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Why do we have different accents and where do they come from? Why
do you say ‘tomayto’ and I say ‘tomahto’? And is one way of
speaking better than another? In You’re All Talk, linguist Rob
Drummond explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language to
reveal extraordinary insights into how humans operate: how we
perceive (and judge) other people and how we would like ourselves
to be perceived. He investigates how and why we automatically
associate different accents with particular social characteristics
— degrees of friendliness, authority, social class, level of
education, race, and so on — and how we, consciously or
subconsciously, change the way we speak in order to create
different versions of ourselves to fit different environments.
Ultimately, You’re All Talk demonstrates the beauty of linguistic
diversity and how embracing it can give us a better understanding
of other people — and ourselves.
National Theatre Connections is an annual festival which brings new
plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK
and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights,
the festival exposes actors aged 13-19 to the world of professional
theatre-making, giving them full control of a theatrical production
- from costume and set design to stage management and marketing
campaigns. NT Connections have published over 150 original plays
and regularly works with 500 theatre companies and 10,000 young
people each year. This anthology brings together 10 new plays by
some of the UK's most prolific and current writers and artists
alongside notes on each of the texts exploring performance for
schools and youth groups. Salt Life is never plain sailing, but
when a new government initiative comes into place offering young
people the chance to train and learn skills overseas, droves of
teens jump at the chance to secure their future. Once on board the
transport ship, the promises of the glossy advert seem a far cry
from what lies ahead. A play about generations, choices and hope.
Class It's school election time and while most of the school is
busy enjoying their lunch break, a deadlock is taking place amongst
the members of the school council. Bitter rivalries, secret
alliances and false promises are laid bare. As a ruthless battle
ensues, who will win and does anyone really care? A play about
politics, populism and the 'ping' of a text message. The Sad Club
This is a musical about depression and anxiety. It's a collection
of monologues, songs and duologues from all over time and space
exploring what about living in this world stops us from being happy
and how we might go about tackling those problems. Chaos A girl is
locked in a room. A boy brings another boy flowers. A girl has tied
herself to a railing. A boy doesn't know who he is. A girl worries
about impending catastrophe. A woman jumps in front of a train. A
boy's heart falls out his chest. A butterfly has a broken wing.
Stuff Vinny's organising a surprise birthday party for his mate,
Anita. It's not going well: his choice of venue is a bit misguided,
Anita's not keen on leaving the house, and everyone else has their
own stuff going on. Maybe a surprise party wasn't the best idea? A
play about trying (but not really managing) to help. Flesh A group
of teenagers wake up in a forest with no clue how they got there.
They find themselves separated into two different teams but have no
idea what game they are expected to play. With no food, no water
and seemingly no chance of escape, it's only a matter of time
before things start to get drastic. But whose side are people on
and how far will they go to survive? Ageless In a not too distant
future, Temples pharmaceutical corporation has quite literally
changed the face of ageing. Their miracle drug keeps its users
looking perpetually teenage. With an ever youthful population, how
can society support those who are genuinely young? The Small Hours
It's the middle of the night and Peebs and Epi are the only
students left at school over half-term. At the end of their night
out, former step-siblings Red and Jazz try to navigate their
reunion. With only a couple of hours until morning, Jaffa tries to
help Keesh finish an essay. As day breaks, Wolfie is getting up the
courage to confess a secret to VJ at a party. Their choices are
small yet momentous. The hours are small but feel very, very long.
And when the night finally ends, the future is waiting - all of it.
terra A group of classmates is torn apart by the opportunity to
perform their own dance. As they disagree and bicker, two distinct
physical groups emerge and separate into opposing teams. When a
strange outsider appears - out of step with everyone else - the
divide is disrupted. A contemporary narrative dance piece about
individuality, community and heritage. Variations Thirteen-year-old
Alice wishes her life was completely different. She wakes up one
morning to find that her life is different. In fact, it's so
different that all she wants to do is get back to normality. But
how does she do that?
