Penhall has the gift of making serious points in a comic manner and of conveying moral indignation without preaching

Guardian (on Blue/Orange)

Funny and irreverent . . . Penhall's writing is vibrant throughout

Independent on Sunday (on Blue/Orange)

More than any of his peers Penhall has shown a rare aptitude for confronting headline issues of the day, using his gift of the gab as a dramatist to interrogate their underlying complexities and contradictions.

Daily Telegraph

‘Music is medication. The elixir of life. It’s for injecting into the blood stream to take away the pain…to promote euphoria…to adrenalise us and give us courage and fortitude’ In a top London recording studio, Cat, a young songwriter, her producer Bernard, their lawyers and psychotherapists go to battle over who owns a hit song. Amidst a gathering storm of bitter complaints and brutal recriminations Cat and Bernard inflict a devastating toll on each other in a war that only one of them can win. ‘The music industry isn't about healing heartbreak and vulnerability. It's about selling it’ A sly, wry exploration of the dark side of the music industry by the multi-Olivier Award-winning writer of Sunny Afternoon and Blue/Orange, Joe Penhall. This edition was published alongside the world premiere at The Old Vic, London in April 2018, directed by Roger Michell.
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A sly, wry exploration of the dark side of the music industry by the multi-Olivier Award-winner Joe Penhall.
An exciting new West End play from the multi Olivier Award-winning writer Joe Penhall whose previous hit plays include Blue/Orange and Sunny Afternoon
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ISBN
9781350089914
Publisert
2018-04-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Methuen Drama
Vekt
95 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

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Joe Penhall's plays include Some Voices (1994); Pale Horse (1995); In Love and Understanding (1997); The Bullet (1998), Blue/Orange (2000 - Evening Standard Best Play Award, the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play and the 2001 Olivier Award for Best New Play), Haunted Child (2011), Birthday (2012) and Sunny Afternoon (2014).