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The Changing Room

by Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
'We stand on the edgeOn the threshold ofOn the entrance toStepping out fromOn the cusp…'Set in and around a swimming pool, Chris Bush's play The Changing Room follows a group of teenagers full of excitement, impatience and uncertainty. They know change is coming, but not what it'll look like.Written specifically for young people, The Changing Room was part of the 2018 National Theatre... ... Read more

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'We stand on the edgeOn the threshold ofOn the entrance toStepping out fromOn the cusp…'Set in and around a swimming pool, Chris Bush's play The Changing Room follows a group of teenagers full of excitement, impatience and uncertainty. They know change is coming, but not what it'll look like.Written specifically for young people, The Changing Room was part of the 2018 National Theatre...
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(Not) the End of the World

by Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
A daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism.Chris Bush's play Not the End of the World was first staged at the Schaubühne in Berlin in 2021, directed by Katie Mitchell. ... Read more

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A daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism.Chris Bush's play Not the End of the World was first staged at the Schaubühne in Berlin in 2021, directed by Katie Mitchell.
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Nine Lessons and Carols

Stories for a Long Winter

by Chris Bush, Maimuna Memon ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
A play about connection and isolation, forged during the Covid pandemic, exploring what we hold on to in troubled times.Chris Bush's play Nine Lessons and Carols: Stories for a Long Winter, with songs by Maimuna Memon, was first staged at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2020, directed by Rebecca Frecknall. ... Read more

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A play about connection and isolation, forged during the Covid pandemic, exploring what we hold on to in troubled times.Chris Bush's play Nine Lessons and Carols: Stories for a Long Winter, with songs by Maimuna Memon, was first staged at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2020, directed by Rebecca Frecknall.
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Chris Bush Plays: One

by Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
Since her play Steel opened in her native Sheffield in 2018, Chris Bush has rapidly become one of the UK's most successful and widely staged playwrights, with her plays on stage at the National Theatre, in the West End, and across Europe. Celebrated for her spirited dissections of power, female agency and northern identity, her work is infused with wit, empathy, and a powerful sense of place and ... Read more

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Since her play Steel opened in her native Sheffield in 2018, Chris Bush has rapidly become one of the UK's most successful and widely staged playwrights, with her plays on stage at the National Theatre, in the West End, and across Europe. Celebrated for her spirited dissections of power, female agency and northern identity, her work is infused with wit, empathy, and a powerful sense of place and
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Standing at the Sky's Edge

by Chris Bush, Richard Hawley ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
Poppy wants to escape her old life in London. Joy and Jimmy want to spend the rest of their lives together. Rose and Harry want the new life they've been promised.A history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate, Standing at the Sky's Edge charts the hopes and dreams of three generations over the course of six tumultuous decades. With a book by acclaimed ... Read more

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Poppy wants to escape her old life in London. Joy and Jimmy want to spend the rest of their lives together. Rose and Harry want the new life they've been promised.A history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate, Standing at the Sky's Edge charts the hopes and dreams of three generations over the course of six tumultuous decades. With a book by acclaimed
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Rock (NHB Modern Plays)

by Chris Bush ...

Susie used to be a rocker. Susie used to be a radical. Susie was the future once, but that was a long time ago. It's been fifty years since her father bought an old scissor factory, and handed it over to her brother to run. Now Eddie's dead, and finally it's her time in the spotlight. She has big plans for it. She's turning up the volume. She's going to make this city sing again, if it's the last ... Read more

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Susie used to be a rocker. Susie used to be a radical. Susie was the future once, but that was a long time ago. It's been fifty years since her father bought an old scissor factory, and handed it over to her brother to run. Now Eddie's dead, and finally it's her time in the spotlight. She has big plans for it. She's turning up the volume. She's going to make this city sing again, if it's the last
... Read more
Scissors (NHB Modern Plays)

by Chris Bush ...

