Confidence

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If youre not interested in earning a new pair of Nikes by the end of the daycomplete designer wardrobe by the end of the weekall the beers you can drinkif you dont want to meet Uma Thurmanthen okay, stay here, as King of the Slackers, thats fine by me.

As another summer season on the seafront gets underway Ella is turning up the heat in a high stakes game to get as far away as possible. Whilst Ruby keeps the caf going and Dean mans the ice cream kiosk Ella learns theres no fast track to success.

Judy Upton's coming of age drama first exploded onto the stage in 1998 at the Birmingham Rep. This new edition has been published to coincide with Boundless Theatre's twentieth anniversary revival at the Southwark Playhouse in May 2018.

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Upton has a lovely eye for the quirky, and a deeply cynical view of humanity * The Telegraph *
Keeps you amused, engaged and guessing to the end. * The Stage *
Upton's a playful writer who likes nothing better than to upset expectations. * Independent *

Author Bio

Judy Upton was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her first stage play, Everlasting Rose, was produced at London New Play Festival in 1992. In 1994 she won the George Devine Award for Ashes and Sand, which was produced in that year at the Royal Court Theater Upstairs, and the Verity Bargate award for Bruises, which was co-produced by the Royal Court and Soho Theatre Company at the Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Judy's other stage plays are: Temple (The Room, Richmond Orange Tree, 1995); The Shorewatchers House (The Red Room, Kentish Town 1996); Stealing Souls (The Red Room, 1996); Sunspots (The Red Room, 1996, transferred to BAC); People on the River (The Red Room at the Finborough, 1997); To Blusher with Love (Winner of the Open Stages Competition, 1997); The Girlz (The Room, Richmond Orange Tree, 1998); Know Your Rights (The Red Room at BAC, 1998) and Sliding with Suzanne (Royal Court/Out-of-Joint, 2001).