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Informationen zum Autor Leo Butler is an award-winning playwright. His plays have been produced by many of the UK's most important theatres, including National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Birmingham Rep, and Royal Shakespeare Company. He has written many celebrated plays about young people, including Made of Stone (Royal Court), Redundant (Royal Court), Boy (Almeida), and Decades (Brit School/Bridge Theatre Co.) He has written historical plays such as I'll Be The Devil 0 (RSC), and contemporary dramas such as Lucky Dog (Royal Court), Faces in the Crowd (Royal Court) and The Early Bird (Queen's Theatre, Belfast). He has also adapted classics like Woyzeck (Birmingham Rep), pantomimes and comedies such as Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East) and All You Need is LSD (Birmingham Rep), and musicals such as Alison! The Rock Opera (Royal Court/King's Head). For ten years, Leo was Writers Tutor at the Royal Court Theatre and helped nurture a new generation of playwriting talent. Klappentext The world's changin', we don't have to just 'make do' anymore. There's stuff out there, there's life, there's . people and experiencin' somethin' meaningful. California, 'Arry, Woodstock, out on the road like a rollin' bloody stone, it's Dylan, 'Arry, that's who I want to be. Yer seriously think I'm goin' to stick round here. Modern life isn't easy and it never has been. This explosive play by Leo Butler transports us through time, looking at what happens when the next generation begin to find their feet in an ever-changing world. Through a kaleidoscope of characters, we see tensions rocket and values crumble, exposing the best and worst of what it means to be human. This epic roller coaster of a play combines euphoria and despair as different generations of young people ask the same question: where do we go from here? Decades received its world premiere at Ovalhouse, London, on 7 June 2016 in a production by Brit School for Performing Arts and Technology.This explosive play by Leo Butler transports us through time, looking at what happens when the next generation begin to find their feet in an ever-changing world. Zusammenfassung The world's changin'! we don't have to just 'make do' anymore. There's stuff out there! there's life! there's ? people and experiencin' somethin' meaningful. California! 'Arry! Woodstock! out on the road like a rollin' bloody stone! it's Dylan! 'Arry! that's who I want to be. Yer seriously think I'm goin' to stick round here. Modern life isn't easy and it never has been. This explosive play by Leo Butler transports us through time! looking at what happens when the next generation begin to find their feet in an ever-changing world. Through a kaleidoscope of characters! we see tensions rocket and values crumble! exposing the best and worst of what it means to be human. This epic roller coaster of a play combines euphoria and despair as different generations of young people ask the same question: where do we go from here? Decades received its world premiere at Ovalhouse! London! on 7 June 2016 in a production by Brit School for Performing Arts and Technology. ...
