Counting Stars

(Paperback)

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Woolwich. Club Paradise. Valentines Night. Nigerian nightclub toilet attendants Abiodun and Sophie brace themselves for the busiest night of the year. Tonight Abiodun and Sophie are also marking their one year anniversary together having met in Paradise: united in love, divided by a toilet wall. But as the countdown to midnight and the end of their shift begins, bosses, exes and clubbers threaten to stall the anniversary plans of the young lovers. Will Abiodun and Sophie make it back in time for their very own Valentines celebration

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This is the work of a writer with a future -- Michael Billington * The Guardian *
A powerful piece of new writing on themes of love and exploitation -- Paul Vale * The Stage *

Author Bio

Atiha Sen Guptas 2009 debut What Fatima Did played on Hampstead Theatres main stage when she was 21. She was nominated for the John Whiting Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright. Counting Stars premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 at the Assembly George Square which Amnesty International shortlisted for its Freedom of Expression Award.