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Just when she thought things were going to change for the better, they changed for the worse. She continues to be faced with heart breaking battles and somehow she still survives. The downfall she is going to take this time may not be something she can come back from.
South Sanford only has one point of entry and one point of exit... Trapped inside of South Sanford are poverty, corruption, media lies, and a human trafficking ring the city who live there are blamed for yet victims of. Nevertheless, ebony bombshell Shatima Thomas feels she's been led there by her spiritual guides to unite with the family she was separated from after her father was murdered by the police. In five years, all she's been met with are the desires of men and crooked cops who want to use her to get them locked up. Men are the last thing on her mind. She's too busy trying to protect her son from the abusive ex who got her pregnant and has been stalking her since. As he steps out of the shadows, she fears he has connections to her city's dark circumstances that she may not be able to shield her son from alone. For Rahshaan Bailey, life is just something to do until he dies. Known on the streets as "Banger," his only goals are to find the son who was taken from him, and to get the pretty girl in his building to give him a chance. When he finds out he has a connection to her that goes beyond the lust he feels for the ebony bombshell, he makes it his life's mission to protect her and her son from whatever she's up against. If only she'll tell him what it is...Voir livre
'Once they've been here long enough, they're no longer squatters. Then they're simply… Neighbours.' In the quaint suburban community of Stillwater, a mysterious shack springs up from the dust with the inhabitants nowhere to be seen. As speculation abounds, new residents Sihle and Bonolo are recruited by their neighbourhood to be the face of a campaign to demolish the shack. Funny, thrilling and provocative, Amy Jephta's play A Good House is an explosive exploration of race, resentment and community politics, about a couple who discover the limits of good neighbourliness and what is required to fit in. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Nancy Medina, in a co‑production with Bristol Old Vic in association with The Market Theatre, Johannesburg. It was shortlisted for the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.Voir livre
Cyrano is the most interesting person in any room – a wordsmith, a charmer. She works twice as hard and runs twice as fast as the pretty boys, because she's deeply ashamed of something about herself. Enter Roxanne: brilliant and beautiful, with a penchant for poetry and a way with words, just like Cyrano. But Roxanne only has eyes for Yan: hot, manly Yan, who is dumbstruck around Roxanne. (Probably shy, right?) Until suddenly he starts saying the most amazing things. But it's not Yan writing these perfect love scenes, it's Cyrano... A joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic play, Cyrano is a love letter to hope; to language and desire; to the lo-fi magic of theatre. This big-hearted, irreverent queer-as-hell rom-com was first performed by Melbourne Theatre Company in 2022. A new production, directed by Clare Watson and produced by Roast Productions, was a hit at the Traverse Theatre during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning a Fringe First Award, before transferring to Park Theatre, London.Voir livre
A sparkling comedy of mistaken identity, romantic entanglements, and playful deception, Twelfth Night is one of William Shakespeare's most delightful and enduring works. Set in the imagined land of Illyria, this lively play blends humor, music, and heartfelt emotion in a story that celebrates love in all its unpredictable forms. The tale begins with a shipwreck that separates twins Viola and Sebastian. Believing her brother lost at sea, Viola disguises herself as a young man named Cesario in order to serve Duke Orsino. The Duke, consumed by his unreturned affection for the Countess Olivia, sends Cesario to plead his case on his behalf. But the situation quickly grows complicated: Olivia falls in love with Cesario, unaware that he is actually Viola in disguise, while Viola herself secretly develops feelings for Orsino. As identities blur and affections tangle, the play unfolds in a whirlwind of comic misunderstandings. Alongside the central love triangle, a spirited subplot features the pompous steward Malvolio, who becomes the target of a mischievous prank that tests his vanity and ambition. Through these intersecting stories, Shakespeare creates a vibrant world filled with wit, longing, and joyful chaos. At its heart, Twelfth Night explores themes of identity, gender roles, desire, and the transformative power of love. The play challenges rigid boundaries between appearance and reality, showing how disguise can both conceal and reveal the truth. Its festive spirit reflects the holiday season for which it is named—a time when conventions are overturned and laughter reigns. With memorable characters, lyrical dialogue, and sparkling humor, Twelfth Night remains one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. It balances lighthearted romance with deeper reflections on longing and self-discovery, offering a timeless celebration of the human heart. Charming, witty, and endlessly entertaining, Twelfth Night invites readers and audiences alike to lose themselves in a world where love triumphs over confusion and joy emerges from delightful disorder.Voir livre
""Often enigmatic, always exquisitely shaped"" --Ranjit Hoskote ""Mani Rao is the least metaphysical of our poets or to put it another way, the most material."" --Irwin Allen Sealy ""I love the gentle whip-crack of both line and image in Rao's poems."" --Kazim Ali 'Here I am, weightless / now take me home' So That You Know is the quintessential Mani Rao collection. These are poems that hold the playful exuberance of youth and the dazzling insight of age; that are at times measured, at times extravagant. What unites them is their commitment to mining deep into the recesses of the heart and offering moments of ecstatic revelation. 'Every morning you would breathe me fly,' says the poet, and one can feel the words take wing. Mani Rao's work has, over the years, acquired a reputation for battering against the doors of poetic convention, experimenting with form and language, and untethering images so they run fast and thick. Part visual, part text, So That You Know stands testimony to the mischief and anarchy of her poetry. If Mani Rao's language has been described as 'molten lava', here is the book that reminds you why. Each stanza-searing, incandescent, unstoppable.Voir livre
Riding the luxury train Desert Oasis, through the desert to L.A., discredited sheriff Joe Manton is haunted by the recent “suicide” of ex-German scientist Gottfired Silkes, who may have been killed by supernatural forces. Forces possibly on the train with him in the form of Hollywood star Tallulah Hennessey.Voir livre
