Double Feature: Two by Prasanna Puwanarajah

Double Feature: Two by Prasanna Puwanarajah

Double Feature brings together in two volumes of paired short plays four of the most exciting new voices in UK theatre, in their first commissions for the National Theatre.

'Sharp, funny and fizzing with invention'

* The Times *

'Marvellously incisive’

* Independent *

'A sharp satire with an irresistibly silly strain'

* Financial Times *

Prasanna Puwanarajah is a writer and director for film, television and theatre. He studied medicine at New College, Oxford, working extensively in the National Health Service and for Médicins du Monde before moving into writing and directing. His debut play Nightwatchman premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2011, where he has also worked as an actor. He was appointed Artistic Associate at the Donmar Warehouse in 2020. Tom Basden's plays include: an adaptation of Dario Fo and Franca Rame's Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Sheffield Theatres, 2022; Lyric Hammersmith and West End, 2023); The Crocodile, an adaptation of a short story by Dostoyevksy (Manchester International Festival, 2015); Holes (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2013; Arcola Theatre, London, 2014); There is a War (as part of the Double Feature season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre); Joseph K, an adaptation of Kafka's The Trial (Gate Theatre, London) and Party (Fringe First Winner; Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Sydney International Festival/Arts Theatre, London). He has written for some of Britain's best TV comedies, including Peep Show, Fresh Meat, The Wrong Mans and Plebs, which won Best New Comedy at the British Comedy Awards 2013 and Best Scripted Comedy at the RTS Awards 2014. He is also a member of sketch group Cowards, who wrote and performed their own TV series on BBC4. For Radio 4 he has made two series of Cowards and three series of his sitcom Party, based on his 2009 play. He has been nominated for a BAFTA three times, and has won a Fringe First and an Edinburgh Comedy Award.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781848422209
ISBN 10	1848422202
Title	Double Feature: Two
Author	Prasanna Puwanarajah
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2011-07-21
Number of pages	120
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.