Bøger af Joe Penhall

I am not your punch bag! I am a Member of Parliament!An MP with an instinct for compassion. An ex-serviceman with a life in free fall. And a parliamentary protection officer who's having none of it.? This volatile new play by Olivier Award-winner Joe Penhall deconstructs politics, panic alarms and the conflict between public service and personal safety.? Published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Old Vic starring Anna Maxwell Martin and James Corden in June 2024.

'Music is medication. The elixir of life. It's for injecting into the blood stream to take away the pain.to promote euphoria.to adrenalise us and give us courage and fortitude'In a top London recording studio, Cat, a young songwriter, her producer Bernard, their lawyers and psychotherapists go to battle over who owns a hit song. Amidst a gathering storm of bitter complaints and brutal recriminations Cat and Bernard inflict a devastating toll on each other in a war that only one of them can win.'The music industry isn't about healing heartbreak and vulnerability. It's about selling it'A sly, wry exploration of the dark side of the music industry by the multi-Olivier Award-winning writer of Sunny Afternoon and Blue/Orange, Joe Penhall.This edition was published alongside the world premiere at The Old Vic, London in April 2018, directed by Roger Michell.

This is a collection of Joe Penhall's plays, beginning with "Some Voices" and "Pale Horse", which both premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1994 and 1995 respectively.

Landscape with Weapon was presented at the National Theatre in March 2007 and provides a devastating exploration of the moral conflict and issues of public responsibility arising from the creation of a new military technology.

Birthday is a comic and affecting tale that is both intriguing and unsettling. The latest play from Joe Penhall, multi-award winning author of Blue/Orange, Birthday is a well-observed and expertly paced piece of comic writing.

A collection of new plays from some of the best playwrights whose work has been produced in London New Play Festival.

An expertly annotated edition of Joe Penhall's compelling drama: a dark, exhilarating tale of race, madness and power in the midst of a struggling National Health Service.

The Methuen Drama Book of Twenty-First Century British Plays showcases five of the best new plays from the first decade of the twenty-first century. A perfect reminder of the relevance, vitality and innovation of British theatre, this collection represents some of the most exciting theatre to emerge in recent years.

A second collection of plays by Joe Penhall, featuring the award-winning Blue/Orange and Dumb Show and with an introduction and chronology.

A volume containing the scripts of two Joe Penhall plays which were premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs during 1994 and 1995.

Barry's fifteen minutes of infamy are overdue, and when laughter's your living... that's no joke. Courted at the end of his show by bankers John and Jane, TV star Barry believes he is to get the 5-star treatment that he deserve