Cosmic Scallies by Jackie Hagan

Cosmic Scallies by Jackie Hagan

Shaun and Dent grew up best friends on the same council estate in Skelmersdale. Dent left, full of ambition, but ten years later she's back. Can Shaun convince her that Skem is an inheritance better than any house?

'Hagan has written a love letter to her home town… an assured debut, slowly revealing the inner lives of its characters'

* Scotsman *

'A darkly comic portrayal of working class life, referencing benefits, drugs, education, class divide and gender… Cosmic Scallies is very funny, but the issues faced by the characters are real, particularly in our current political climate'

* British Theatre Guide *

'For all its beady-eyed honesty, this is a story told with a fierce, exasperated love for the people and the place… lots of very funny one-liners… a hymn to those who are hanging on by their fingertips but refusing to let go'

* Guardian *

'A small town yarn of thwarted ambition, shared history and reconciliation told with a wicked back-street wit… [has] a rough and ready swagger'

* Herald *

Jackie Hagan (1981-2024) was a theatre-maker, playwright, poet and performer. Her plays include Cosmic Scallies (Graeae Theatre Company and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2017). Her short monologue play Paper Knickers was commissioned as part of the BBC's CripTales television series, broadcast in 2020.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781848427112
ISBN 10	1848427115
Title	Cosmic Scallies
Author	Jackie Hagan
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2017-08-03
Number of pages	48
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