{"product_id":"9781786826695","title":"Awkward Years","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOberon Modern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAwkward Years\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMatthew Bulgo\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eLily's like a lot of other 20-somethings - working a dead-end job, stuck in a cycle of one-night stands and not where they expected to be at the age of 27. Her friends all feel like their lives are falling apart…except Lily's really is. Can she stop the rot before she crumbles away to nothing? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Awkward Years\u003c\/i\u003e will fuse a muscular text with frenetic movement and an evocative sound and lighting design to produce a breakneck-speed show about grief, hope and staying alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and works as an actor, playwright and director.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCredits as playwright include: Last Christmas (Dirty Protest\/Theatre Clwyd, Edinburgh Fringe\/Soho Theatre), Constellation Street (The Other Room), #YOLO (National Theatre Connections), The Knowledge (Royal Court\/Dirty Protest), My Father's Hands(Paines Plough, Come to Where I'm From), Lacuna (Three Streets Productions, New Wimbledon Studio), Real Human Being (Taking Flight). He was the recipient of the Best Playwright award at the Wales Theatre Awards 2015.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew has directed and curated a large number of writing events for Dirty Protest and number of short plays for various events for Sherman Cymru. He is a member of the artistic directorate of the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre, directing many of their recent productions and he has taught acting, theatre studies and directed a broad range of theatre projects at a number of educational institutions across South Wales. Matthew is a core member of Welsh new writing collective Dirty Protest and is co-artistic director of True\/Fiction Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 September 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOberon Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781786826695\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369346302092,"sku":"9781786826695","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a6b1aa8e-97c9-47bb-ac34-2d679924fceb.jpg?v=1783878847","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781786826695","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}