Essential study guides for the future linguist. Language Diversity
and World Englishes is an introduction to the variation of English
throughout the UK and around the world. It is suitable for students
at advanced level and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge
English Corpus, it examines how language varies among different
geographical, ethnic and social groups, as well as looking at
differing perceptions of language varieties. Using short activities
to help explain analysis methods, this book guides students through
major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and
modern findings, while providing inspiration for language
investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research
suggestions.
This book examines how urban adolescents attending a non-mainstream
learning centre in the UK use language and other semiotic practices
to enact identities in their day-to-day lives. Combining
variationist sociolinguistics and ethnographically-informed
interactional sociolinguistics, this detailed and highly reflexive
account provides rich descriptions and discussions of the
linguistic processes at work in a previously underexplored research
environment. In doing so, it reveals fresh insights into the
changes taking place in urban British English, and into the
difficulties of undertaking ethnographic, sociolinguistic research
in a challenging context using a combination of methods and
approaches. This interdisciplinary work will appeal to students and
scholars from across the fields of sociolinguistics, ethnography,
and education; as well as providing a valuable resource for
teachers and trainees.
This book examines how urban adolescents attending a non-mainstream
learning centre in the UK use language and other semiotic practices
to enact identities in their day-to-day lives. Combining
variationist sociolinguistics and ethnographically-informed
interactional sociolinguistics, this detailed and highly reflexive
account provides rich descriptions and discussions of the
linguistic processes at work in a previously underexplored research
environment. In doing so, it reveals fresh insights into the
changes taking place in urban British English, and into the
difficulties of undertaking ethnographic, sociolinguistic research
in a challenging context using a combination of methods and
approaches. This interdisciplinary work will appeal to students and
scholars from across the fields of sociolinguistics, ethnography,
and education; as well as providing a valuable resource for
teachers and trainees.
Written (and occasionally performed) by Rob Drummond in
collaboration with director David Overend, these scripts are a
record of a long-term artistic partnership. From the award-winning
magic of Bullet Catch (the Arches, 2012), to the audience votes of
The Majority (National Theatre of Great Britain, 2017), these six
plays open up a space for improvisation and participation, and a
range of responses and reactions from the audience. The collection
includes four previously unpublished scripts along with up-to-date
versions of their most successful productions. With introductory
essays and in-text commentary by both the writer and director, this
is a valuable resource for practitioners, students, and scholars of
contemporary British theatre.
Written (and occasionally performed) by Rob Drummond in
collaboration with director David Overend, these scripts are a
record of a long-term artistic partnership. From the award-winning
magic of Bullet Catch (the Arches, 2012), to the audience votes of
The Majority (National Theatre of Great Britain, 2017), these six
plays open up a space for improvisation and participation, and a
range of responses and reactions from the audience. The collection
includes four previously unpublished scripts along with up-to-date
versions of their most successful productions. With introductory
essays and in-text commentary by both the writer and director, this
is a valuable resource for practitioners, students, and scholars of
contemporary British theatre.
Is morality just what the majority say? Is that all it is? If I
don't vote, I'm not part of that discussion. Rob Drummond returns
to the National with a new show about democracy. The Majority
charts Rob's journey as he navigates the Scottish Independence
Referendum, Brexit, Trump... and whatever today brings. So take
your seat and push the button. Yes or No. Can you change the show
with your votes? Every night will be different, depending on the
majority.
Twelve years ago, from the mouth of a great sacrifice, a child was
born. And they called her Autumn. Isaac returns to his family home
with a chance to atone for the terrible mistake that claimed his
childhood. Autumn is a little girl whose time is running out. With
three sleeps left before her birthday, she can only hope for a
miracle, or an unexpected act of selflessness. Her grandmother,
Sophia, brings them together in a desperate attempt to save her
family, at any cost. Set against the eerie backdrop of an isolated
rural community and steeped in the folklore of the harvest, Grain
in the Blood is a noir-ish thriller exploring a timely moral
dilemma: how much are we prepared to sacrifice for the greater
good? The play received its world premiere at the Tron Theatre,
Glasgow, on 18 October 2016, before opening at the Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh, on 1 November 2016.
