Commissioned by the Booker Prize Foundation for the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. ‘A significant and timely reflection on a world broken by lies and division.’ Peggy Hughes, Programme Director, National Centre for Writing ‘Urgent, vital storytelling that brings J.M. Coetzee’s humane novel brilliantly and unflinchingly Read more…
Kerry Hudson’s Lowborn is brought to life in chip shops, telling a powerful, darkly comic story of poverty and inequality in modern Britain. Grab some fish and chips and join Story Machine Productions for a unique and intimate performance of stories from Kerry Hudson’s books Lowborn, and Tony Hogan Bought Read more…
‘This show made me laugh and cry. I felt as if I was at an AA meeting with some of the all-time great storytellers.’ Audience Member ‘I was captivated and moved beyond anything I can remember.’ Audience Member A chorus of writers, including Stephen King, Jean Rhys, and David Read more…
A production of Kumkum Malhotra by Preti Taneja (Gatehouse Press) ‘So beautiful it left me totally speechless.’ Preti Taneja ‘Enchanting, sad, brutal, uplifting, thought-provoking.’ Audience Member Look how we disappear: from a family, from a life, from a story. In a small house in India, Kumkum Malhotra prepares herself Read more…
St Mary’s Works Norfolk & Norwich Festival, May 2017 Work by 11 writers including Bandi, Carys Davies, Miriam Gamble, Tessa Hadley, Melissa Lee Houghton, William Letford, Andrew McMillan, Thomas Morris, Haruki Murakami, Ben Okri and KJ Orr. Featuring a newly commissioned dance piece in collaboration with Glasshouse Dance, an audio Read more…
Writers’ Centre Norwich, Dragon Hall Norfolk & Norwich Festival, May 2016 18 short stories and works of poetry presented over three action-packed hours. Featuring work by Kevin Barry, Lucy Caldwell, Sarah Hall, Etgar Keret, Kirsty Logan, Katherine Mansfield, Jarred McGinnis, Jon McGregor, Anna Metcalfe, Claudia Rankine, Sally Rooney, and Mikhail Read more…