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Girls - (Modern Plays) by Theresa Ikoko (Paperback)

Girls - (Modern Plays) by  Theresa Ikoko (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Why is everyone so bloody obsessed with hashtags? What on earth do you want to do with a hashtag? Can you use it to shoot your way out of here?<br/><br/></i>Tisana, Ruhab and Haleema are three normal teenage girls who have been best friends forever. But when they are kidnapped from their hometown, each must find their own way to survive. <br/><br/><i>Girls </i>explores enduring friendship, girlhood and the stories behind the headlines that quickly become yesterday's news.<br/><br/>Theresa Ikoko's funny and fiercely passionate play is a Verity Bargate Award finalist and winner of the Alfred Fagon Award (2015) and George Devine Award (2016). <i>Girls </i>received its world premiere at HighTide Theatre Festival 2016 on 8 September 2016 in a production by HighTide, Soho Theatre and Talawa.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Theresa Ikoko was born and raised in Hackney, London. In August 2013, she completed her first full-length play, <i>Normal, </i>which debuted at Talawa Firsts' 2014 season. <i>Normal </i>was also chosen for Tricycle Theatre's young writers' programme, received a reading at the HighTide Theatre Festival 2015, and was selected for Critical Mass at the Belgrade Theatre, <i>Coventry</i>. Her play <i>Visiting Hours</i> was chosen for Belgrade Theatre's The New Black Showcase in 2014. Her first professionally produced play, <i>Girls</i>, was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2015 and won the Alfred Fagon Award 2015.

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