Synopsis
5 New Plays from VAULT 5 Festival
Published by Nick Hern Books
"A major London festival showcasing new and rising talent" ~ Independent on VAULT Festival
This fifth anthology in the VAULT series offers five of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2020, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival
The 5 plays are ...
Something Awful ~ Tatty Hennessy
A thrilling play inspired by the true-crime story of the Slenderman
Soph and her best friend Jel love scary stories and hunt for the best online
But then new girl Ellie turns up at school with one of her own
Second Home ~ Charlotte Chimuanya
This explores the experiences of growing up mixed-race in twenty-first century Ireland
Naomi is trying to mend her broken heart
But will tackling grief and racism in a place she calls home prove to be the final betrayal?
Madame Ovary ~ Rosa Hesmondhalgh
The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of Rosa's ovarian cancer
This five-star sell-out Edinburgh hit is a life-affirming monologue exploring the typical struggles of staying relevant, with the less typical struggles of staying alive
Take Care ~ Zoë Templeman-Young and Sam McLaughlin
This award-winning Edinburgh smash follows the real-life story of Pam, a woman struggling to move her mother into a care home that's closer to her
An astonishing, tragic and uplifting verbatim play about the care system
Heroes ~ Isabel Dixon
A poignant exploration of fallen idols, family secrets and the human price of forgiveness
Set across two timelines, it tells the tense and sensitive story of a family torn apart by an unforgivable act
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