Holloway Jones (NHB Modern Plays)

by Evan Placey

Overview

Holloway dreams of being a world-class BMXer, but she is held back by the tough reality of a parent in prison.

Evan Placey's play Holloway Jones was commissioned by Synergy Theatre Project, toured schools and the Unicorn Theatre in 2011, and won the 2012 Brian Way Award for Best Play for Young People.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780017907
Publisher:	Hern, Nick Books
Publication date:	06/10/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Evan Placey is a Canadian-British playwright who grew up in Toronto and now lives in London, England. His plays include Mother of Him (Courtyard Theatre; winner of the King’s Cross Award for New Writing, RBC National Playwriting Competition, Canada, and the Samuel French Canadian Play Contest); Banana Boys (Hampstead Theatre); Suicide(s) in Vegas (Canadian tour; Centaur Theatre award nomination); Scarberia (Forward Theatre Project/York Theatre Royal); How Was It For You? (Unicorn Theatre); Holloway Jones (Synergy Theatre Project/Schools Tour/Unicorn Theatre; winner of the Brian Way award 2012 for Best Play for Young People; Writers’ Guild award nomination); Girls Like That (Synergy/Unicorn Theatre; first produced and commissioned by Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Theatre Royal Plymouth and West Yorkshire Playhouse; winner of the Writers’ Guild award for Best Play for Young Audiences); Pronoun (National Theatre Connections) and Consensual (National Youth Theatre in the West End). Work for radio includes Mother of Him (BBC Radio 3/Little Brother Productions).

Evan is a Creative Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton, and also teaches playwriting to young people for various theatres, and also in prisons.