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Swallow Stef Smith

Swallow By Stef Smith

Swallow by Stef Smith

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Summary

Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith's Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life.

Swallow Summary

Swallow by Stef Smith

'Who said smashing things up was a bad thing?'

Three strangers are about to face their demons head on. Balanced precariously on the tipping point, they might just be able to save one another - if they can only overcome their urge to self-destruct.

Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith's Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life. The play premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it received a Scotsman Fringe First Award. It was directed by Traverse Artistic Director Orla O'Loughlin, and featured original music by LAWholt.

Swallow Reviews

'An elegant and glowing piece of 21st-century magic realism... [a] rich mix of drama and poetry, comedy and tragedy'

* Scotsman *

'[A] bloody great bruise of a play which borrows, magpie-like, from Sarah Kane but which is always distinctively itself. It has a shard-like lyricism that tears through the heart. It finds the comic in the tragic... a shattering 80 minutes'

* Guardian *

'In a relatively short space of time Stef Smith has established herself as a remarkably diverse and elusive playwright... her most assured to date'

* The Times *

'Dazzlingly deft... there are so many reasons to love this piece... a must-see'

* Independent *

'Smith's script is dense with tense and memorable imagery... packed with powerful language'

* The Stage *

About Stef Smith

Stef Smith studied Drama and Theatre Arts at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. She supplied the text for the critically acclaimed and sell out show RoadKill (Edinburgh Festival 2010, 2011) which won an Olivier Award in 2012.

Other plays include: Swallow (Traverse Theatre 2015), Remote (National Theatre Connections 2015), CURED (Glasgay!), Grey Matter (Aberdeen Performing Arts), Falling/Flying (The Tron, Glasgow), The Silence of Bees (The Arches) and a BBC Scotland radio drama entitled Tea and Symmetry.

She has also been on an invited residency at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, writer on attachment with the National Theatre of Scotland and was part of the National Writers Group at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Additional information

GOR008283079
9781848425064
1848425066
Swallow by Stef Smith
Stef Smith
NHB Modern Plays
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Nick Hern Books
20150806
64
Winner of Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2015
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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