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'Welcome. Welcome to Bristol in 1963. Welcome to Waterloo Bridge in
2016. Welcome to a house in May 2017. Welcome to three couples and
what might be, what once was and what could have been in 2017.
Welcome to a West Indian household in 2018. Welcome to London in
2018. Welcome to the past, present and - crucially - the future.'
This anthology brings together six plays, all written or performed
since 2017, by six brilliant Black British writers - Travis
Alabanza, Firdos Ali, Natasha Gordon, Arinze Kene, Chinonyerem
Odimba and debbie tucker green. The plays demonstrate a rich range
of settings, forms, styles, locations, scales, contents and
concerns - and explore themes including politics and protest, grief
and colonisation, relationships and gender. They have been seen on
stages including the National Theatre, the Royal Court, the Bush
and Bristol Old Vic, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in the West
End, and on tour of the UK. Selected and introduced by leading
theatre director Natalie Ibu, Contemporary Plays by Black British
Writers celebrates a multiplicity of stories authored by Black
playwrights in the UK over the last decade.
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stoning mary (Paperback)
Debbie Tucker Green
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Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play
that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song
repetitions with complex psychology. 'So what happened to the
bitches that gotta conscience? The underclass bitches, the womanist
bitches... What about alla them then? Not a one of them would march
for me?' A husband and wife row about a prescription. A mother and
father row about their son, who has become a child soldier. Two
sisters row about which one is superior to the other. It emerges
that the younger sister, Mary, has killed the child soldier. She is
to be stoned to death... What if all these things were happening
here? And what if these people were white? debbie tucker green's
play stoning mary was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre,
London, in April 2005.
'It's not always all about you.' Three couples. What might be. What
once was. What could have been. debbie tucker green's play
premiered in February 2017 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in
the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, in a production directed by the
playwright.
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born bad (Paperback)
Debbie Tucker Green
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A hard-hitting and original family drama, winner of the 2004
Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer. 'the bits don't make the
bulk and the bulk don't mek the whole and the all a your bits
together don't make your versions true.' A blood-related black
family. A Dad, a Mum, a Daughter, two Sisters, a Brother. A family
argument. A skeleton in the closet... debbie tucker green's play
born bad dives headlong into the powerful heart of this family,
unleashing wit, ferocity and verbal dexterity on the way. It was
premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2003.
'Marchin' days is over man.' Patience is running out, times have
changed. And progress isn't enough. Black British. African
American. Here. There. Now. Snapshots of lives, snapshots of
experiences of protest; violence vs non-violence, direct action vs
demonstrations, ear for eye follows characters navigating their way
through society today. debbie tucker green's play ear for eye
premiered in October 2018 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in
the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, in a production directed by the
playwright. ear for eye was a finalist for the 2019 Susan Smith
Blackburn Prize. A filmed version of ear for eye, written and
directed by debbie tucker green, was broadcast on BBC Two in
October 2021. 'A furious dissection of racial injustice...
overwhelming' - Guardian
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nut (Paperback, New)
Debbie Tucker Green
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'Bein you means not bein me, see, a deficit already - before you
even started we running at a loss.' Elayne doesn't want company but
company won't leave her alone. Everyone's got an opinion but no
one's listening and things are starting to slip. debbie tucker
green's play nut is a drama about a woman who wants to withdraw
from the world. It premiered at The Shed at the National Theatre in
October 2013, directed by the author.
Two plays from the acclaimed playwright debbie tucker green. trade
is a short play dealing with the controversial topic of female sex
tourism. Three black women on a Caribbean island: a hip young thing
from London, an older tourist and a resident native. One subject.
Two worlds. Three points of view. trade was first performed by the
Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the 2005 New Work Festival in
the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in October 2005. (An earlier
version of the play was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
as part of the 2004 New Work Festival at The Other Place,
Stratford-upon-Avon, in October 2004, and Soho Theatre, London, in
March 2005). generations is a 30-minute drama about three
generations of a black South African family who contest their
relative culinary skills. But food isn't the only topic and the
family numbers are declining... generations was first seen as a
Platform performance at the National Theatre, London, on 30 June
2005. The play was revived at the Young Vic, London, in March 2007,
in a production directed by Sacha Wares.
An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy,
from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British
playwriting. 'Death never used to be for the young. You get up. You
go bout your business. You expect to come back.' debbie tucker
green's play random was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood
Theatre Downstairs, London, in March 2008, directed by Sacha Wares
and performed by Nadine Marshall. A television adaptation for
Channel 4, directed by debbie tucker green and starring Nadine
Marshall alongside an expanded cast, was first broadcast in August
2011. It went on to win a BAFTA for Best Single Drama.
Very few playwrights can be identified from a single line of
dialogue - debbie tucker green is one of them. This collection of
her first six plays, together with a short introduction by the
author, shows a dramatic artist in full control of her craft. born
bad (Hampstead Theatre, 2003; winner of the Olivier Award for Best
Newcomer) dives headlong into the heart of a conflicted family,
unleashing wit, ferocity and verbal dexterity on the way. 'One of
the most assured and extraordinary new voices we've heard in a long
while. Electrifying' Independent on Sunday dirty butterfly (Soho
Theatre, 2003) is a mesmerising study of voyeurism, power and
guilt. 'There is a sly, controlled power in this writing... And now
I cannot get it out of my head' Guardian generations (National
Theatre Platform performance, 2005; Young Vic, 2007) follows three
generations of a Black South African family comparing cooking
skills - but food isn't the only topic and the family numbers are
declining. 'Devastating... will last you a lifetime' Guardian
stoning mary (Royal Court Theatre, 2005) confronts the reality of
global conflicts, transposing them to the West. 'The words fly
around the theatre piercing the dark like gleaming shards of
shrapnel' The Stage trade (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2005) shines
a light on the world of female sex tourism. 'Poetry laced with
shards of broken glass' Guardian random (Royal Court Theatre, 2008)
is set over one day, following one family and the effects of one
random act of violence. 'The writing seems to penetrate the very
heart of grief' Telegraph 'debbie tucker green uses language as
deftly as a composer might use notes.' Financial Times
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hang (Paperback)
Debbie Tucker Green
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His life. In her hands. A shattering play about one woman's
unspeakable decision. debbie tucker green's play hang premiered at
the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2015, in a production
directed by the author, and featuring Marianne Jean-Baptiste,
Claire Rushbrook and Shane Zaza.
Rwanda to Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe to Bosnia, answers are
demanded, reconciliation hard to hear and the truth reluctant to be
told. 'I will not stay standing to have you accuse me. And I will
not sit there and be accused.' debbie tucker green's play truth and
reconciliation was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood
Theatre Downstairs, London, in September 2011.
A mesmerising and startling play about voyeurism, power and guilt.
'You ever woken up of a morning wondering if this one was gonna be
your last - you ever got that feelin in your stomach as you lay
there wonderin that? Like butterflies gone ballistic. Like
butterflies gone bad.' Listening through their thin walls, Amelia
and Jason are drawn into the dark and compelling world of their
mutual neighbour Jo. debbie tucker green's play dirty butterfly was
first performed at Soho Theatre, London, in February 2003.
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