Iphigenia in Splott

by Gary Owen

Overview

What is gonna happen, when we can't take it anymore?

Stumbling down the street drunk at 11.30am Effie is the kind of girl you avoid making eye contact with. You think you know her, but maybe you don't know half of it.

Effie's life is a mess of drink, drugs and drama every night, and a hangover worse than death the next day – till one night gives her the chance to be something more.

Gary Owen's critically acclaimed and powerful monodrama inspired by the Greek myth opens at the Lyric after a smash-hit season at the Sherman Theatre in Wales and later the National Theatre, winning the Best New Play at the UK Theatre Awards 2015.

This edition was published to coincide with the production at the Lyric Hammersmith, London, in September 2022.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350372627
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/03/2022
Series:	Modern Plays
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
File size:	308 KB

About the Author

Welsh playwright Gary Owen is a past winner of the Meyer Whitworth, George Devine and Pearson best play awards. In June 2015 he made his Royal Court debut with Violence and Son. His other plays include Love Steals Us from Loneliness, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, The Shadow of a Boy, The Drowned World (winner Fringe first), Ghost City, Cancer Time, SK8, Big Hopes, In the Pipeline, Blackthorn, Mary Twice, Amgen, Broken, Bulletproof, The Ugly Truth and Free Folk. His adaptations include Spring Awakening and Ring, Ring, a new version of La Ronde for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Dicken's A Christmas Carol for Sherman Cymru. He is a Creative Associate at Watford Palace Theatre, where his plays We that Are Left, Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian, and Perfect Match have been produced.
Gary Owen is the winner of the George Devine, Meyer Whitworth and Pearson Best Play Awards. His other plays include Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, The Shadow of a Boy, The Drowned World, Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian and Love Steals Us From Loneliness. With Helen Raynor he was writer and creator of the BBC Wales series Baker Boys. His most recent theatre work includes Perfect Match for Watford Palace Theatre, where he is a creative associate, and Ring Ring, a new version of La Ronde for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. In June 2015 he made his Royal Court debut with Violence and Son, directed by Hamish Pirie. Iphigenia in Splott for Sherman Cymru won Best New Play at the UK Theatre Awards 2015.

Editorial Reviews

A furious piece; a tirade against welfare cuts piling up on the poor... Because Owen's writing about the unexpected turbans that take one's life, there's no guessing where his play's going. His plot swerves like a getaway car. Just when you think you're watching one kind of play, it becomes another... Crushing.” —What's On Stage

“Three key factors are responsible for making Iphigenia in Splott what I think is an extraordinary play. The first is Owen's excellent script – razor-sharp, witty and full of emotion, it's the work of a writer who has his pulse firmly on the mood of the world around him.” —The Public Reviews

“Tense and moving... it shakes you violently and then pummels your heart.” —Telegraph

“The most shattering, angry call for immediate revolt that you will see on stage this year... By any measure going, this is perfect theatre: intelligent, moving, and horribly, horribly relevant. Most of all, though, in those final moments, it feels like the start of a revolution.” —The Guardian

“Strength and power was one of the hallmarks of Gary Owen's writing right from the start with his early play Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco. Strength and power and great story telling are here again in his latest work...It's no wonder that the demand for tickets to see the show has resulted in an extended run.” —Theatre in Wales

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