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Janice Okoh - Three Birds - 9781848422766 - V9781848422766
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Three Birds

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Description for Three Birds Paperback. A startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize 2011. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.

A startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize 2011.

Siblings Tiana, Tionne and Tanika have found themselves home alone. Tiana's keeping it all together by taking charge of housework and homework.

But Tionne's experiments are getting stranger and Tanika's starting to act up. As the outside world begins to press in, the three will do anything to keep their secret safe from the adults who come to call.

Janice Okoh's play Three Birds was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in February 2013 before transferring to the ... Read more

'A play that is as humane as it is savage... as funny as it is alarming. It is written with as much warmth as it is with truth. It's funny and theatrical and alert and alive. It's terrific.' Simon Stephens, playwright and Chair of the Judges for the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848422766
SKU
V9781848422766
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Janice Okoh
Janice Okoh won the Bruntwood Playwrighting Competition in 2011 with her play Three Birds, which was staged at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2013, before transferring to the Bush Theatre, London. The play was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award and the Alfred Fagon Award. Her other plays include The Gift (Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 2020) and ... Read more

Reviews for Three Birds
'Deals in harsh realism but hovers, brilliantly suspended, between dark comedy, thriller and an expressive human sympathy worthy of Tennessee Williams'
The Times
'Like a Pitchfork Disney for the Beiber / Primark generation'
A Younger Theatre

Goodreads reviews for Three Birds


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