Moira Buffini

Introducing the EXPLOSIVE first book in the Torch Trilogy - the hottest release of the decade!'Urgent. Ambitious. Mesmerising.' THE TIMES'Feels like the start of something big.' SFX'One of the most gripping reads of 2024.' SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND'One of the best YA dystopias in years.' BOOKSELLER 'One of the most compulsive reads of the year.' IRISH EXAMINER *LONGLISTED BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2025**NOMINATED CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025*They are hunting those who shine . . .Don't be deceived by Northaven's prettiness, by its white-wash houses and sea views. Many of its townsfolk are ruthless hunters. They revile those who have developed songlight, the ability to connect telepathically with others. Friends, neighbours, family will turn on each other in an instant . . .Lark has lived in grave danger ever since her own songlight emerged. Then she encounters a young woman in peril, from a city far away. An extraordinary bond is forged. But when power is everything, how will they survive?An epic new trilogy from an award-winning, internationally acclaimed screenwriter, Songlight promises to set the world alight!Readers are already hooked:'This book was amazing, I couldn't put it down.' ?????'The Power meets The Handmaid's Tale . . . truly a joy to read.' ?????'I was personally held hostage by this book until the final pages, and in a good way.' ?????Pre-order TORCHFIRE now, The Torch Trilogy Book 2, coming August 2025 . . .

Set amongst the vibrant, intense cacophony of North West London, NW Trilogy is a collection of three vivid stories, told over one performance, that remember and celebrate people who changed the course of history. The personal is political in these soulful explorations of what it means to be part of one of the most dynamic communities in the world.First, we reel to a dance hall in ‘County Kilburn’ in Moira Buffini’s Dance Floor where the Guinness flows, the music never stops and for homesick Aoife, there’s far more at stake than a dance.In Roy Williams’ bittersweet Life of Riley, Paulette is on a journey to connect with her estranged father Riley, a reggae musician once part of the influential Trojan Records scene, who can’t seem to let go of the past.And, Suhayla El-Bushra’s Waking/Walking introduces us to Anjali, a wife, mother and newly arrived migrant following Idi Amin’s expulsion of the Asian minority from Uganda, who is torn between not making a fuss and seizing her moment to take a stand as the Grunwick dispute unfolds.NW Trilogy is powerful, funny and epic and shows us how we can change the world from our doorstep.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere as NW Trilogy at Kiln Theatre, London, in August 2021.

Together ten chronologically-organised scenes offer a vision of love and sex in England across two millennia, from classical times to the present day via the Renaissance and the Swinging Sixties.3 women, 3 men

Dinner'A cracking black comedy that has you laughing uproariously one moment and jumping with shock the next . . . For those with strong stomachs, Dinner offers a delicious feast of comedy and the macabre.' Daily TelegraphDying for It'A subversive Russian classic: one that addresses the ultimate question of "why live?"' Guardian'The play, freely adapted by Moira Buffini, presents a glorious gallery of comic types.' IndependentWelcome to Thebes'It's thrilling. Moira Buffini's strange and daring play is moving, wise, funny, horrifying . . . Full of resonances you weren't expecting, jokes you didn't see coming . . . It raises huge questions with wit.' The TimesHandbaggedWinner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre'A phenomenon.' Sunday Telegraph'Perfectly pitched between the comic and the serious.' Guardian

The epic finale in award-winning global phenomenon, The Torch Trilogy. Who will triumph? Those with songlight, or those without? LOVE. POWER. REVOLUTION . . . We can see freedom ahead, we can smell it on the air. Together, our songlight gathers force. As gunfire rages all around us, we find our harmony. In this world, songlight is either revered or reviled. But now, the rebels are marching on the palace and it's time to pick a side . . . LARK is buried deep underground, summoning the Daughters of Gala to attempt an impossible escape. The Brethren want NIGHTINGALE to be their puppet and they will do anything to get at her powers. PETRA is flying over uncharted land, seeking asylum as she flees the airship she once called home, and RYE is being forced to track her down. PIPER finds himself at the mercy of the indomitable Sealanders whilst SWAN is facing her greatest betrayal yet. In the final showdown, the fight between those with songlight and those without is erupting on all sides. But as revolution storms the city, a far greater threat than the Brethren looms on the horizon, and, with life and death in the balance, love, trust and loyalty are put to the ultimate test . . . Praise for the series: WINNER - YA Book Prize 'Desperately exciting.' Bookseller 'Superb . . . Mesmerising.' The Times 'The book blazes like its title.' Guardian, '5 of the Best YA for 2025' 'An extraordinary achievement.' The Times, '20 Best Books of 2025'

