The Gatekeeper
Will be published approx. on 9. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-84842-260-5 (ISBN)
Description
A darkly comic play about the disintegration of a family get-together.
Mike and Julia made sure their children Rob and Stacey had the best of everything when they were growing up. Now they're adults all they want is to be proud parents.
But when they all meet up in a Lake District holiday cottage to celebrate Stacey's birthday, the bid to keep up appearances in front of an unexpected guest soon falls by the wayside as secrets are revealed.
Chloe Moss's play The Gatekeeper was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in February 2012.
Mike and Julia made sure their children Rob and Stacey had the best of everything when they were growing up. Now they're adults all they want is to be proud parents.
But when they all meet up in a Lake District holiday cottage to celebrate Stacey's birthday, the bid to keep up appearances in front of an unexpected guest soon falls by the wayside as secrets are revealed.
Chloe Moss's play The Gatekeeper was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in February 2012.
Reviews / Votes
'The real star of this piece is the writing. Chloe Moss has turned a potentially inane family gathering into a completely compelling piece of theatre. There was not a second when I wasn't absolutely gripped by the action.' * Public Reviews * 'Liverpool playwright Chloe Moss is very much a writer to treasure, chronicling quiet, often unsung ordinary lives with both grace and sparky dialogue.' * The Guardian * 'Hilariously funny slice of real life... Chloe Moss's script is written with genuine heart, and her truthful dialogue creates an authentic snapshot of a family who try to keep up appearances but simply can't ignore their differences.' * Whatsonstage.com *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-260-5 (9781848422605)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Chloe Moss is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include: Corrina, Corrina (Headlong & Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, 2022); Run Sister Run (Paines Plough, Soho Theatre & Sheffield Theatres, 2020); The Gatekeeper (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2012); Fatal Light (part of Clean Break & Soho Theatre's Charged season, 2010); This Wide Night (Clean Break and Soho Theatre, 2008; winner of the 2009 Susan Smith Blackburn prize); The Way Home (Everyman, Liverpool, 2006); Christmas is Miles Away (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2005; Bush Theatre, London, 2006) and How Love Is Spelt (Bush Theatre, London, 2004).
She has also written extensively for television. Credits include Six Wives (BBC One), Dickensian (BBC One), New Tricks (BBC One), The Smoke (Sky1) and Prisoners' Wives (BBC One).
She has also written extensively for television. Credits include Six Wives (BBC One), Dickensian (BBC One), New Tricks (BBC One), The Smoke (Sky1) and Prisoners' Wives (BBC One).