Archive for August 12, 2010
18 November: Stella Duffy – The Room Of Lost Things and Beyond
1 year ago
Thursday 18 November
Stella Duffy – The Room of Lost Things and Beyond
The Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3HQ
Time: 7- 8.30pm
In Association with SHOUT Festival
Stella Duffy has written twelve novels, forty short stories, and eight plays. Her latest novel, Theodora, was published by Virago in June 2010. The Room of Lost Things and State of Happiness were both longlisted for the Orange Prize, The Room of Lost Things won Stonewall Writer of the Year 2008. She has written forty short stories, including several for BBC Radio 4, and won the 2002 CWA Short Story Dagger for Martha Grace. Her first crime novel, Calendar Girl, was voted 5= of the top 100 novels in the international Big Gay Read. In addition to her writing work, Stella is an actor and theatre director, most recently performing in Improbable’s Lifegame at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.
Tickets: £5 (£4)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
11 November : Sarah Kane – A Life
1 year ago
Festival Extra
Thursday 11 November
Sarah Kane : A life
The Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3HQ
Time: 7- 8.30pm
In Association with SHOUT Festival
The plays of Sarah Kane have been performed all over the world, and translated into countless languages, but it remains little known that her controversial career has links here in Birmingham. It was while studying for what is now the University of Birmingham’s MPhil in Playwriting that Sarah’s play Blasted was performed as part of a student showcase. There followed four other remarkable plays, work that has been studied and discussed ever since. Dark, with dry humour and an incredible appetite for love in spite of the often gruesome subject matter, there is no question of her contribution to British Theatre.
A life tortured by depression ended in suicide in 1999. Kane was 28. 4.48 Psychosis, her final play, was performed posthumously and was widely believed to be a suicide note – a notion that many who knew her fiercely deny.
Join us to explore the life and work of this remarkable writer and to look beyond the myths we think we know.
Tickets: £5 (£4)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
