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Sex/Crime (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Alexis GregoryIn a fractured and divided city, two men, ‘A’ and ‘B’, meet to recreate the killings of a famous gay serial killer, for their own pleasure…and the right price. “Everything else is tumbling downFalling apartBut not you and me You and me are going to hold tight You and me are just right” Sex/Crime is a darkly comic queer thriller: an exciting, challenging play that explores sex, violence, language, fear and queerness.
Antigone (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Lulu RaczkaThe war is over. The dead have been buried. The traitors have been punished. People feel more alive than they have in a long time. They are ready to start again. But Antigone is not. She will not move on, and she will not forget. She will drag everyone back if she has to. Lulu Raczka’s searing adaptation of Sophocles’ classic text hands the reins to the young women at its heart, creating something messy, irreverent and vital.
Fairview (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Jackie Sibblies DruryIt’s Grandma’s birthday and the Frasier family have gathered to celebrate. Beverly just wants everything to run smoothly, but Tyrone has missed his flight, Keisha is freaking out about college and Grandma has locked herself in the bathroom. But something isn't right. Who is watching them? A radical examination of the power of spectatorship and the pressure of destructive preconceptions, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer prize-winner Fairview is a searing meta-theatrical interrogation of the white gaze, performance, and the subjectivity of the audience.
Land Without Dreams (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Tue Biering Fix FoxyThis Is A Play About The Future (And Climate Change. Not Insomnia.) A woman walks onto the stage. She says she is from the future. She says that we have stopped dreaming. She says we can change everything. She says that she can help end all our dystopian nightmares. But we know plays don’t change the world. Right? Land Without Dreams is a hopeful, funny and courageous new show by experimental Copenhagen-based theatre company Fix&Foxy. Their previous works include radical versions of Pretty Woman, Twin Peaks, and Friends.
Robert Icke: Oresteia; Uncle Vanya; Mary Stuart; The Wild Duck; The Doctor (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
by Robert IckeRobert Icke's thrilling and radical adaptations of some of the great texts of Western theatre have enthralled theatregoers in London, in New York and around the world. This is the first collection of his multi-awardwinning work.Includes:Oresteia: Orestes' parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus' greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done - and continues to resonate more than two millennia after it was written.Uncle Vanya: Chekhov's late masterpiece examines human behaviour in all of its beautiful, terrible, laughable contradiction. Mary Stuart: Schiller's political tragedy takes us behind the scenes of British history's famous rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. The Wild Duck: A new version of Ibsen's masterpiece about the nature of truth, in which a stranger intervenes to reveal the lies in the past of a family, with tragic consequences.The Doctor: Very freely adapting Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Icke has written a gripping moral thriller that uses the lens of medical ethics to examine urgent questions of faith, belief, and scientific rationality.
I Can Go Anywhere (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Douglas MaxwellAnyone can learn maps and battles. Geezer, I feel it! I live it! I’m giving everything to this beautiful, wild, absolutely pure British thing. Like, do you know what it took to get here, man? Stevie is a disillusioned academic who once wrote an unfashionable book on youth movements in Britain, now struggling to cope after a painful break-up.His misery is interrupted by Jimmy who lands unexpectedly on his doorstep beaming with excitement. Jimmy is 100% Mod: oversized military parka, fitted Italian suit, dessy boots, pork pie hat. The full package. Jimmy is seeking asylum in the UK. With just a few days before the substantive interview that’s going to decide his fate, the stakes are high. So he came up with a brilliant plan. A plan that’s going to work against all odds. It has to work. He can’t go back. And Stevie has an important part to play.
Hela (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Mari Izzard"Do’s dim hawl ’da ti adael,Do’s dim hawl ’da ti anghofio pwy wyt ti" "You don’t get to leave,You don’t get to forget who you really are" Erin, a young mother, has lost her son – but no one will listen. Driven and desperate, she must find him by any means necessary. When everything – including justice – is determined by an algorithm, can data truly be trusted? Can deep-seated pain ever be defused? And how far will Erin be willing to go to see justice happen? Mari Izzard's debut bilingual play Hela is a dark and unsettling tale of dirty family secrets and vigilante justice.
