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Touching on themes like climate change, politics, toxic masculinity and gang culture, the collection provides topical, pressing subject matter for students to explore in their performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2023 anthology represents the full set of ten plays offered by the National Theatre 2023 Festival, as well as comprehensive workshop notes that give insights and inspiration for building characters, running rehearsals and staging a production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297908765045,"sku":"9781350382695","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350382695_3dd39384-9b43-46aa-8c2e-453bb361669a.jpg?v=1786018739"},{"product_id":"9781841884417","title":"Erin's Diary: An Official Derry Girls Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in Derry, Northern Ireland in the 1990s, \u003ci\u003eDerry Girls \u003c\/i\u003eis a candid, one-of-a-kind comedy about what it's like to be a teenage girl living amongst conflict.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a time of armed police in armoured Land Rovers and British Army check points. But it's also the time of \u003ci\u003eMurder She Wrote\u003c\/i\u003e, The Cranberries, Salt-N-Pepa, Doc Martens and \u003ci\u003eThe X Files\u003c\/i\u003e. And while The Troubles may hang over her hometown, Erin has troubles of her own, like the fact that the boy she's in love with (actually in LOVE with) doesn't know she exists. Or that her Ma and Aunt Sarah make her include her weirdo cousin Orla in everything she does. Or that head teacher Sister Michael refuses to acknowledge Erin as a literary genius. Not to mention the fact that her second best friend has ALMOST had sex, whereas Erin's never even kissed anyone yet. These are Erin's Troubles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eas \u003cb\u003e'daft, profane and absolutely brilliant'\u003c\/b\u003e, by the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eas \u003cb\u003e'pitch-perfect'\u003c\/b\u003e and by \u003ci\u003ei-D \u003c\/i\u003eas \u003cb\u003e'the greatest show on British (and Irish) TV'\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDerry Girls \u003c\/i\u003ehas dazzled audiences for two series, with Channel 4's biggest UK comedy launch since 2004 and the biggest television series in Northern Ireland since modern records began.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, this autumn, comes the first official tie-in. In the manner of the very best TV comedy books, \u003ci\u003eErin's Diary \u003c\/i\u003eis a hilarious 'in world' publication that extends the laugh-out-loud humour of \u003ci\u003eDerry Girls \u003c\/i\u003eonto the page. With Erin's inner take on everything that has happened so far, this book will both dive deeper into the events we have seen unfold on the screen and unveil brand new stories and never-before-revealed details about characters. Complete with newspaper clippings, doodles, poetry, school reports, handwritten notes from her friends, and much much more, \u003ci\u003eErin's Diary \u003c\/i\u003eis as warm, funny and brilliantly observed as the TV; a must-have for fans this Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Erin is sixteen and wishes she had a boyfriend and a life. Nothing else really happens... It's boring.' 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Lisa McGee's play Girls and Dolls was first performed by Tinderbox Theatre Company on a tour of Northern Ireland in 2006. It won the Stewart Parker Trust Award in 2007.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308505903477,"sku":"9781854599704","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781854599704_499463f6-85c6-4ed5-9592-00095dead125.jpg?v=1786029717"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-lisa-mcgee.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}