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Playdead.Famous Productions presents The Lecture Theatre Plays at The London Theatre, 17-22 April 2012. The production will then go on a short tour, dates/venues TBC.


Playdead Press is live!

If you were aware of us when we were Playdead.Famous Publications we are pleased to announce the successful change over to our new brand Playdead Press.

Like Playdead.Famous, Playdead Press is dedicated to the publishing of high quality work by new and emerging writers.

If you are interested in what happened to Playdead.Famous you will be happy to know that is still going but just as a production company and you can visit playdeadfamous.com for more information.

Playdead.Famous Productions next project is a short tour of two new challenging short plays in aid of the time-to-change campaign and will include a week long run at the London Theatre 17-22 April 2012.

Please contact us for any more information.

Future Releases

Coming Soon

Housebound
by Nick Lane 

Jim has been married to Lucy for forty-one years, and his life is one of routines. Same trips to the same shops to buy the same stuff… and every day a new annoyance, a new exasperation. Lucy has her routines too, but they don’t involve going out. She’s agoraphobic, and doesn’t tend to get many visitors. The pair of them are struggling under the weight of an unspoken event from their past, with no sign of any change. When Ash, a desperate local youth, breaks into the house one night and is overpowered by Jim, the frustrated pensioner – to his wife’s horror – decides to teach the lad a lesson, revealing long-hidden sides to all three of them…

A dark comedy about the differences – and similarities – between the generations, from the writer of My Favourite Summer and Me & Me Dad.

“A writer who knows what he's doing.” Lynn Gardener, The Guardian

“...revelations that have you shifting your prejudices in the manner of Oleanna or Blackbird.” York Press

Critically acclaimed writer Nick Lane has been cited as one of the best writers to hail from north of the Watford gap and this play shows his versatility as a writer.  Housebound is at times funny and touching and other times shocking and controversial.   The play has seen a number of productions and was most recently taken on a national 3 month tour that finished Dec 2011.

Housebound will be available from 22/02/12 for £8.50.  Please contact us to pre-order your copy now.


My Favourite Summer


by Nick Lane

Dave is a sensitive twenty-three year old post graduate with a ten-year long crush on his housemate Sarah. When she announces that she is going to do a PhD in New York, Dave realises he must tell her how he feels or lose her forever. Unable to just come out with it, he hits upon the scheme of paying for a 'surprise holiday' for Sarah, and declaring his love in a more romantic setting. In order to raise the money for this high-stakes gamble he takes a summer job in a scaffolding warehouse, where he meets Melvin, an unreconstructed lunatic of a man. The initial culture-clash is only the start of Dave's troubles, however, for once Melvin gets wind of his plans, he takes it upon himself to educate the young lad in the ways of the world. . .

A comedy for everyone who's ever been in love and lived to tell the tale., from the writer of Housebound and Me & Me Dad.

"Blissfully funny" Daily Telegraph.
**** – The Times

Another funny and touching piece of work by Nick Lane that is proof to the acclaim he has received.

My Favourite  Summer will be on tour throughout February and March 2012.

My Favourite Summer will be available from 22/02/12 for £8.99.  Please contact us to pre-order your copy now.




New Releases

News:

New release - Missing by Barney Norris. Missing the latest play from award-winning playwright Barney Norris and is currently on at the Tristran Bates Theatre in Covent Garden (31/01/12-25/02/12).   Playdead Press are proud to be working with Barney and encourage you all to go and see the show.  Set in Thatcher's England, Luke and Andy are facing the end of their childhoods. Luke is the first in the family to go to university; but as Andy looks for a way of escaping the life he was born into, he can't stop thinking about his father. Surrounded by mixtapes, guitars and ambitions, the two brothers discover how easy it is to get lost in a country that doesn't look after its own.

Missing is currently available from our store and can also be found on Amazon.  Contact elliot@playdeadfamous.com for any further enquiries.

New release - JACK IS BACK as Playdead Press has just published a fantastic new novella by Michael Wilson called Without A Trace that brings a fresh tale to the world's most infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

Without A Trace is currently available from our store or contact elliot@playdeadfamous.com for more ways to purchase.

New release - Playdead Press has just published a new challenging play called Same Same by Shireen Mula.  Shireen Mula’s structurally innovative new work is a journey through alternative realities and multiple identities, driven by a volatile mixture of hope and fear. Stories collide with reality in an exquisitely fractured jigsaw; Same Same is a lyrical story of regret, longing and mixed-race identity set in a dark recess of contemporary London.

Same Same is available to buy from our store, amazon and some bookstores.  Your local book shop will also be able to purchase a copy for you by giving them our details.


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