I'm With the Band
By (Author) Tim Price
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
26th September 2013
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
822.92
Paperback
88
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
95g
An Englishman, a Northern Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman walked into a recording studio and created The Union. Commercially successful and critically acclaimed, the pioneering indie rock band is now on the verge of breaking up. When financial disaster strikes and Scottish guitarist Barry leaves the band, artistic differences go head to head with alliances that run deep, can The Union survive With live music from a four-piece ensemble, I'm With the Band is a witty and timely response to our changing political landscape.
Price is a talent to watch . . . Powerful and original * Evening Standard on 'Salt, Root and Roe' *
A compelling allegory on the issue of Scots independence ... a play for all nations, on these isles at least -- Paul Vallely * Independent *
Wittily mirrors the debates taking place daily in the press ... a playful and amusing concert of ideas -- Rachel Fischer * Edinburgh Reporter *
Tim Price is a former journalist from the South Wales valleys. As well as writing for stage and television, he hosts a new writing night in a Mongolian Yurt in Cardiff called Dirty Protest. Tim was one of eight candidates to be selected for the BBC Drama Writer's Academy 2009 and was awarded a The50 bursary in 2006 as one of the best 50 emerging writers in the UK. His plays include For Once (Pentabus Theatre) and Salt, Root and Roe (Donmar Warehouse/Trafalgar Studios).