Ed Harris

Marie is losing herself in her grey office existence, trapped by endless piles of paperwork and the same people saying the same things every single day. But as she is forced to work later and later into the night, she discovers a deeply strange twilight world where a new possibility for rescuing her sanity is illuminated by the fluorescent office lights. Commissioned by Soho Theatre and written by up-and-coming writer Ed Harris, Mongrel Island explores the mind and memory, offering a perspective of how the workplace can strip away our humanity. Combining madcap, surreal humour with an indictment of the corporate world's subjugation of individualism, Mongrel Island is a bittersweet, touching and darkly humourous play.

Mongrel Island

Simon Longman

Leo Butler

Jordan Tannahill

Lisa McGee

Shamser Sinha

Alison Carr

Jon Brittain

Molly Taylor

Avaes Mohammad

National Theatre Connections 2023 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights. These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test the boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities. The plays offer young performers an engaging and diverse range of material to perform, read or study. Touching on themes like climate change, politics, toxic masculinity and gang culture, the collection provides topical, pressing subject matter for students to explore in their performance. This 2023 anthology represents the full set of ten plays offered by the National Theatre 2023 Festival, as well as comprehensive workshop notes that give insights and inspiration for building characters, running rehearsals and staging a production.

10 Plays for Young Performers

National Theatre Connections 2023

Continuing the story of Luke and his adventures after 1984. Chapters Of Life books 1-14 deal with the Bromyard escapades from 1962-1968. While this series, books 15-22 deal with later stories.

Chapters Of Life Luke's Return Book Two

2005 Mastermind semi-finalist Ed Harris, a keen golfer and captain of his local Wimbledon club, has let his grey cells loose on this charming and erudite history of one of the world's favourite sports. He explores the origins, development, the rules, the clothes, the courses and the competitions as well as famous players, records, trivia and jokes.

Golf: Facts, Figures and Fun

Letters To Georgiana

While the first 14 books in the Chapters Of Life series dealt with Luke's life up until 1968, these following books (Luke's Return) deal with events post 1984, when Luke returned to Bromyard. Whereas the books dealing with events up to 1968 were taken from the daily diaries of 4 local Bromyard girls, and are based upon actual events described within them, these that deal with post 1984 events are based upon nothing more than pure fiction, only using the framework of the earlier works to tie them into the location, so as to create a continuation of Luke's various adventures.

Chapters Of Life Luke's Return Book 6

It's unusual, isn't it, for a girl to grow a tail at my age? Owen can't seem to write, Thom's exhaust pipe is ruined, and Holly is turning into a cow. As the situation worsens Owen is forced to choose between his blunt and exciting friend Thom, or his love for the increasingly bovine Holly. Owen knows the effects Holly's transformation are having on him, but he is scared that if he gives up on the one he loves, he'll be no better than Thom - a man who is the epitome of opportunism and shallow self-interest. The Cow Play is a hilarious, touching and bizarre story, an absurd black comedy about the ethics of trying to save those we love.

The Cow Play

It's unusual, isn't it, for a girl to grow a tail at my age? Owen can't seem to write, Thom's exhaust pipe is ruined, and Holly is turning into a cow. As the situation worsens Owen is forced to choose between his blunt and exciting friend Thom, or his love for the increasingly bovine Holly. Owen knows the effects Holly's transformation are having on him, but he is scared that if he gives up on the one he loves, he'll be no better than Thom ? a man who is the epitome of opportunism and shallow self-interest. The Cow Play is a hilarious, touching and bizarre story, an absurd black comedy about the ethics of trying to save those we love.

Two quick read stories; one that takes the reader to a fun nostalgia. The joy of being a kid, playing baseball and having adventures with friends, in a small midwestern town covers many insightful topics. The second story, is one of a near death experience. A high seas adventure, aboard a USCG, United States Coast Guard, vessel and to save each other. Analogous to Americans, understanding that we are all in this together.

(Reflections with a Common Touch)

Two Quick Read Short Stories

This story follows Coach B as he develops his coaching system based on developing responses to the game’s 13 Triggers. Coaches could read an interesting story about a coach’s journey in coaching, while learning about system basketball. Coach B, with the guidance of his personal “Yoda,” Gramps, helping him create the swarming, fast paced, constantly attacking, “Piranha System.” Coach B learns to help his players differentiate between the Magnificent 7 and the Covert 6 Triggers and how to use codes, cues, options, and essential keys to respond to each Trigger. This is a great book for High School Coaches.

Coaching High School Basketball

Maybe You Need a More Dynamic System

Luke's return to Bromyard - continuing on from the first 14 books in The Chapters Of Life series, which featured Luke and his motorbike friends in and around Bromyard in Herefordshire.

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