Raya
Published on 17. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-83904-006-1 (ISBN)
Description
'When the barman pointed to the cordoned-off area I was like, who are all these old people at our reunion?'
It's been thirty years since former flames Alex and Jason last saw each other. With their carefree university days long behind them, the student reunion seems the perfect opportunity to reconnect, revive and relive their heyday. But as they flirt with reigniting their passion - even if just for one night - will the march of time get in the way?
Deborah Bruce's Raya is a witty and tender play about whether or not we can ever turn back - or stop - the clocks. It opened at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in June 2021, directed by the theatre's Artistic Director, Roxana Silbert.
Deborah Bruce's other plays include Godchild, The Distance and The House They Grew Up In.
It's been thirty years since former flames Alex and Jason last saw each other. With their carefree university days long behind them, the student reunion seems the perfect opportunity to reconnect, revive and relive their heyday. But as they flirt with reigniting their passion - even if just for one night - will the march of time get in the way?
Deborah Bruce's Raya is a witty and tender play about whether or not we can ever turn back - or stop - the clocks. It opened at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in June 2021, directed by the theatre's Artistic Director, Roxana Silbert.
Deborah Bruce's other plays include Godchild, The Distance and The House They Grew Up In.
Reviews / Votes
'A bewitching drama about marriage under the microscope... Bruce has created a fascinatingly multilayered character here... [she] keeps the story moving forward with mysteries and buried secrets... Raya keeps you hooked with its clear-sighted wit and tenderness' * The Times * 'Well done Deborah Bruce for acknowledging the crisis that grips every woman at some point in their lives in a way that doesn't feel icky... [a] grown up new play' * Telegraph * 'An enjoyably twisty 80-minute rollercoaster' * Evening Standard *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
100 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83904-006-1 (9781839040061)
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Deborah Bruce is a writer and theatre director. Her plays include: Dixon and Daughters (Clean Break/National Theatre, 2023); Raya (Hampstead Theatre, 2021); The House They Grew Up In (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2017); The Distance (Orange Tree Theatre and Sheffield Crucible, 2014; a finalist for the 2012-13 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); Same (National Theatre Connections Festival 2014); and Godchild (Hampstead Theatre, 2013).