Love, Lies and Taxidermy by Alan Harris

Love, Lies and Taxidermy by Alan Harris

An offbeat love story about Mr Tutti Frutti, a stuffed owl and the struggle to fit in. This is a boy-meets-girl story. Son of a Polish taxidermist meets daughter of a failing ice-cream salesman at a medical-research facility in Merthyr Tydfil. First date in Tesco and things are going well. But it's difficult to fall in love when your parents need saving from themselves, their weird hobbies and the threat of a prison sentence. Alan Harris's play Love, Lies and Taxidermy was first produced by Paines Plough, Sherman Cymru and Theatr Clwyd in Paines Plough's pop-up theatre, Roundabout, at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before touring.

'Fits perfectly into Paines Plough's own distinctive brand of romcom… using wit, speed and countless asides to the audience, [it will leave] the average viewer in tears by the end, though whether of laughter, sadness or empathy might vary from person to person'

* British Theatre Guide *

'Stupidly lovely.. It's not the stuff of traditional romcoms, and it takes place in a town where it seems as if all roads lead to Tesco, where it's always drizzling and the future is pretty bleak whatever your age. But out of this, Harris spins a piece of very funny popular theatre about the need for dreams, seizing the initiative when all seems lost and bringing people together'

* Guardian *

'Raucously funny… a joyful, surprising tribute to love, hope, community and big ideas. It will have you walking away with a spring in your step'

* WhatsOnStage *

Alan Harris is a playwright and librettist. He won the Judges’ Award at the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for How My Light Is Spent. Other plays include: Love, Lies and Taxidermy (Paines Plough UK tour, 2016); The Opportunity of Efficiency (New National Theatre Tokyo/National Theatre Wales); The Magic Toyshop (Invisible Ink/Theatr Iolo); The Future for Beginners (liveartshow/Wales Millennium Centre); A Good Night Out in the Valleys (National Theatre Wales); Re-Set (Mess Up The Mess); Marsha (Capital Fringe, Washington DC); Cardboard Dad (Sherman Cymru); Miss Brown To You (Hijinx Theatre); Orange (Sgript Cymru); Come To Where I’m From (Paines Plough). He has also written for BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3.

Libretti include: Marsha: A Girl Who Does Bad Things (liveartshow/Arcola Grimeborn Festival); The Hidden Valley (Birdsong Opera/Welsh National Opera/Tête à Tête Opera Festival); The Journey (Welsh National Opera); Rhinegold, Manga Sister (liveartshow/The Yard, London).

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781848425897
ISBN 10	1848425899
Title	Love, Lies and Taxidermy
Author	Alan Harris
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2016-08-04
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.