I told her that it wouldn't be appropriate for us to meet in
person. She asked me why not. I told her the truth. Because I was
extremely attracted to her and didn't want to court the destruction
of my marriage. She said, your wife never needs to know. It will
just be a little adventure. Nothing even needs to happen. September
2016 marks the fifteen-year anniversary of Rob and Lucy's very
first date. What better way to mark this milestone than to create a
show all about love? As part of his research Rob underwent an MRI
scan. His ventromedial prefrontal cortex surged when looking at a
picture of his wife. However, it also surged while looking at other
pictures. In equal parts TED Talk and theatrical experiment, this
is the show that combines a live on-stage date and evolutionary
theory. Whether you're single or attached, this is a big-hearted
play for those looking to find love and those wanting to celebrate
it. In Fidelity received its world premiere at the HighTide
Festival 2016.
Pit the kettle oan mither, this is braw news! Scotland's most
famous family, The Broons, are brought to life in this new stage
adaptation by award-winning playwright Rob Dummond. Beloved of
readers since their first appearance in the Sunday Post in 1936,
The Broons are a family of infamous characters including Granpaw,
Paw and Maw Broon, Hen and Joe, Daphne, Maggie, Horace, the Twins
and the Bairn. Living in each other's pockets in 10 Glebe Street,
today they're getting together for a commemorative photograph. But
change is afoot at 10 Glebe Street when Maggie announces she's
getting married, Hen and Daphne are heading out on dates, Joe is
off to London and Horace is off to Mars. With Paw trying to save
his pennies for the wedding and Grandpaw out to settle old scores,
what will Maw do to keep her family together? Filled with laughs,
love and comic-strip visuals, all set to a Scottish soundtrack, The
Broons is a fast-paced, fun and fantastic adaptation of a
much-loved institution. It was first performed at Perth Concert
Hall in September 2016 as part of a Scotland-wide tour.
To paraphrase Alistair Beaton's Caledonia - the first play in this
collection - 'The English have anthologies, the Spanish have
anthologies, the French have anthologies . . . why should not
Scotland have its anthology?' Scotland is entering a crucial period
in its history, where its identity is being debated daily, from
everyday conversation to the national and international press. At
the same time, its theatre is resurgent, with key Scottish
playwrights, theatres and theatre companies expanding their
performance vocabularies while coming to prominence in national and
international contexts. Caledonia is a tale of hubris and delusion,
portraying a crucial slice of Scotland's history and its foray into
imperial colonialism told with dark humour and creative flair, by
award-winning playwright and satirist Alistair Beaton. Bullet
Catch, by Rob Drummond, is a unique theatrical experience exploring
the world of magic, featuring mind-reading, levitation, and the
most notorious finale in show business. Morna Pearson's The Artist
Man and the Mother Woman is a wickedly funny, deceptively simple,
surreal portrait of a spectacularly dysfunctional relationship.
Rantin', by Kieran Hurley draws on storytelling, live music and an
unapologetically haphazard take on Scottish folk tradition, in an
attempt to stitch together fragmented stories to reveal a botched
patchwork of a nation. First performed at the Royal Court in 2013,
Narrative by Anthony Neilson is a theatrical exploration of the the
boundaries and possibilities of storytelling. Featuring plays from
Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Kieran Hurley and
Anthony Neilson, this collection is edited by Dr. Trish Reid, a
leading critical voice on Scottish theatre.
Quiz Show: Welcome to False!, the quiz show where there are no
questions, only statements, where every statement is a lie, and
where the prize is nothing less than the truth. Everyone's
favourite quizmaster, Daniel Caplin, gives tonight's gifted
contestants the chance to play for the ultimate prize - to discover
what lies behind the Door of Truth. Newcomer Sandra has always been
desperate to find out and she's more than a threat to our reigning
champion. Tonight, there is even more to play for. Can the show
survive what she discovers? Bullet Catch: The high-risk Bullet
Catch has claimed many lives since its conception in 1613.
Modern-day marvel William Wonder presents a theatre show with
magic, mindreading, levitation and, if you dare stay, the most
notorious stunt of them all. A unique theatrical experience
exploring the world of magic, featuring mind-reading, levitation,
and the most notorious finale in show business. One of Scotland's
most exciting theatre-makers, Rob Drummond pushes the boundaries of
popular culture in these two unique pieces of theatre.
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