Holes
$30.70
- Paperback
104 pages
- Release Date
17 July 2014
Summary
An absurd, hilarious and fast-paced comedy by the writer of some of Britain’s most acclaimed TV comedies.
Flight BA043 has crashed on an island. Stranded, four survivors wait. Surely somebody will find them. Planes don’t just disappear, do they? And, if no one’s coming… what do they do now?
Tom Basden’s razor-sharp comedy Holes opened at the Arcola Tent, London, in July 2014, following a run at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Lost meets
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848424388 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848424388 |
| Author: | Tom Basden |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 104 |
| Release Date: | 17 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Critics Review
‘Lost meets Lord of the Flies… quick, sarcastic and agreeably grisly’
‘Lost meets Lord of the Flies… quick, sarcastic and agreeably grisly’
* The Times *‘Fast-paced and relentlessly funny’
* A Younger Theatre *‘Thought-provoking and hilarious… feels incredibly timely’
* Theatre & Tonic *About The Author
Tom Basden
Tom Basden’s plays include The Crocodile, an adaptation of a short story by Dostoyevksy (Manchester International Festival, 2015); Holes (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Arcola Theatre, London); There is a War (as part of the Double Feature season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre); Joseph K, an adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial (Gate Theatre, London) and Party (Fringe First Winner; Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Sydney International Festival/Arts Theatre, London).He has written for some of Britain’s best TV comedies, including Peep Show, Fresh Meat, The Wrong Mans and Plebs, which won Best New Comedy at the British Comedy Awards 2013 and Best Scripted Comedy at the RTS Awards 2014. He is also a member of sketch group Cowards, who wrote and performed their own TV series on BBC4.For Radio 4 he has made two series of Cowards and three series of his sitcom Party, based on his 2009 play.He has been nominated for a BAFTA three times, and has won a Fringe First and an Edinburgh Comedy Award.
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