Kirjahaku

Kendall Feaver's (Alma Mater, Ballet Shoes) debut play explores mental illness and coming-of-age with humour and compassion. Winner of the Judges' Award, Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, 2015 and Best New Play, UK Theatre Awards, 2018. 'Sharply observed, drily funny and compassionate.' THE TIMES'A funny, heartbreaking, acutely alive play.' GUARDIANI'm older now. I'm stronger. How do you know I haven't sorted out some natural equilibrium all on my own? Maybe we should try it, just for a bit.Diagnosed with a severe mental illness as a child, Anna was prescribed a cocktail of pills. Now a young adult, in her first serious relationship and about to go to university, she's wondering how life might feel without them. But as she tries to move beyond the labels that have defined her, her mother feels compelled to intervene - threatening the fragile balance they have both fought so hard to maintain.Kendall Feaver's The Almighty Sometimes premiered at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, in February 2018.

It's a culture that begins with a joke, a gesture, a throwaway word or a game between friends, and it ends in an act of violence.Jo Mulligan is the first female master in her prestigious college's history. Determined to create a space where everyone feels welcome, she starts dismantling old ways of working.But an accusation of sexual assault within the college throws her tenure into turmoil, and Jo is pitted against Nikki, a student impatient for justice.Alma Mater received its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, in June 2024.

We three Fossils vow to make history because we don't have any history but we do have a name and if we put that name into history we'll earn lots of money and we'll be really famous and we'll fix the roof and no one will say it's because of our grandfathers.In a crumbling house full of dinosaur bones and fossils, three adopted sisters - Pauline, Petrova and Posy - are learning who they want to be.Under the watchful eyes of Nana and their guardian Sylvia, together with some unlikely lodgers, the Fossil sisters fight to pursue their passions. In a world that wasn't built for women with big ambitions, they must forge a future, keep their family together, and maybe learn a dance or two along the way.BEST NEW ENTERTAINMENT OR COMEDY PLAY: OLIVIER AWARD NOMINEE 2025 Kendall Feaver's version of Noel Streatfeild's beloved children's classic opened at the National Theatre, London, in November 2024.