Read all of the Hunger Games series? Now read this! BOOK TWO IN GLOBAL PHENOMENON, THE TORCH TRILOGY.Welcome back to a world where songlight - or telepathy - is either your greatest power or your greatest curse.Elsa is on the run and is urgently seeking a safe haven.Nightingale is being held captive and forced to use her songlight against her own people.Piper has been promoted up the ranks of the Airmen, where nothing but bloodshed is demanded of him.Rye has stumbled across an incredible airship, the likes of which has never been seen before . . .All four are united by their desire for peace. But peace between the Aylish and Brightland feels more fragile than ever.And there is a new threat, not just to Brightland, but to Ayland and the world beyond. The airship that Rye has discovered is owned by a race of elite Torches, recently returned to Earth.The future of civilisation is on a knife edge, with those from Brightland wanting to stamp out songlight, those from Ayland wanting harmony and those from Sealand wanting songlight to rein, whatever the costs . . .A SEQUEL TO RIVAL ALL OTHERS, proving this to be the most exciting trilogy to have been published for decades!Reader Reviews:'This book has cured my Hunger Games hangover!' ?????'Wow. This second book leaves me even more hardbroken and curious for the next part of the story.' ?????'Torchfire by Moira Buffini was a masterpiece! This author is a genius!' ?????'The world building is top notch... An excellent fantasy story.' ?????'Dystopian fantasy YA perfection! 5/5 stars.' ?????'Easiest 5 star review. I loved the first book, and incredibly I think her second trumps the first.' ?????'I loved the first volume, it was one of my favorite reads of 2024. I didn't think it was possible to love the second more. But I did, it's epic.' ?????

Elsa est acostumbrada a ocultar las partes m s importantes de s misma: sus sentimientos por Rye, su desagrado por un mundo gobernado por hombres y, lo m s importante, su don de la luz de las canciones. Entierra ese secreto en lo m s profundo de su ser. En Brightland, aquellos que tienen luz de las canciones son llamados Inhumanos y son aborrecidos. Rye es la nica otra persona que Elsa ha conocido con luz de las canciones, y su v nculo compartido los ha unido. El mundo de Elsa comienza a desmoronarse un d a desesperado y desgarrador y no sabe a d nde recurrir hasta que una ni a aparece ante ella. Elsa is used to hiding the most important parts of herself--her feelings for Rye, her distaste for a world ruled by men, and, most crucially, her gift of songlight. She buries that secret deep inside. In Brightland, those with songlight are called Unhumans and are abhorred. Rye is the only other person Elsa has known with songlight, and their shared bond has brought them together. Elsa's world begins to fall apart one desperate, heart-wrenching day and she doesn't know where to turn until a girl appears before her.

I've spent a lifetime in the ebb and flow of powerIt brings its giftsBut then it's an intoxicantOne must beware lest one consumes too muchThe monarch.Her most powerful subject.Two women meet once a week for eleven years. One believes there is no such thing as society. The other has vowed to serve it.Moira Buffini's wickedly funny hit comedy imagines what the world's most powerful women, Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II, talked about behind closed palace doors.Winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, Handbagged was first performed in September 2013 and returned to Kiln Theatre, London, in September 2022.'A phenomenon.' Sunday Telegraph'Perfectly pitched between the comic and the serious.' Guardian

This place is about to blow.A violent storm sweeps the coast. Diana Stuckley and her daughter are struggling to keep the roof on their run-down manor house, when neighbours and strangers begin to appear on their doorstep, seeking shelter from the floods.One of these unexpected arrivals is Ted Farrier, the charismatic leader of a right-wing organisation: he could be Diana's saviour - or could pull the fragile household to pieces.Stranded together, this explosive mix of people must survive the weather, and each other.Manor by Moira Buffini premiered at the National Theatre, London, in November 2021.

Two young women arrive in a nameless British small-town. Their names are not their own. They don't declare their ages. Their relationship with each other is not clear. Are they sisters, as their assumed identities declare? Or are they mother and daughter?Large flexible cast

Set in a city named Thebes, somewhere in the 20th century, the play is introduced by a militia sergeant named Miletus and two child soldiers under his command, Scud and Megeara. They discover the body of Polynices, a warlord in the recently-ended civil war and brother of Antigone and Ismene. Meanwhile, Ismene and the new female president of Thebes, Eurydice, widow of Creon get ready for the arrival of Theseus, fi rst citizen of the powerful democratic state of Athens, to discuss rebuilding Thebes after the civil war.10 women, 10 men

Aly is struggling with all the pressures of being a teenager: family, school, friends and her own insecurities. Then she discovers wonder.land - a mysterious online world where, perhaps, she can create a whole new life. The web becomes her looking-glass - but will Aly see who she really is?A new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll's iconic story, Moira Buffini's wonder.land was created with Damon Albarn and Rufus Norris and premiered at the Manchester International Festival in July 2015 in a co-production with the National Theatre, London, where it transferred in November of the same year.

He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again.Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn't stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit. A swaggering opposition circles, impatient for insurrection. The body of the former dictator lies unburied. Set in the present day but inspired by ancient myth, Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and the world's poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war.Moira Buffini's Welcome to Thebes premiered at the National Theatre, London, in June 2010.

A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom. The four plays published here look back to the moments in history when women possessed - or achieved - power, and what they did with it. The Milliner and the Weaver by Marie Jones, about the Suffragette movement in Ireland, as the question of Home Rule divides the nation. The Lioness by Rebecca Lenkiewicz is about Queen Elizabeth I, the myth and the reality. Handbagged by Moira Buffini, about the working relationship between Mrs Thatcher and the Queen. Bloody Wimmin by Lucy Kirkwood, about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament. The plays were first performed at the Tricycle Theatre, London, as part of the Women, Power and Politics season in June 2010. The other plays presented in the season are available in the companion volume, Women, Power and Politics: Now.

Hallway-dwelling Semyon is unemployed and disheartened with life. When his last hope at turning his life around disappears he decides to commit suicide, only to find that a number of people would like him to die on their behalf. On the night of the deed, a party grows towards a glorious climax.Moira Buffini has freely adapted Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide, which was banned by Stalin before a single performance, to create Dying For It. Dying For It premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in March 2007.