotypes that fill the airwaves. Will he be able to create something that makes his boys proud? Or will his dreams of becoming a journalist come at a cost too high to bear?
  Mohamed-Zain Dada's debut play, Blue Mist, is a story about South Asian Muslim men navigating a system that isn't built for them. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 2023, directed by Milli Bhatia, in a co-production with SISTER.
  'Vivid and ambitious… complex ideas presented with verve… could not be more current, or urgent' - Guardian
  'Boisterously enjoyable… Dada has a real feel for character and atmosphere, and his debut is shot through with vibrancy' - Evening Standard
  'A lovable drama about a trio of male Muslim friends and the run-down shisha lounge they hang out in... gets right to the heart of what a safe space can be for young men and how devastating it is to violate that… So many great lines whizz by in the back-and-forth of Dada's dialogue' - Time Out
  'A drama that touches on a range of urgent themes and shows the importance of public spaces for our increasingly isolated urban youth' - WhatsOnStage
  'Mohamed-Zain Dada's warm, well-observed sitcom handles sensitive themes around Islamophobia and men's mental health with care and compassion… his vibrant, naturalistic dialogue is packed with slang and striking turns of phrase… an alternative perspective that is refreshing and necessary' - The Stage

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