Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group
portrait for the stage. First seen on the Edinburgh Fringe, the play
was produced in the West End in 2012.
Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2008
Carol Tambor 'Best of Edinburgh' Award
From
Millie, the jolly-hockey-sticks prostitute who mourns the loss of
the good old British class system, to Miles, a 7/7 survivor, and
Danny, an ex-squaddie who makes friends in morgues, Eight looks at
what has happened to a generation that has grown up in a world where
everything has become acceptable.
In its original
performances, each audience voted for four of the eight monologues
that they wished to see, resulting in a different line-up at every
performance. A ninth unperformed monologue is included in this
edition. The monologues are ideal for performance by student and
amateur groups; any number and any combination can be performed.
They also provide excellent opportunities for actors looking for
audition material.
'Hickson's writing remains astonishing,
with a huge, angry energy and poetry' The Scotsman
'Ella Hickson has already found her voice and it's a powerful one
- a potent show indeed' New York Times
'One of the
most self-assured, startlingly well-written and moving pieces of
theatre around' Herald
