BEST OF THE FEST
ed. Phil Setren

new plays celebrating 10 years of the London New Play Festival discovery of lively new writing. And no group is more focused on the needs of new writers than the London New Play Festival.’
David Hare, playwright.

WILD TURKEY by Joe Penhall. Two small businessmen struggle to keep their flagging burger bar afloat, in the face of increasingly savage and bizarre forces.

EVERLASTING ROSE by Judy Upton. Terrified of ageing, a caravan Casanova, changes wives every decade, until a woman of the 90's challenges his routine.

MAISON SPLENDIDE by Laura Bridgeman. House-sitting for gangsters, Honey and Moon enact a 'let's pretend' lesbian white wedding, parodying suburban customs.

STRINDBERG KNEW MY FATHER by Mark Jenkins. Life becomes farce as Strindberg loses control over his characters while writing 'Miss Julie'.

IN THE FIELDS OF ACELDAMA by Naomi Wallace. When their only child dies in an accident, Mattie and Henry draw on her spirited past to find the strength to go on.

TWO HORSEMEN by 'Biyi Bandele. Banza and Langbaja, trade stories about life, sex and god in a run-down shack. Will their stories sustain them, or trap them forever?