Paradise Bound by Jonathan Larkin

Paradise Bound by Jonathan Larkin

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Anthony's seen the cranes go up. He's living in the Capital of Culture. So why is it that everything in the Dingle feels the same? What's a boy to do if he wants to talk about the latest subtitled film and drink green tea? This work is a comedy about one young man's dream of escaping Liverpool.

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Paradise Bound by Jonathan Larkin

Comedy about escaping Liverpool humdrum 'I wanna walk down the road an' not know where I'm gonna end up. I want real grass that goes on for miles. Not false turf stuck in between a chippy an' a bettin' shop.' Anthony's seen the cranes go up. He's living in the Capital of Culture. So why is it that everything in the Dingle feels the same? What's a boy to do if he wants to talk about the latest subtitled film and drink green tea? If you want something different from everyone around you, can you really find happiness right there in your own backyard? Or is it over the rainbow after all? Paradise Bound is a new Liverpool comedy from Jonathan Larkin. It had its world premiere at the Liverpool Everyman on 28 April 2006.'this debut is proof that the Everyman is back producing the next generation of Liverpool playwrights' Guardian 'The latest talent from Liverpool is ...Jonathan Larkin and his scabrously funny play pits the image that the city would like to promote of itself against the hard reality.' Lyn Gardner, Guardian
Jonathan Larkin is a graduate of the Everyman and Playhouse Young Writers' Programme, and is now one of the theatres' Henry Cotton Writers On Attachment. This world premiere marks his debut as a playw right.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780413776037
ISBN 10 0413776034
Title Paradise Bound
Author Jonathan Larkin
Series Modern Plays
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2006-04-27
Number of pages 128
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