This is Living
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 1M, 1F
- ISBN: 9781848425842
"You weren't moving. Your hair was soaked. We saw you."
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye, Liam Borrett's play This is Living was first performed in a critically acclaimed and award-winning production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014. It had its London premiere at Trafalgar Studios, London, in 2016.
REVIEWS:
"A modern urban ghost story about grief and loss… a gently affecting piece, full of compassion."
The Times
"Borrett's play balances on a tightrope between comedy and heartbreak… speckled with genuinely romantic and heart-wrenching moments."
A Younger Theatre
"A remarkable debut from an impressive new voice."
A Younger Theatre
"Poignant, truthful… finds humour in unexpected places."
The Reviews Hub
"Delves deeply into its emotive and sadly universal subject… contains some beautifully observed humour."
The Stage
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers
Available Material
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Alice and Michael met six years ago. Three years later their daughter Lily was born. Now, in a Yorkshire meadow, just past midnight, they're having an argument. Because Alice is cold, she's tired, and Michael won't stop telling her that she died twelve hours ago. |
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