Birch Plays - (Contemporary Dramatists) by Brad Birch (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Birch Plays: 1 </i>celebrates the work of Welsh writer Brad Birch. Winner of the 2016 Harold Pinter Commission for the Royal Court Theatre Birch is the writer in residence at Undeb Theatre and is currently on attachment at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. His work has been produced by the Royal Court, Sherman Cymru, Theatre503 and the National Youth Theatre as well as around the world in Russia, the USA, Italy, Germany and Spain.<br/><br/>Bringing together plays from throughout his career to date this remarkable collection includes a selection of previously published and unpublished works along with an introduction by the author.<br/><br/><i>Where the Shot Rabbits Lay</i> (Royal Court, 2012) - "There are some lovely grace notes in Brad Birch's intimate father-son tale" (Time Out London)<br/><i>Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall</i> (Soho Theatre, 2013) - "a lovely play of sharp edges, falsehoods and unsaid thoughts, twinning great humour and strong emotion throughout" (WhatsOnStage)<br/><i>The Brink</i> (Orange Tree, 2016) - "short, sharp, shockingly entertaining" (The Guardian)<br/><i>Black Mountain</i> (Paines Plough Roundabout, Edinburgh, 2017) - "This is a real rarity: a psychological thriller that feels psychologically accurate - and it actually thrills too." (Scotsman)<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>a lovely play of sharp edges, falsehoods and unsaid thoughts, twinning great humour and strong emotion throughout<br/>WhatsOnstage (on Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall)<br><br>short, sharp, shockingly entertaining<br/>Guardian (on The Brink)<br><br>There are some lovely grace notes in Brad Birch's intimate father-son tale<br/>Time Out London (on Where the Shot Rabbits Lay)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Brad Birch's</b> theatre work includes <i>Black Mountain</i> for Paines Plough, Theatr Clwyd and the Orange Tree; <i>This Must be the Place</i> for Poleroid at the VAULT Festival; <i>The Brink</i> at the Orange Tree; <i>An Enemy of the People </i>and <i>The Endless Ocean</i> at the RWCMD; <i>The Protest</i> at the Old Vic; <i>Selfie: The Modern Day Dorian Gray </i>at the Ambassadors; <i>Tender Bolus</i> at the Royal Exchange and Schauspielhaus, Hamburg;<i> Gardening for the Unfulfilled and Alienated</i> (Fringe First Award 2013) for Undeb at the Edinburgh Festival; <i>Soap Opera</i>, <i>Where the Shot Rabbits Lay</i> and <i>Permafrost</i> at the Royal Court; <i>Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall</i> at Soho Theatre; <i>Want For Nothing-For Waifs and Strays</i> at the Lyric Hammersmith; <i>Light Arrested Between the Curtain and the Glass</i> at Sherman Cymru; <i>Sunflowers</i> and <i>The Snow Queen</i> at Theatr Powys; and <i>Can't Smile Wide Enough</i> for CARAD. He won the Pick of the Year Award at the VAULT festival in 2017, the Harold Pinter Commission in 2016 and the Fringe First Award in 2013. He is currently under commission at the National Theatre and Royal Court. <i>Black Mountain </i>is on tour in 2017/18.
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