{"product_id":"9781474275248","title":"Tonight With Donny Stixx","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTonight With Donny Stixx\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhilip Ridley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's at times like this I'm inspired by The Stupendous Santini. He toured the mid-West during the 1930s, entertaining farmers affected by the Dust Bowl. No one would have remembered him were in not for the fact that during his most famous trick – sword swallowing – he accidentally punctured a lung and died on the spot. He became a legend. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonny has committed an act that shocked everyone. Tabloids called him The Most Hated Boy Alive. But Donny doesn't want forgiveness. All Donny wants is . . . his own television show.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by internationally acclaimed writer Philip Ridley, \u003ci\u003eTonight With Donny Stixx\u003c\/i\u003e is the companion piece to Ridley's 2013 Fringe First-winner \u003ci\u003eDark Vanilla Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, and received its premiere at the Soho Theatre, London, on 27 July 2015 before premiering at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhilip Ridley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the East End of London. He studied painting at  St Martin's School of Art and his work has been exhibited widely  throughout Europe and Japan. As well as three books for adults (\u003ci\u003eCrocodilia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn The Eyes of Mr Fury\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlamingos in Orbit)\u003c\/i\u003e  - and the highly acclaimed screenplay for the The Krays feature film  (winner of the Evening Standard Best Film of the Year Award) - he has  written eleven adult stage plays: the seminal \u003ci\u003eThe Pitchfork Disney\u003c\/i\u003e, the multi award-winning T\u003ci\u003ehe Fastest Clock in the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhost from a Perfect Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVincent River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMercury Fur, Leaves of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePiranha Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTender Napalm \u003c\/i\u003e(nominated for the London Fringe Best Play Award), Shivered (nominated Off-West End Best New Play Award), \u003ci\u003eDark Vanilla Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award) and \u003ci\u003eRadiant Vermin\u003c\/i\u003e, plus several plays for young people: \u003ci\u003eKaramazoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFairytaleheart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoonfleece \u003c\/i\u003e(named as one of the 50 Best Works About Cultural Diversity by the National Centre for Children's Books), \u003ci\u003eSparkleshark \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrokenville\u003c\/i\u003e (collectively known as \u003ci\u003eThe Storyteller Sequence\u003c\/i\u003e), and a play for the whole family, \u003ci\u003eFeathers in the Snow \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Brian Way Best Play Award). He has also written books for children, including \u003ci\u003eScribbleboy \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal), \u003ci\u003eKasper in the Glitter\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Whitbread Prize), \u003ci\u003eMighty Fizz Chilla  \u003c\/i\u003e(shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award), \u003ci\u003eZinderZunder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVinegar Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZip's Apollo\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestseller \u003ci\u003eKrindlekrax \u003c\/i\u003e(winner  of both the Smarties Prize and WH Smith's Mind-Boggling Books Award),  the stage play of which – adapted by Ridley himself – was premiered at  the Birmingham Rep Theatre in 2002.  He has also directed three feature  films from his own screenplays: \u003ci\u003eThe Reflecting Skin\u003c\/i\u003e - winner of eleven international awards (including the prestigious George Sadoul Prize) - \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of Darkly Noon \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Best Director Prize at the Porto Film Festival) and \u003ci\u003eHeartless \u003c\/i\u003e(winner  of The Silver Meliers Award for Best Fantasy Film). For the latter two  films, Philip Ridley co-wrote a number of original songs, one of which, \u003ci\u003eWho Will Love Me Know?\u003c\/i\u003e  (performed by P.J. Harvey), was voted BBC Radio 1's Top Film Song of  1998 and has since been covered by the techno-house band Sunscreem (as \u003ci\u003ePlease Save Me\u003c\/i\u003e),  becoming both a club and viral hit. In 2010 Ridley, along with  song-writing collaborator Nick Bic?t, formed the music group Dreamskin  Cradle and their first album, \u003ci\u003eSongs from Grimm\u003c\/i\u003e, is available on  iTunes, Amazon and all major download sites. Philip Ridley is also a  performance artist in his own right, and his highly charged readings of  his ongoing poetry sequence \u003ci\u003eLovesongs for Extinct Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e  (first embarked on when he was a student) have proved increasingly  popular in recent years. In 2012 What's On Stage named him a Jubilee  Playwright (one of the most influential British writers to have emerged  in the past six decades). Philip Ridley has won both the Evening  Standard's Most Promising Newcomer to British Film and Most Promising  Playwright Awards. 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