Before I Was A Bear (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Eleanor TindallOn a rainy Wednesday evening, Cally sits at her local pub waiting for her best friend. She notices someone in the corner. She recognises them. It's her celebrity crush. It can't be them though, can it? It isn't. This doesn't happen. She won't go over. She won't... A darkly comedic coming-of-age solo play, Before I Was A Bear is a modern myth about the power dynamics of sexuality and shame, women's relationships with each other, and an affair with a hot TV detective.
i will still be whole (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Ava Wong Davies"A tender little green shoot of a piece" Lyn Gardner 1996. A young mother walks out of a small house in Shepherd’s Bush and doesn’t look back. 2019. A daughter lies in a bath and stares at a crack in the ceiling. Joy and EJ prepare for their first meeting in twenty-two years. They run, they bathe, they inhale, they wait. i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) is the debut play by acclaimed theatre critic Ava Wong Davies: a lyrical interlinking of monologues devoted to blood ties, the cycle of trauma, and what we inherit from our parents.
A Kind of People (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti“In this country, you go as far as they let you.” Friday night and someone’s having a party. It seems like a laugh, but not everyone’s having fun. Gary and Nicky have been together since school. Gary’s going for a promotion so he can get his family out of their council flat and give Nicky everything she deserves. Anjum and Mo are used to aiming for the best. And doing whatever it takes to get it. Gary’s sister Karen is more interested in having a life than fighting for any cause. Mark is just…always there. And Victoria, Victoria wants to dance with somebody…
Midnight Movie (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Eve Leigh“I love love love my digital body because having a body that can go everywhere is just the hottest thing.” A girl fights for her life in a lift. New Window. A protest in Trafalgar Square. New Window. A naked man in a bathtub. New Window. Janelle Monae, dancing. The possibilities are endless. Even at 2am. That’s the thing about being Extremely Online: there’s no limit on where you can go. Eve Leigh's new play explores what the internet means for those who are disabled - what does an online life feel like to those whose bodies are deemed out of the ordinary by the rest of society?
Three Sisters (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Inua EllamsChekhov’s iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups plunged the country into chaos. Fuelled by foreign intervention, the conflict encroaches on their provincial village, and the sisters long to return to their former home in Lagos. Following his smash-hit Barber Shop Chronicles, Inua Ellams returns to the National Theatre with this heartbreaking retelling.
Howard Barker: 1870; Dans le Palais Je; Deep Wives / Shallow Animals; Knowledge and a Girl (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
by Howard BarkerThe latest collection of plays from one of the most celebrated, influential and studied playwrights in the English-speaking world. Howard Barker's plays continue to challenge, unsettle and expose.Barker's theatre has never sought to reproduce the real world on stage, but 1870 is the first of his plays to be set in Hell. An executed traitor, whose passion for betrayal is akin to a faith, meets other victims of that terrible year in a sordid room. Inevitably they are inspected by God, but in a shape none could have predicted and only he can delight in. In Dans Le Palais Je, Barker's nihilistic landowner at once establishes a different tone as she survives waves of social unrest and outbids the cruel with her own cruelty. In this chaos, she relies on the delivery of obscure but meaningful words which arrive in sealed envelopes to prepare her for a succession of ordeals. Deep Wives and Knowledge and a Girl are short pieces, firmly established in the European theatre repertoire. In the first, a revolutionary movement called the Alterations puts a rich woman in the hands of her servants. The body, and its political meanings, is at the heart of this uncanny work, written for two actresses and a mechanical dog. In Knowledge and a Girl, Barker reinterprets the Snow White fable from the perspective of the Stepmother.
The Art of Tattoo
by Lola MarsThe Art of Tattoo brings you a stunning collection of the most intricate, unique and exquisite tattoos. Showcasing a range of innovative styles as well as traditional designs, and packing a punch of colour and charisma, every one of the tattoos in this book is proof that a tattoo is not just ink; it’s art.
Inked: The World’s Most Impressive, Unique and Innovative Tattoos
by Lola MarsInked brings you a stunning collection of the most intricate, unique and exquisite tattoos, from the subtle and delicate to one-of-a-kind whole-body pieces. Showcasing a range of innovative new styles as well as traditional designs, and packing a punch of colour and charisma, every one of the tattoos in this book is proof that a tattoo is not just ink; it’s art.
