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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “sonya kelly”
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  • Sonya Kelly’s Druid Plays

    by Sonya Kelly ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
    "Sonya Kelly's rapier wit and intelligent awareness of the human condition, allied to consummate stagecraft skills, have made for what will probably be claimed in a few years' time as one of the hits of the decade" (Sunday Independent)Sonya Kelly's Druid Plays is a tour-de-force that transcends the boundaries of traditional storytelling, offering a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Once Upon a Bridge

    by Sonya Kelly ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Shortlisted for the Writer's Guild Award for Best New Play 2021He was like a rugby man,He hit her like a rugby man,Straight into her shoulder,The momentum of the crash,Dragging her beyond the kerb,Towards the front tyre of my bus.Early one morning on Putney Bridge, three strangers' lives collided for one fleeting second.Inspired by real events, Once Upon a B... ... Read more

    $19.09 CAD

  • The Wheelchair on My Face

    A Look Back at a Myopic Childhood

    by Sonya Kelly ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    *'I got my first pair of glasses when I was seven.A nurse came to the school and tested everyone's eyes. And so it was discovered why I'd thrown bread to the floating crisp packets in our local pond and walked into lamp posts and said, 'excuse me'. Until that day the world was a swirl of moving coloured blobs. I thought it was the same for everyone.How wrong I was.'*Winner: Scotsman Fringe First ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Last Return

    by Sonya Kelly ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    “I do not organise the ticket queue, it is up to the people in the ticket queue to organise themselves. Have I made myself clear?”Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2022One final night. One last chance. Five people queue for a ticket to the hottest show in town. All they must do is simply wait in line. But what in life is ever simple?Who will triumph, who will fail, and who will walk ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Rough Magic Theatre Company

    New Irish Plays and Adaptations, 2010-2018

    by Ms. Hilary Fannin, Mr Arthur Riordan, Sonya Kelly, Shane Mac an Bhaird, Morna Regan, Ellen Cranitch ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
    Celebrating the work of one of Ireland's most daring theatre companies, this anthology gathers five plays by established and emerging playwrights. They include vibrant new adaptations of the world classics Peer Gynt and Phaedra alongside vital new dramas that explore issues of urgent contemporary concern, such as sex and sexuality, emigration and climate change. With contributions from Hilary ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • How to Keep an Alien

    A Story about Falling in Love and Proving It to the Government

    by Sonya Kelly ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    How to Keep an Alien is a funny and tender autobiographical tale in which Irish Sonya and Australian Kate meet and fall in love, but Kate's visa is up and she must leave the country. Together they must find a way to prove to the Department of Immigration that they have the right to live together in Ireland.The paper trail of evidence for 'the visa people' takes them on a global odyssey from County ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Wheelchair on My Face; Charolais; The Humours of Bandon

    by Sonya Kelly, Noni Stapleton, Margaret McAuliffe ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    This hilarious volume brings together three funny, vibrant and theatrical monologue plays for female performers.The Wheelchair on My Face by Sonya KellySonya tells her story about growing up with poor vision that went undiagnosed until she was seven years old. Combining memoir, theatre and stand-up comedy, this delightful story of a myopic child shows us how we can better the world even if we ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    by Various, Mark Gatiss ...
    Series series NHB Modern Plays
    A young soldier returning from the trenches of the First World War recollects a love that dare not speak its name. Almost one hundred years later, a groom-to-be prepares for his gay wedding.Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.Poignant and personal, funny, tragic and riotous, these ... Read more

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  • I Knew the Bride

    by Hugo Williams ...
    Hugo Williams is rightly cherished for his inimitable fusion of autobiography and irony, and a technical glide that allows his writing to 'slip back to the past as effortlessly as a dreamer' ( The Times).I Knew the Bride is Williams' eleventh collection of poems, and his first since West End Final was shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot and Forward prizes for poetry in 2009. This new volume bears ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • My Family and Other Superheroes

    by Jonathan Edwards ...
    My Family and Other Superheroes introduces a vibrant and unique new voice from Wales. The superheroes in question are a motley crew. Evel Knievel, Sophia Loren, Ian Rush, Marty McFly, a bicycling nun and a recalcitrant hippo - all leap from these pages and jostle for position, alongside valleys mams, dads and bamps, described with great warmth. Other poems focus on the crammed terraces and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Small Man in a Book

    by Rob Brydon ...
    Rob Brydon tells story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book.A multi-award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very favourite entertainers. But there was a time when it looked like all we'd hear of Rob was his gifted voice.Growing up in South Wales, Rob had a passion ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The Art of Falling

    by Kim Moore ...
    "The poems of The Art of Falling are fearless. There are more good poems filling Kim Moore's first collection than many poets will produce in a lifetime." – Alison Brackenbury "This accessibility (in topic or theme) is due not to their simplicity but Moore's deftness as a poet. Form and language collaborate to give her work an enviable ease, flooring the reader fast with adroit humour and drama, ... Read more

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