Island Town
By (Author) Simon Longman
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
18th June 2018
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
822.92
Paperback
112
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
122g
Kate, Sam and Pete are stuck. The town they live in doesnt have much going on. But they dont really care about that when theyve got cheap cider and their whole lives ahead of them. And theyre going to break away anyway. Someones about to get a car. And all roads go somewhere else. Right Island Town is bittersweet story about friendship, hope and dreams of an escape. Written by Simon Longman, recipient of the 2018 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright (Gundog; Royal Court).
Simon Longman is a writer from the West Midlands. His play Gundog recently premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, for which he won the George Devine Award for most promising playwright. In 2017 his play White Sky premiered at the Royal Welsh College before transferring to the Gate Theatre in London. Simon was the playwright in residence at Pentabus Theatre Company who toured his play Milked in 2015 to venues including the Soho Theatre, London and in November 2015 his play Sparks was on at the Old Red Lion Theatre, directed by Clive Judd. Simon is currently under commission to the Bush Theatre and Paines Plough. He was a member of the Royal Court Young Writer's Group in 2013 and in 2014 he won the Channel 4 Playwrights' Scheme.