Scorch
Published on 4. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
56 pages
978-1-84842-612-2 (ISBN)
Description
A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, Scorch was inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.
For those who feel they're not living the right life, online is a place to be yourself.
'More real than real life. I'm honest on there. I'm being honest. That's important.'
Out in the real world, though, things can be very different.
Stacey Gregg's play for a solo performer premiered at the Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast, in 2015, co-produced by Prime Cut, MAC and Outburst. It won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play and the Writers Guild of Ireland ZeBBie Award for Best Theatre Script. It was presented in Paines Plough's Roundabout at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it won a Fringe First Award. It then toured Ireland.
For those who feel they're not living the right life, online is a place to be yourself.
'More real than real life. I'm honest on there. I'm being honest. That's important.'
Out in the real world, though, things can be very different.
Stacey Gregg's play for a solo performer premiered at the Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast, in 2015, co-produced by Prime Cut, MAC and Outburst. It won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play and the Writers Guild of Ireland ZeBBie Award for Best Theatre Script. It was presented in Paines Plough's Roundabout at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it won a Fringe First Award. It then toured Ireland.
Reviews / Votes
'Gregg writes with huge understanding for her protagonist, capturing the enormity of teenage emotions, the tumult of emerging identities and the mixed messages sent out by society' * Fest Mag * '[A] startling monologue... refreshing, complex... forces us to listen to a voice rarely given the chance to be heard' * WhatsOnStage * 'Cleverly plays on teenage confusions and allows for wavering sympathies... a thoughtful play that constantly questions who we are, and how we represent ourselves to the world and to each other' * Guardian * 'A compelling look at teenage identity... The real life issue takes on heightened dramatic resonance, fractured and splintered by Gregg's syncopated prose style' * Irish Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 130 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
74 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-612-2 (9781848426122)
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Stacey Gregg is from Belfast and is a writer and performer for stage and screen. Her plays include Scorch (Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Belfast, 2015; Edinburgh Fringe, 2016); Shibboleth (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2015); Override (Watford Palace Theatre, 2013); Lagan (Ovalhouse Theatre London, 2011); Perve (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2011; BBC Radio Drama Award 2012) and When Cows Go Boom (Abbey Theatre, Dublin 2008).
She co-created an interactive web installation for CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities).
Television work includes Raw (RTE), Spoof or Die (Channel Four) and The Frankenstein Chronicles (Rainmark).
She co-created an interactive web installation for CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities).
Television work includes Raw (RTE), Spoof or Die (Channel Four) and The Frankenstein Chronicles (Rainmark).