Zoe Cooper Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.

Copertine alternative qui e qui.Pubblicato postumo agli inizi del 1818, "Northanger Abbey", forse il piu' inconsueto dei romanzi di J. Austen, e' ha un tempo uno dei piu' essenzialmente austeniani. Raffinatissimo gioco intellettuale in cui realta' e immaginazione si affrontano riflettendosi l'una nell'altra, nella apparente semplicita' di una narrazione di straordinaria immediatezza che sembra nascere, "farsi", di pagina in pagina, il romanzo si caratterizza per una complessa struttura a piu' livelli in cui la grande scrittrice inglese, rivela, come in un gioco ad incastro l'origine e l'essenza della sua narrativa. Divertita denuncia dei pericoli di una acritica accettazione della letteratura, e' al tempo stesso una appassionata difesa della letteratura; parodia di falsi orrori, della romanzesca fantasia della narrativa gotica, insensibilmente si muta in un romanzo gotico di disincantato realismo le cui vicende mettono a nudo, con spietata eleganza, gli orrori autentici della realta' quotidiana.

Seventeen-year-old Asha is an emphatic rebel, unafraid of pointing out the hypocrisy around her but less sure how to actually dismantle it. Her younger sister, Bettina, wide-eyed and naïve, is just trying to get through the school day without getting her pocket money nicked. Between essays, homework and bus journeys home the two sisters meet outside the school gates each afternoon, smarting at the injustice of the world around them. Bouncing with wit, Sonali Bhattacharyya’s mesmerizing play  Two Billion Beats  is an insightful, moving and tremendously funny coming-of-age story about the unfairness of growing up in a world where you don't make the rules. It premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in February 2022. An earlier version of the play was performed as part of the Orange Tree's  Inside/Outside  season, livestreamed in 2021.

A play about resistance and dignity in the face of global exploitation. Winner of Theatre Uncut's Political Playwriting Award.

Six short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope. First performed and livestreamed from the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 2021.

Cecil Rice - Venice, Sunlight and Water is to be published as a prelude to a travelling exhibition of Cecil Rice's original work and silkscreen prints around the UK in the Summer of 2006 through to the end of the year.