Man Hacks: Handy Hints to Make Life Easier (Life Hacks Ser.)
by Dan MarshallMAN HACKS is the ultimate guide to making essential guy stuff easier. This fully illustrated manual covers everything from culinary cheats, DIY secrets and tidying-up shortcuts to style tips and party tricks – everything you need to keep your man credentials fully in check.
Great British Cars: Classic Models from the 1950s to the 1970s
by Stephen BarnettGreat British Cars celebrates the cars commonly seen on the nation’s roads during a golden age of motoring from the 1950s to the 1970s. Featuring 40 classic models such as the Ford Zephyr, Hillman Imp, Triumph Herald, Ford Capri, Vauxhall Viva and the Morris Minor 1000, this is a beautifully illustrated and nostalgic road trip back in time.
The Little Book of Hygge
by Elias Larsen Jonny JacksonHygge – the now familiar Danish word for warmth, cosiness, peace and harmony – is something we all aspire to. This charming little book, filled with comforting quotes and simple tips, will help you kindle this cosiness in your own life. Light a candle, snuggle up and celebrate the things that make life good.
The World's Craziest Adult Games
by Quentin ParkerDo you want to jazz up your dinner parties or get-togethers? Are you looking for exciting new games to play at your wild house parties? With old classics like Spoons and the Cereal Box Game, alongside new gems waiting to be discovered such as Mafia and Slip It In, this is the only book you need to become a legendary party host.
The Little Book of Lagom: How to Balance Your Life the Swedish Way
by Elias Larsen Jonny JacksonLagom (pronounced lah-gom) is a Swedish word that means ‘not too much and not too little but just the right amount’. It’s about achieving a happy and healthy balance in all aspects of your life, setting realistic goals and living within your means. Be kind to yourself and simplify your life. Think Lagom.
The Little Book of Drinking Games: The Weirdest, Most-Fun and Best-Loved Party Games from Around the World
by Quentin ParkerLiven up the party with this heady collection of drinking games! Choose from brain-boggling classics such as Fuzzy Duck and Twenty-One or dizzying games of pure chance like TV Drinking and Vodka Roulette – whichever you play, you’re guaranteed to be gleeful and giggly by the end!
Gadgets Away: 100 Games To Play With The Family
by Fiona JennisonTechnology has become the too-easy way to entertain ourselves and our children. This easy-to-use, imaginative book has everything. There’s plenty of fun here to keep your family laughing: Sporty games and playground classics Activities for indoors, gardens, parks and beaches Memory and travel games, brain teasers and magic tricks
Why Don't You Get Off Your Phone and Learn Something New Instead?: Fun, Quirky and Interesting Alternatives to Browsing Your Phone
by Kate FreemanWhether you want to fill five minutes or spend an entire afternoon, this handy guide is bursting with trivia, facts and suggestions of things to do instead of being on your phone, from the useful, to the fun, to the downright bizarre. Become the most interesting person you know: put down your phone, pick up this book and learn something new!
The Unicorn Craft Book: Over 25 Magical Projects to Inspire Your Imagination
by Isabel Urbina GallegoThe magical realm of unicorns comes to life in this dazzling craft book, brimming with sparkles and rainbows. Each project comes with a list of all the items and templates that you will need to create your unicorn-fuelled fun, along with step-by-step instructions and clear photographs to help you create something really special.
The Go-Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds
by Osman YousefzadaA coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s, The Go-Between opens a window into a closed migrant community living in a red-light district on the wrong side of the tracks. The adult world is seen through Osman's eyes as a child: his own devout Pashtun patriarchal community, with its divide between the world of men and women, living cheek-by-jowl with parallel migrant communities. The orthodox attend a mosque down the road from the prostitutes and pimps. Children balance Western school teachings with cultural traditions. Alternative masculinities compete with strict gender roles, and female erasure and honour-based violence are committed, even as empowering female friendships prevail. The stories Osman tells, some fantastical and humorous, others melancholy and even harrowing, take us from the Birmingham of Osman's childhood to the banks of the river Kabul and the river Indus, and, eventually, to the London of his teenage years. Osman weaves in and out of these worlds, struggling with the dual burdens of racism and community expectations, as he is forced to realise it is no longer possible to exist in the spaces in between.