Noughts & Crosses: (Sabrina Mahfouz/Pilot Theatre version)

by Sabrina Mahfouz, Malorie Blackman

Overview

Sephy and Callum sit together on a beach. They are in love. It is forbidden.

Sephy is a Cross and Callum is a Nought. Between Noughts and Crosses there are racial and social divides. A segregated society teeters on a volatile knife-edge. As violence breaks out, Sephy and Callum draw closer, but this is a romance that will lead them into terrible danger.

This gripping Romeo and Juliet story by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.

Sabrina Mahfouz’s stage adaptation first toured the UK in 2019 and won the Excellence in Touring category at the UK Theatre Awards. It was commissioned and presented by Pilot Theatre in co-production with Derby Theatre, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Mercury Theatre Colchester and York Theatre Royal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848429239
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	09/14/2021
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Malorie Blackman, OBE, is a distinguished author, well known for her works for children and young adults. She was Children's Laureate 2013-15. Her accolades include the PEN Pinter Prize, a BAFTA, and the Prix Danube Children's Jury Prize. Her young adult series Noughts + Crosses was adapted twice for the stage (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2007; co-production with Derby Theatre and Pilot Theatre, 2019).

Sabrina Mahfouz is a writer and performer. Her most recent theatre show was A History of Water in the Middle East (Royal Court, 2019), which her forthcoming debut non-fiction book is inspired by, These Bodies of Water (Tinder Press, 2022). Her most recent publications as editor include Smashing It: Working Class Artists on Life, Art and Making it Happen (Saqi, 2019) and Poems From a Green and Blue Planet (Hachette, 2019). She is a resident writer at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and at the TV and film company, House Productions.

Editorial Reviews

"A searing insight into the injustices of the world… Mahfouz’s adaptation highlights some deep truths and sharp parallels with the here and now."

The Stage

"Malorie Blackman’s bestseller leaps off the stage in a fine new adaptation."

Observer