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A double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change - an epic portrait of an England of the near future, in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.In On the Beach, Will Paxton, a glaciologist, returns from months in Antarctica to tell his parents that he will take up a role within Government. Thirty years ago, his father silenced his own radical thinking on climate change. Yet behind the reunion with his father lies thirty years of secre...

A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters.Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic writing – scenes, acts, space, time, characters, language and images – to show how a play is more than the sum of its parts, with as much inner vitality as a living organism.Almost uniquely amongst accounts of playwriting, W...

Stretch your legs away from the city with Lonely Planet's Best Day Hikes Australia and discover 60 easy escapes into nature with maps and directions.Lace up your hiking boots and experience the freedom of the great outdoors with trails that range from a couple of hours to a full day. Admire endless horizons atop the thigh-thumping peaks of Tasmania and Victoria's High Country; slip into scenic plunge pools and waterfalls a...

Stretch your legs away from the city with Lonely Planet's Best Day Walks Australia and discover 60 easy escapes into nature with maps and directions.Lace up your walking boots and experience the freedom of the great outdoors with trails that range from a couple of hours to a full day. Admire endless horizons atop the thigh-thumping peaks of Tasmania; slip into scenic plunge pools and waterfalls along the Edith River; and s...

A double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change – an epic portrait of Britain in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods. In On the Beach, glaciologist Will has followed in his father's footsteps, dedicating himself to studying climate change. Back from Antarctica, he visits his parents on the Norfolk coast. With catastrophic flooding growing more likely by the day, he has news that forces long-submerged secrets to rise to the surface. In Resilience, Will, freshly app...

A powerful play about the growing culture of human exploitation in the UK, delving below the surface to reveal a personal account of life as a migrant worker.In Ukraine, Victor had a business, a family and a home, but things have changed and he's fled to the UK in search of a better life. Now he's doing everything from gutting fish to picking carrots.But Victor's a strong-minded man. He's not staying at the bottom of the economic food chain, he's going to build a business o...

'He is the sickness and you maintain that sickness.'Idi Amin is the self-declared President of Uganda. When Scottish medic Nicholas Garrigan becomes his personal physician, he is catapulted into Amin's inner circle. A useful asset for the British Secret Service, is Garrigan the man on the inside, or does he have blood on his hands too?Giles Foden's multi-award-winning novel The Last King of Scotland is an electrifying thriller about corruption and complici...

On 15 October 2011, protest movement Occupy London makes camp outside St Paul's Cathedral. On 21 October 2011, a building that had kept open through floods, the Blitz and terrorist threats closes its doors. On 28 October, City of London initiates legal action against Occupy to begin removing them from outside the Cathedral...Steve Waters' play Temple is a fictional account of these events, set in the heart of a very British crisis – a crisis of conscience, a crisis of auth...

A divisive left-wing leader at the helm of the Labour Party. A Conservative prime minister battling with her cabinet. An identity crisis on a national scale. This is Britain 1981.One Sunday morning, four prominent Labour politicians – Bill Rodgers, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins and David Owen – gather in private at Owen's home in Limehouse, East London. They are desperate to find a political alternative. Should they split their party, divide their loyalties, and risk betraying ever...

A short play from the acclaimed author of Limehouse and Temple.The Play About Calais, based on Steve Waters' own visit to the 'Jungle' refugee camp in Calais and the people he met along the way, is an attempt to make sense of one of the most complex and divisive issues of our times.It was first staged at Hotbed Festival in 2016, then at Norwich Arts Centre in 2017.

Told by a woman killed in a cycling accident, Steve Waters' play Death of a Cyclist is a poignant, bleakly comic short monologue that imagines the moments after death, and our struggle to come to terms with the biggest shock of all.It was first staged by Menagerie Theatre Company at Hotbed Festival in 2012.