A contemporary thriller with ancient roots, by the winner of the Most Promising New Playwright 2024 award (OffWestEnd).

The bark creeps up my body like a rising sea level. I wonder what will happen when it reaches my heart.

When a woman tells a lie to her girlfriend, a seed is planted that grows in the darkness. Now roots are cracking through the pavement and branches are coming in at the windows. As she starts to see things that no one else can, she becomes the focus of some seriously unwanted attention.

A queer urban fable about passion, power and photosynthesis, Rafaella Marcus's Sap, her first full-length stage play, opened at Roundabout @ Summerhall, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in August 2022.

'A glorious tapesty of a play.' Guardian

Winner: Summerhall Lustrum Award
Winner: SoHo Playhouse Medal of Excellence

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The bark creeps up my body like a rising sea level. I wonder what will happen when it reaches my heart.
A glorious tapestry of a play.
A contemporary thriller with ancient roots.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780571379972
Publisert
2022-08-04
Utgiver
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Vekt
80 gr
Høyde
200 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Rafaella Marcus is a writer, director and dramaturg from South London. As writer, her work for audio includes The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello (Big Finish); Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later, Trice Forgotten (Rusty Quill); The Gift, The You Play: small acts, The You Play Volume II: The Haunted Woman (45North/Atticist/EKP). Sap is her first full-length stage play. Their work as director focuses on new writing, often bringing to the stage marginalised voices. Recent directing credits include: BLUBBER (R&D); Richard II (RADA); Stop Kiss (Above The Stag); I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream (VAULT Festival - 2018 People's Choice Award winner); Bury the Dead (Finborough Theatre); Alley. Pearls. Gunshot. (The Yard); Spooky Action at a Distance, Crave (Bunker Theatre); The Wild Party, The Window/Blank Pages (The Hope Theatre); Sonya and Andrey (Sheffield Theatres); Laughing Boy (site specific, Bethnal Green). Work as Associate Director includes: Blithe Spirit (Harold Pinter Theatre); Fury (Guildhall); The Cause (Jermyn Street Theatre). Work as Assistant Director includes: Emilia (Vaudeville Theatre); Pericles (Shakespeare's Globe); Romeo and Juliet, The Wind in the Willows (Chester Performs); Boeing Boeing, Afterplay, Love Your Soldiers, The Winter's Tale (Sheffield Theatres); The Killing of Sister George (Arts Theatre). Rafaella trained on the Birkbeck Theatre Directing MFA. In 2021, she was awarded an MGCFutures bursary to establish a new free script-reading scheme, supplying essential feedback to writers otherwise unable to access it. They were the runner-up of the JMK Award 2021.