“...shows us the extent to which children are capable of taking control of their own lives, and conquering the absurdities of bigotry and hatred...” Berlin Theatre Festival

Winner of The Brother Grimm Prize, Berlin. The exciting story of a brother and sister's escape to England. Persecuted for being different, Andrea and Riva are forced to flee their homeland, and now they must learn to live in a country very different from their own.
Les mer
Explores the plight of a family of refugees who end up in a boarding house in Hastings where they try to come to terms with British culture and the painful memories of the past.
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Winner of The Brother Grimm Prize, Berlin. The exciting story of a brother and sister's escape to England. Persecuted for being different, Andrea and Riva are forced to flee their homeland, and now they must learn to live in a country very different from their own.
Les mer
“...shows us the extent to which children are capable of taking control of their own lives, and conquering the absurdities of bigotry and hatred...” Berlin Theatre Festival
RIVA In the middle of a park, ANDREA On the top of a small hill, RIVA Stand a boy, ANDREA And a girl. Looking brave. RIVA But feeling a little bit frightened. ANDREA Far away from their own country, they are getting ready to start their lives all over again. RIVA Below them they can see two schools. Enter Teacher who watches them. ANDREA Tomorrow, with their mother, they will leave their new flat, turn left down by the side of the newsagents, cross the road… TEACHER But that is what will happen tomorrow. The girl is called Riva. The boy is called Andrea. Their story doesn’t start here, it begins just before morning play, in a different school, in a different country.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780954691202
Publisert
2004
Utgiver
Vendor
Aurora Metro Books
Aldersnivå
Y, U, E, 03, 05, 04
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

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Biographical note

Nick was an actor, a freelance journalist, and a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. Commissions include: Radio 4, Derby Theatre, Eastern Angles, Thalia Theatre Hamburg, Action Transport, The Drum, Plymouth, Theatr Iolo, Hans Otto Theater Potsdam, Jumper Up Theatre, and Nottingham Playhouse. Plays include: Warrior Square, Mia, A Dream of White Horses, My Name is Stephen Luckwell, The Children of the Crown, and About A Band. His plays have been translated into several languages and performed in France, Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, Albania, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Denmark, Montenegro, Russia, Switzerland, and South Korea. With Andrew Breakwell he started New Theatre Nottingham and recently returned to acting touring his new one-man play A Girl With A Book. Currently there are twelve productions of A Girl With A Book by companies in Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In June 2016 Eastern Angles revived their production of his adaptation of We Didn't Mean to Go To Sea and in September his adaptation of Mick Jackson's The Underground Man opens at Nottingham Playhouse before a UK tour, and also in the autumn Getting Better Slowly, a play involving dance and verbatim theatre about Guillaine Barre Syndrome will open its tour at the Lincoln Drill Hall.