Paperback. An incisive, unflinching insight into what makes a community tolerate the unthinkable.'One girl, against the happiness of the whole village. Can you not see it has to be done?'Midsummer. The village must choose a new Daughter to sail with the fishing boats and bless the waters, keeping them safe from the roaming orcas for another year.Fan hopes with all her heart to be the one they choose. But her older sister Maggie says she must never, never, go with the boats. Because something happened to Maggie out there. And no one will admit it.Matt Grinter's play Orca was the winner of the 2016 Papatango New Writing Prize in association with Southwark Playhouse, London, where it premiered in 2016.'An unnerving play. Grinter captures vividly the pressure to conform in an isolated society and the difficulty of resisting an insidious, persistent patriarchy. a genuine talent' Guardian'Beautifully sculpted Grinter carefully constructs a world as soaked in myth and ritual as it is with salt water, and we are folded into its rhythms and expectations completely' Exeunt Magazine'[A] fine, subtle and important piece of theatre' Broadway World'Matt Grinter's fine new play gently and finally devastatingly explores the way in which a small community moulds and reshapes its inhabitants, with sometimes brutal force' Time OutPapatango New Writing Prize An incisive, unflinching insight into what makes a community tolerate the unthinkable. Winner of the 2016 Papatango New Writing Prize. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Orca (Paperback)
Publisher: Nick Hern Books, London
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 184842616X
ISBN 13: 9781848426160
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Midsummer. The village must choose a new Daughter to sail with the fishing boats and bless the waters, keeping them safe from the roaming orcas for another year.

Fan hopes with all her heart to be chosen. But her sister Maggie says she must never go with the boats. Because something happened to Maggie out there. Something no one will admit.

About the Author

Matt Grinter is a writer and director working in both theatre and film. He was the winner of the 2016 Papatango Prize for his debut play Orca (Southwark Playhouse, 2016).

Short films include Small Talk, Jessie and The Party Photographer.

He is the artistic director of Red Rope Theatre Company, which he formed in 2012 with actor-producer Rebecca Robson.

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