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  Lent

  Kate Cayley

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  Longlisted for the 2024 Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence In Poetry
  
  Finalist for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
  
  In these peculiar times, we are thrust back into ourselves in a kind of suspension: one in which only private life exists yet threatens to become trivial through a sense of mutual, overarching dread.
  Lent from award-winning writer Kate Cayley is built from this tension, exploring domestic and artistic life amidst the environmental crisis and the surprising ways that every philosophical quandary—large and small—converges in the home, in small objects, conversations, and moments. The grotesque and the tedious, the baroque and the banal, intertwine in the first three sections. Meticulous depictions of spectacle run into the repetition of daily domestic life: trying to explain time to children, day trips to the planetarium, and the warnings of strangers; these are interspersed with depictions such as Mary Shelley recalling the monster, the inner life of a seventeenth century portrait sitter, and Ted Hughes's second wife telling her story to the dead Sylvia Plath. The title section explores religious faith; how belief is itself a repetition, a slow accumulation over time, just like love or forgiveness.
  Lent is an exquisite work of our era, asking us to contemplate what it means to live in a broken world—and why we still find it beautiful.

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  Some Demon

  Laura Waldren

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  'People say life's too short, it's not. It's too bloody long. There's too much time and too many ways to fill it, all those hours in all those days, all those choices you have to make.'
  Sam's eighteen and her life's about to start. Zoe's forty-something and hers never did. They don't have much in common. Just a love of '80s new wave, and an illness that wants them dead.
  Thrown together in an eating disorder unit, their most intimate secrets exposed, they form a complicated bond. But when another patient turns the ward into chaos, they're forced to confront a difficult question: if an institution is the thing keeping you safe, how are you supposed to cope when you leave?
  Authentic, witty and profoundly compassionate, Laura Waldren's play Some Demon won the Papatango New Writing Prize and the Clive Richards Foundation Writer in Residence Bursary, and was first produced by Papatango Theatre Company at the Arcola Theatre, London, and Bristol Old Vic in 2024.

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  Fast Shakespeare - Easy to...

  William Shakespeare, Charles...

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  Welcome to the world of Shakespeare, where magic, mystery, and drama unfold in every word! If you're a fan of the bard, or simply looking for a way to experience his language in a more approachable format, our abridged works are the perfect choice for you. 
   
  Our set contains three of Shakespeare's most iconic plays: Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, and King Lear. Each has been carefully abridged to preserve the original language as much as possible, while making the text easier to follow and enjoy. 
   
  By listening to these plays in their original language — presented in a streamlined, accessible form — adults can develop a deeper appreciation for the beauty and power of Shakespeare’s words. Our expertly narrated audiobook brings these plays to life, making them engaging without sacrificing authenticity. 
   
  With Merchant of Venice, you’ll explore themes of love, betrayal, and justice through the story of Shylock and Antonio. In Cymbeline, you’ll journey through love, deception, and loyalty with Imogen and Posthumus. And in King Lear, you’ll witness the rise and fall of a powerful king as he grapples with the consequences of his own choices.

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  Burnt Out

  Gary Mitchell

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  On the surface, Michael and Cheryl have it all: a posh new home in suburban Belfast, good jobs, 2.4 pets.
  But things take a sinister turn when, living opposite a bonfire site, they unwittingly become the targets of a hate campaign involving missing animals, graffiti and explosions…
  Gary Mitchell's play Burnt Out is a blackly comic psychological thriller exposing the darker side of suburban life. It was first performed in 2023 at the Lyric Theatre Belfast, as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.
  Gary Mitchell is a British playwright based in Northern Ireland. His plays, many of them political thrillers about contemporary life in Belfast, have been widely performed, and he has been called 'Northern Ireland's greatest playwright' (Guardian).
  'His writing has the blazing conviction of lived experience combined with an unfashionable relish for strong plots. His best work has a stomach-churning intensity'Daily Telegraph

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  Once Upon a Time in Nazi...

  Josh Azouz

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  In this darkly comic, poignant, and at times surreal play, two couples in Tunisia — one Muslim and one Jewish — share a deep and complicated friendship before the German takeover of their country in World War 2. Now under a brutal regime, they face the truth about their long-simmering feelings about friendship and romance as they struggle to save themselves from a Nazi commandant - named Grandma.  
   
  Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in September 2022 
   
  Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: 
  Laila Ayad as Faiza  
  Tara Lynne Barr as Loys 
  Patrick Heusinger as Victor 
  Daniel David Stewart as Little Fella 
  Simon Templeman as Grandma 
  Pej Vahdat as Youssef  
   
  Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson 
  Sound Design: David Wilson and Charles Carroll 
  Recording Engineer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll 
  Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin 
  Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

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  Althea and Other Poems

  Gregory M Thompson

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  This audio collection of poetry from Gregory M. Thompson has over 35 poems about love, despair, and death in structured and free-form styles. Includes the two horror epic poems ALTHEA and MODERIA. Enjoy different types poetic styles from traditional to rhythmic to serious to humorous.

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