debbie tucker green

Two plays from the acclaimed playwright debbie tucker green.trade is a short play dealing with the controversial topic of female sex tourism.Three black women on a Caribbean island: a hip young thing from London, an older tourist and a resident native. One subject. Two worlds. Three points of view.trade was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the 2005 New Work Festival in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in October 2005. (An earlier version of the play was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the 2004 New Work Festival at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in October 2004, and Soho Theatre, London, in March 2005).generations is a 30-minute drama about three generations of a black South African family who contest their relative culinary skills. But food isnt the only topic and the family numbers are declining...generations was first seen as a Platform performance at the National Theatre, London, on 30 June 2005. The play was revived at the Young Vic, London, in March 2007, in a production directed by Sacha Wares.Poetry laced with shards of broken glass... short, sharp and pungent theatre - Guardian on tradePacks more into its single intense act than most plays twice its duration manage... shocking emotional violence... a riveting examination of the queasy relationship between two parts of our economically divided world. A small wonder - The Times on tradeAn entire continent made personal in debbie tucker greens devastating play... runs for fewer than 30 minutes, but will last you a lifetime - Guardian on generations

Bein you means not bein me, see, a deficit already - before you even started we running at a loss.Elayne doesnt want company but company wont leave her alone. Everyones got an opinion but no ones listening and things are starting to slip.debbie tucker greens play nut is a drama about a woman who wants to withdraw from the world. It premiered at The Shed at the National Theatre in October 2013, directed by the author.

An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting.Death never used to be for the young. You get up. You go bout your business. You expect to come back.debbie tucker greens play random was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, in March 2008, directed by Sacha Wares and performed by Nadine Marshall.A television adaptation for Channel 4, directed by debbie tucker green and starring Nadine Marshall alongside an expanded cast, was first broadcast in August 2011. It went on to win a BAFTA for Best Single Drama.

Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology.A husband and wife row about a prescription. A mother and father row about their son, who has become a child soldier. Two sisters row about which one is superior to the other. It emerges that the younger sister, Mary, has killed the child soldier. She is to be stoned to death...What if all these things were happening here? And what if these people were white?debbie tucker greens play stoning mary was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in April 2005.A theatrical event that brands the conscience as firmly as any hot rod on goatskin... stoning mary is not pretty. It is not easy. But it will wind you with its punch - Daily MailWorks unnervingly well - Evening StandardOne of the most assured and extraordinary new voices weve heard in a long while - Independent

His life. In her hands.A shattering play about one womans unspeakable decision.debbie tucker greens play hang premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2015, in a production directed by the author, and featuring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook and Shane Zaza.

Very few playwrights can be identified from a single line of dialogue debbie tucker green is one of them. This collection of her first six plays, together with a short introduction by the author, shows a dramatic artist in full control of her craft.born bad (Hampstead Theatre, 2003; winner of the Olivier Award for Best Newcomer) dives headlong into the heart of a conflicted family, unleashing wit, ferocity and verbal dexterity on the way. One of the most assured and extraordinary new voices weve heard in a long while. ElectrifyingIndependent on Sundaydirty butterfly (Soho Theatre, 2003) is a mesmerising study of voyeurism, power and guilt. There is a sly, controlled power in this writing And now I cannot get it out of my headGuardiangenerations(National Theatre Platform performance, 2005; Young Vic, 2007) follows three generations of a Black South African family comparing cooking skills but food isnt the only topic and the family numbers are declining. Devastating will last you a lifetimeGuardianstoning mary(Royal Court Theatre, 2005) confronts the reality of global conflicts, transposing them to the West. The words fly around the theatre piercing the dark like gleaming shards of shrapnelThe Stagetrade(Royal Shakespeare Company, 2005) shines a light on the world of female sex tourism. Poetry laced with shards of broken glassGuardianrandom(Royal Court Theatre, 2008) is set over one day, following one family and the effects of one random act of violence. The writing seems to penetrate the very heart of griefTelegraphdebbie tucker green uses language as deftly as a composer might use notes.Financial Times

A mesmerising and startling play about voyeurism, power and guilt.You ever woken up of a morning wondering if this one was gonna be your last you ever got that feelin in your stomach as you lay there wonderin that? Like butterflies gone ballistic. Like butterflies gone bad.Listening through their thin walls, Amelia and Jason are drawn into the dark and compelling world of their mutual neighbour Jo.debbie tucker greens play dirty butterfly was first performed at Soho Theatre, London, in February 2003.

Its not always all about you.Three couples. What might be. What once was. What could have been.debbie tucker greens play premiered in February 2017 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, in a production directed by the playwright.

A hard-hitting and original family drama, winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer.the bits dont make the bulk and the bulk dont mek the whole and the all a your bits together dont make your versions true.A blood-related black family. A Dad, a Mum, a Daughter, two Sisters, a Brother. A family argument. A skeleton in the closet...debbie tucker greens play born bad dives headlong into the powerful heart of this family, unleashing wit, ferocity and verbal dexterity on the way. It was premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2003.

Les dones negres en situacions de violencia se situen al centre de les dues obres que presentem en aquest volum. A qualsevol (2008), una jove comença a explicar-nos en temps present la quotidianitat d?un dia ordinari a la seva familia fins que assassinen el seu germa al carrer amb un ganivet i la situacio ens confronta amb els prejudicis racials. A tara (2013), tothom es creu amb dret a dir a l?Elayne que hauria de fer i deixar de fer, que hauria de pensar, amb qui hauria de parlar i on hauria d?anar; intuim, darrere de cadascuna de les paraules, un subtext de dolor i profunda angoixa. debbie tucker green (amb minuscules per decisio de la mateixa autora) es una de les veus mes rellevants i innovadores de la dramaturgia britanica actual, inedita fins ara en catala. La seva escriptura es poetica, ritmica i rabiosament politica.

Marchin days is over man.Patience is running out, times have changed. And progress isnt enough. Black British. African American. Here. There. Now.Snapshots of lives, snapshots of experiences of protest; violence vs non-violence, direct action vs demonstrations, ear for eye follows characters navigating their way through society today.debbie tucker greens play ear for eye premiered in October 2018 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, in a production directed by the playwright.ear for eye was a finalist for the 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.A filmed version of ear for eye, written and directed by debbie tucker green, was broadcast on BBC Two in October 2021.