Pop Music
Published on 13. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-84842-793-8 (ISBN)
Description
A play for anyone that's ever been a dick on the dance floor.
A wedding. A free bar. A blast from the past. G and Kayla's lives are a mess but tonight they're determined to Have It Large. As their veins course with adrenaline and cheap prosecco, we follow them on an epic journey through thirty years of pop.
Can the DJ save them as they become Dancing Queens, reliving their Teenage Dream, Staying Out For The Summer and Spicing Up Their Lives? Pop makes promises it can't keep, and soon they'll discover they have more in common than their taste in tunes.
Anna Jordan's play Pop Music is an emotionally contagious rollercoaster. It premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in September 2018 (previews at Latitude Festival, July 2018), produced by Paines Plough and Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with Latitude Festival, followed by a tour.
This edition also includes Anna Jordan's short play Closer to God, which received the Overall Winner and Audience Choice Awards when it was premiered at the inaugural OffCut Festival in 2009.
A wedding. A free bar. A blast from the past. G and Kayla's lives are a mess but tonight they're determined to Have It Large. As their veins course with adrenaline and cheap prosecco, we follow them on an epic journey through thirty years of pop.
Can the DJ save them as they become Dancing Queens, reliving their Teenage Dream, Staying Out For The Summer and Spicing Up Their Lives? Pop makes promises it can't keep, and soon they'll discover they have more in common than their taste in tunes.
Anna Jordan's play Pop Music is an emotionally contagious rollercoaster. It premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in September 2018 (previews at Latitude Festival, July 2018), produced by Paines Plough and Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with Latitude Festival, followed by a tour.
This edition also includes Anna Jordan's short play Closer to God, which received the Overall Winner and Audience Choice Awards when it was premiered at the inaugural OffCut Festival in 2009.
Reviews / Votes
'Funny and true... a crowd-pleasing play with troubling depths' * Guardian * 'Warm, wonderful... gig theatre that could fill a stadium' * The Stage * 'A love letter to the power of the dance-floor banger' * Financial Times * 'A time-traveling journey through the pulsating heartbeats of pop music... The dialogue is fast and snappy... strikes a perfect balance between poignancy and laughter... a joy to watch' * Reviews Hub *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
102 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-793-8 (9781848427938)
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Anna Jordan's other plays include The Unreturning (Frantic Assembly), Yen (Royal Exchange, Manchester, and Royal Court, London; winner of the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting), Chicken Shop and Freak.