Not The Worst Place
Published on 23. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-4725-8900-2 (ISBN)
Description
I ain't got a city named for me . . . The swans have though, haven't they. They got a city named for them.
Seventeen-year-old Emma dreams of travelling adventures beyond her Swansea home. Rhys, her boyfriend, has other plans for them.
Facing the consequences of their actions under the disapproving eye of Emma's mother, they struggle to find a happy medium.
Now, camped out on Swansea seafront, they must confront the difficult question of what it takes to leave the place that shaped them.
A story about what happens when life gets in the way of your dreams.
Sam Burns weaves together a touching, sensitive play that tackles our conflicting emotions about the place we call home. Not The Worst Place received its world premiere at Clywd Theatr Cymru on 23 April 2014 in a production by Paines Plough.
Seventeen-year-old Emma dreams of travelling adventures beyond her Swansea home. Rhys, her boyfriend, has other plans for them.
Facing the consequences of their actions under the disapproving eye of Emma's mother, they struggle to find a happy medium.
Now, camped out on Swansea seafront, they must confront the difficult question of what it takes to leave the place that shaped them.
A story about what happens when life gets in the way of your dreams.
Sam Burns weaves together a touching, sensitive play that tackles our conflicting emotions about the place we call home. Not The Worst Place received its world premiere at Clywd Theatr Cymru on 23 April 2014 in a production by Paines Plough.
Reviews / Votes
Burns's dialogue is, for the most part, sparky and funny, and the overlaying of idealised Greek myth is a clever touch . . . an amusing, engaging, soulful piece. * What's On Stage *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
131 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-8900-2 (9781472589002)
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Sam Burns's produced work includes a monologue in Paines Plough's Come to Where I'm From (2010), Two Bears for Sixty-Six Books at the Bush Theatre (2011) and Amnesty for Agent 160 presents Agent 160 (2012). Not The Worst Place is Sam Burns's first professionally produced full-length play.