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Emily is sixteen. She lives with her dad and works in a junk shop with no customers. She's got a nose like a white strawberry, hair like a demented angel and a terrible, terrible secret.
Adolescence, sexuality and guilt come together in this richly theatrical, macabre and often hilarious play about an ordinary life going badly wrong.
Stealing Sweets and Punching People was produced at the Latchmere Theatre, London, in October 2003.
About the author
Phil Porter is a multi-award-winning playwright and librettist. His work has been produced at Manchester Royal Exchange, Northampton Theatre Royal, The Unicorn Theatre and The Royal Opera House. His plays include
Vice Versa (RSC),
The Man With The Hammer (Plymouth Theatre Royal),
The Christmas Truce (RSC),
Blink (Soho/nabokov),
The Cracks In My Skin (Manchester Royal Exchange, Bruntwood Award winner) and
Stealing Sweets And Punching People (Theatre 503/Off-Broadway). Edits/adaptations include Moliere's
The Miser (West End, with Sean Foley), Middleton's
A Mad World, My Masters (RSC, with Sean Foley), Shakespeare's
The Tempest (RSC/Little Angel) and Janos Hay's
The Stonewatcher (National Theatre). Plays/libretti for young audiences include
Moominsummer Madness (Polka/Northampton),
The Flying Machine (Unicorn Theatre),
Smashed Eggs (Pentabus, winner of Arts Council Children's Award) and
Pinocchio (Royal Opera House).
Summary
Emily is sixteen. She lives with her dad and works in a junk shop with no customers. She’s got a nose like a white strawberry, hair like a demented angel and a terrible, terrible secret…
Adolescence, sexuality and guilt come together in this richly theatrical, macabre and often hilarious play about an ordinary life going badly wrong…
Stealing Sweets and Punching People was produced at the Latchmere Theatre, London, in October 2003.
Foreword
Phil Porter is an award-winning new playwright currently under commission at the Bush Theatre.
