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You don't want to go to war on this, Tom. I mean, not now. Not after everything. You don't want to lose more than you can afford.
Brad Birch (Pinter Commission winner, 2016) takes Ibsen's An Enemy of the People into the centre of a very modern scandal. How does Tom Stockmann keep both people and press on side when he makes a discovery about the town's prestigious new Spa?
A taut and rigorous adaptation of Ibsen's classic play, En Folkfiende examines the faultlines of municipal power as media, politics and the public good come head to head in a thrilling drama of the conflict between the personal and the public. En Folkefiende premiered at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in May 2016 ahead of a production at the Pleasance, Edinburgh, in August 2016.
Are you a theatre-maker looking for devising tools? A writer wanting to improve your dialogue? A director trying to create a story through improvisation?
Three Plays by Squint & How They Were Made brings three of the company’s plays together with the methods used to create them, in a practical, user-friendly toolkit.
Three of Squint’s plays - created by Lee Anderson, Adam Foster and Andrew Whyment - are published here for the first time. At the heart of each, a character is struggling to process their personal trauma under the intense glare of the public eye.
Long Story Short (2014) dissects journalism in the digital age, Molly (2015) takes a reality television-style journey into the mind of a sociopath, and The Incredible True Story of the Johnstown Flood (2021) embarks on a transatlantic exploration of class, exploitation and appropriation.
Developed over ten years through Squint’s education programme, the exercises in this book distil the company’s collaborative practice into over twenty-five tools for writing and devising. The Squint Toolkit covers the entire theatre-making process, from carrying out research and improvising story to writing subtext, devising from music and making cuts.
“Squint’s trio of fast-paced plays, combined with the activities used to create them, are an invaluable resource for directors, ensembles, devisers and playwrights alike” - Emma Rice, Artistic Director of Wise Children.
“You can’t help but feel nourished by Squint’s collective spirit and markedly more equipped to originate theatre” - Holly Race Roughan, Artistic Director of Headlong.
“It’s fascinating to read this generous and detailed articulation of the tools and methods of Squint’s theatre making” - Amit Lahav, Artistic Director of Gecko.
“An invaluable resource for theatre makers and educators” - Anna Niland, Associate Director of the National Youth Theatre.
“A punchy collection of swaggeringly smart plays coupled with a generous toolkit of inspirations for making new work” - Dan Rebellato, Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway.