The Clean Collection: Plays and Poems: Dry Ice; One Hour Only; Clean and poems

by Sabrina Mahfouz

Overview

A dynamic collection of three of Sabrina Mahfouz's pieces for the theatre, published alongside a selection of her poetry.

Dry Ice
A critically acclaimed solo show about a young stripper, which was produced at by the Underbelly (Edinburgh) and the Bush Theatre (London) and directed by David Schwimmer. It played at the Contact (Manchester), the Soutbank Centre (London) and the Bush (London) as part of Madani Younis's debut season in 2012.

One Hour Only
An 'upmarket' brothel. It's Forensic Biology student Marley's first night at her new job and AJ – twenty-one, good-looking and intelligent – is her unexpected first client. One Hour Only formed part of the Old Vic New Voices' first ever Edinburgh Season at the Underbelly in association with IdeasTap.

Clean
Zainab, Chloe & Katya, London's best 'clean' criminals and perpetrators of victimless crime, are forced together in an unlikely trio. This feisty trio soon become the unlikely action heroes of an adventure left to men. A short play commissioned by the Traverse Theatre, 2012, Clean was part of the A Play, A Pie & A Pint Season at Òran Mor, Glasgow and The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472525642
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	05/14/2014
Series:	Modern Plays
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	330 KB

About the Author

Sabrina Mahfouz is an award-winning playwright and poet. Her first theatre work, That Boy, was performed at the Soho Theatre in 2010, winning her a Westminster Prize for New Playwrights. Her solo show, Dry Ice, which was staged at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011, was nominated for the Stage Award for Best Solo Performance. One Hour Only won a 2012 Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Award and Clean was amongst a collection of plays which won a Herald Angel Award in 2012. She is currently a Sky Academy Arts Scholar for poetry, having won a Sky Arts Futures Fund Award in 2013.
Sabrina Mahfouz is a British Egyptian playwright, poet and screenwriter. Her 2016 plays are With a Little Bit of Luck (Paines Plough); Slug (nabokov); Battleface (Bush Theatre); Layla's Room (Theatre Centre) and The Love I Feel is Red (Tobacco Factory Theatres). Her TV short, Breaking the Code, was produced by BBC3 & BBC Drama earlier this year. Her play Chef won a 2014 Fringe First Award and Clean was produced by Traverse Theatre and transferred to New York in 2014. Sabrina has been the Sky Arts Academy Scholar for Poetry, Leverhulme Playwright in Residence and Associate Artist at Bush Theatre.

Editorial Reviews

A blistering way with language ... this is how theatre can take you anywhere in your imagination ... excellent script.” —Herald on Clean

“A fine, dense, thought-provoking and often brilliant piece of stage poetry” —Scotsman on Clean

“Clean is sensational ... prodigious ... a mini-poetic masterpiece ... exhilarating ... the best writing on the fringe” —British Theatre Guide on Clean

“In quite a different league ... a really substantial piece of writing ... the language is rich ... wrapped up in a compelling narrative ... she speaks lyrically and powerfully ... a real find.” —The Times on Dry Ice

“Magical stuff ... immense details ... high velocity ... nerveless and tight.” —Observer on Dry Ice

“A brilliant play ... a gem ... a terrifically simple love story.” —Observer on One Hour Only

“Tightly-written, cliche-dodging two-hander ... such a classy affair” —Whatsonstage on One Hour Only

“One Hour Only was like a little electric shock from London . . . contemporary and irresistible” —Orla O'Loughlin, Artistic Director, Traverse Theatre on One Hour Only

From the Publisher

A blistering way with language ... this is how theatre can take you anywhere in your imagination ... excellent script.

Herald on Clean

A fine, dense, thought-provoking and often brilliant piece of stage poetry

Scotsman on Clean

Clean is sensational ... prodigious ... a mini-poetic masterpiece ... exhilarating ... the best writing on the fringe

British Theatre Guide on Clean

In quite a different league ... a really substantial piece of writing ... the language is rich ... wrapped up in a compelling narrative ... she speaks lyrically and powerfully ... a real find.

The Times on Dry Ice

A brilliant play ... a gem ... a terrifically simple love story.

Observer on One Hour Only

Tightly-written, cliche-dodging two-hander ... such a classy affair

Whatsonstage on One Hour Only

One Hour Only was like a little electric shock from London . . . contemporary and irresistible

Orla O'Loughlin

Magical stuff ... immense details ... high velocity ... nerveless and tight.

Observer on Dry Ice