seeds
Published on 27. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-84842-945-1 (ISBN)
Description
'What would you do to save your son? Everything? Anything? Lie?'
It's Michael Thomas's birthday. A cake sits in his mother Evelyn's living room, its candles burning undisturbed.
On the fifteenth anniversary of Michael's fatal stabbing, Jackie wants to clear her conscience, whilst Evelyn's got a big speech to deliver. Are some things better left unsaid?
Mel Pennant's play seeds explores the human story behind a tragedy, through the eyes of those left behind: two mothers united in sorrow, and sharing the hardship of protecting their sons - one in life, and one in death.
seeds was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award, and first produced on a UK tour in 2020 by tiata fahodzi and Wrested Veil, in association with Leeds Playhouse, Soho Theatre and Tara Finney Productions.
It's Michael Thomas's birthday. A cake sits in his mother Evelyn's living room, its candles burning undisturbed.
On the fifteenth anniversary of Michael's fatal stabbing, Jackie wants to clear her conscience, whilst Evelyn's got a big speech to deliver. Are some things better left unsaid?
Mel Pennant's play seeds explores the human story behind a tragedy, through the eyes of those left behind: two mothers united in sorrow, and sharing the hardship of protecting their sons - one in life, and one in death.
seeds was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award, and first produced on a UK tour in 2020 by tiata fahodzi and Wrested Veil, in association with Leeds Playhouse, Soho Theatre and Tara Finney Productions.
Reviews / Votes
'seeds pushes at the limits of maternal love, asking how far a mother would go to protect her son' * Guardian *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
113 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-945-1 (9781848429451)
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Person
Mel Pennant is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her other plays include No Rhyme, which won the Brockley Jack Write Now 4 Award.
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Mel Pennant is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her other plays include No Rhyme, which won the Brockley Jack Write Now 4 Award.