Heather

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A reclusive children's writer becomes wildly successful. Her books are treasured across the country. But when a troubling narrative starts to unfold, we find ourselves asking: What matters more, the storyteller or the story Heather is a short, sharp play about language, prejudice and the power of stories.

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The twists comes think and fast in a show about identity, performance and authorship... What Heather does very well is to go beyond simply offering 'a twist', but to challenge audience assumptions about who gets to tell stories... consistently thrilling and stuffed to the gills with ideas that resonate perfectly with the big themes of identity.' Time Out

Author Bio

Thomas Eccleshare is a writer, performer, and theatre maker who trained at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris. In 2011 he won the Verity Bargate Award with his critically acclaimed play Pastoral. From there he went on to become Soho's Pearson Playwright in Residence in 2012, through which he wrote A Movement which won the Catherine Johnson Award in 2013. His original comedy sitcom, End To End, is currently in development with Objective Media.