Scrounger
By (Author) Athena Stevens
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
7th January 2020
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)
Disability: social aspects
Disability and the law
Social discrimination and social justice
822.92
Paperback
88
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 6mm
Everyone likes to make speculations about Scrounger. Scrounger doesnt care. A successful online personality, shes got more power from her bedroom than anyone on the Southwark estates could dream of. Shes educated, shes ballsy, Scrounger is a woman who knows how to make change happen.
Athena Stevens is a Playwright in Residence at the Finborough Theatre where she wrote and performed in the Olivier nominated world premiere of Schism. She is an associate artist at Shakespeares Globe Theatre. She is currently writing the book for a new musical, and is under commission for the National Youth Theatre. She was the first actor in a wheelchair nominated for an OffWestEnd Award for her performance in Schism, as well as appearing at the Barbican Theatre as Juliet last year. Her radio plays include Reluctant Spirit (BBC Radio 3). Stevens is also a spokesperson for the UKs Womens Equality Party.