The apprenticeships are only meant to last a year - there were never any guarantees beyond that. For Ava, Liv, Mason and Trent, they're just trying to get through the day. They don't know why there's an endless stream of strangers passing through, but no-one ever tells them anything. In a couple of months they'll be kicked out anyway, and God knows what happens after that. Who's looking out for ... Read more

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The apprenticeships are only meant to last a year - there were never any guarantees beyond that. For Ava, Liv, Mason and Trent, they're just trying to get through the day. They don't know why there's an endless stream of strangers passing through, but no-one ever tells them anything. In a couple of months they'll be kicked out anyway, and God knows what happens after that. Who's looking out for
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Jane Eyre

(Chris Bush stage version)

by Charlotte Brontë, Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
'I must have action! And if I cannot find it, I will make it.'Jane Eyre may be poor, obscure, plain and little, but she has heart and soul – and plenty of it.Chris Bush's witty and fleet-footed adaptation lays bare the beating heart of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, whilst staying true to its revolutionary spirit.With actor-musicians, playful doubling, and a plethora of nineteenth-century pop ... Read more

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'I must have action! And if I cannot find it, I will make it.'Jane Eyre may be poor, obscure, plain and little, but she has heart and soul – and plenty of it.Chris Bush's witty and fleet-footed adaptation lays bare the beating heart of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, whilst staying true to its revolutionary spirit.With actor-musicians, playful doubling, and a plethora of nineteenth-century pop
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Hungry

by Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
'I'd watch you eat. I'd eat you up. Look at you. You get it, don't you? You're real.'Lori is a professional chef. Bex waits on tables to make ends meet. One night together in a walk-in fridge and it's the beginning of something beautiful.Lori has big plans, while Bex is struggling. If we are what we eat, then Bex is in real trouble. It's not her fault – the system is rigged. No one on minimum wage ... Read more

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'I'd watch you eat. I'd eat you up. Look at you. You get it, don't you? You're real.'Lori is a professional chef. Bex waits on tables to make ends meet. One night together in a walk-in fridge and it's the beginning of something beautiful.Lori has big plans, while Bex is struggling. If we are what we eat, then Bex is in real trouble. It's not her fault – the system is rigged. No one on minimum wage
... Read more
Rock / Paper / Scissors

Three Plays

by Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
'Three options, as I see it – they'll kill it off entirely, you'll let it die of natural causes, I'm going to make it live again.'When the owner of a Sheffield scissor manufacturer dies, the future of the factory site falls into uncertainty. Can it be reborn as a fashionable music venue, converted into luxury apartments, or somehow reinvigorated so the old business can survive?There's more than ... Read more

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'Three options, as I see it – they'll kill it off entirely, you'll let it die of natural causes, I'm going to make it live again.'When the owner of a Sheffield scissor manufacturer dies, the future of the factory site falls into uncertainty. Can it be reborn as a fashionable music venue, converted into luxury apartments, or somehow reinvigorated so the old business can survive?There's more than
... Read more
Paper

by Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
'People don't need scissors. They don't need beautiful, handcrafted, ninety pound scissors, however impressive they might be. But they do need somewhere to live.'Faye and Mel have been together forever. Two kids, a mortgage and a diabetic hamster. A regular, unexceptional existence. They work hard, they get by, they do their best. So if it's true - if Faye's father really has left the factory to ... Read more

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'People don't need scissors. They don't need beautiful, handcrafted, ninety pound scissors, however impressive they might be. But they do need somewhere to live.'Faye and Mel have been together forever. Two kids, a mortgage and a diabetic hamster. A regular, unexceptional existence. They work hard, they get by, they do their best. So if it's true - if Faye's father really has left the factory to
... Read more
Faustus: That Damned Woman

by Chris Bush ...

Series series NHB Modern Plays
'Oh, if you knew the lives we women leadYou'd understand the Devil is a catch.'In this radical reimagining of the classic cautionary tale, Johanna Faustus makes the ultimate sacrifice and sells her soul to wrestle control of her own destiny. She travels through time and changes the course of human history, but can she escape eternal damnation?Chris Bush's devilishly provocative play Faustus: That ... Read more

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'Oh, if you knew the lives we women leadYou'd understand the Devil is a catch.'In this radical reimagining of the classic cautionary tale, Johanna Faustus makes the ultimate sacrifice and sells her soul to wrestle control of her own destiny. She travels through time and changes the course of human history, but can she escape eternal damnation?Chris Bush's devilishly provocative play Faustus: That
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