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THEATRE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Ed. Stuart Bennett
'The best drama book of the year.'
About HARD CHOICES by Carole Hayman
'No wonder No 10 never wanted you to read this funny, clever, frightening book.'
'....a novel designed to stave off voter apathy at the next election... a darkly satirical vision of how the country might be if a party not unlike New Labour stayed in power too long'
'Absorbing and revealing. A strikingly unusual angle on ordinary people doomed to live in extraordinary times'
About THE ARAB-ISRAELI COOKBOOK by Robin Soans
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I HAVE BEFORE ME A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT GIVEN TO ME BY A YOUNG LADY FROM RWANDA... By Sonja Linden
'Its theme could hardly be more topical, or more powerful - hope, human resilience and courage are set alongside descriptions of torture and injustice that are deeply affecting.'
'A major playwright.'
'Sonja Linden's new play is a remarkable achievement'
'This most harrowing, powerful and yet beautiful piece of theatre…'
About SACRED By Eliette Abecassis
About UNDER THEIR INFLUENCE By Wayne Buchanan
About WARRIOR SQUARE By Nick Wood
About Charles Way's PLAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Re: RED RED SHOES
'A rare and mature piece of children's theatre, in both thought and form and it satisfies on every level .'
The Guardian
...fast, broad, silly and profound!'
The Independent on Sunday
'...wonderfully fragrant, upper crust Lysistrata.'
The Guardian
'...leaves the audience gasping for much, much, more...'
The Independent
'In Rachel and Naomi, Abecassis creates two powerful and sympathetic heroines, and the power and beauty of her writing renders their story both heartbreaking and hypnotic.'
'Plenty of food for thought in this powerful, bracing piece of documentary theatre.'
The Sunday Express
'A strong coming-of-age story- with an eerie whisper of mystery and foreboding.'
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MY BROTHER JOHNNY By Francesco D'Adamo
Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times
Drama Magazine
The Daily Mail
Caroline Horn, TheBookseller
'Some stories need to be written, and deserve to be read all over the world.
My Brother Johnny is one of these!'
Sunday Express, Fiction Read of the Week
The Times
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Time Out
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The Guardian
'... goes way beyond the anecdotal to resemble a kind of universal tragedy, we watch as the absurd conflict between love and a life lived within the strict confines of religious laws, is played out on the world stage'
Le Matin
The Observer
'...the best play so far to constructively deal with a serious issue in the black community. Wayne Buchanan deserves a Grammy for this one'
The Gleaner
Berlin Theatre Festival
'... shows us the extent to which children are capable of taking control of their own lives, and conquering the absurdities of bigotry and hatred.'
ABOUT LYSISTRATA - THE SEX STRIKE Adapted By Germaine Greer '
About NEW SOUTH AFRICAN PLAYS Ed. Charles J. Fourie
Writing in Education
About A SPELL OF COLD WEATHER By Charles Way
'A show that addresses children's intrinsic sense of things unspoken and their capacity to embrace the realm of enchantment.'
About The INTERNATIONAL SERIES OF TEENAGE FICTION
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