{"product_id":"bacon-9781839040757","title":"Bacon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's Year 10's first day back at school. Mark is new and too scared to make friends. Darren is out of control and too scary to make friends. The two of them need each other - but neither would ever admit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorlds apart, but more similar than they realise, the pair form a complex and manipulative relationship. And before they know it, they're embarking on a dangerous experiment that will alter the course of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Swithinbank's play \u003cem\u003eBacon\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching and unexpectedly humorous look at masculinity, sexuality and power, through the dizzying lens of youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst developed on the Soho Theatre Writers' Lab, it won the Tony Craze Award in 2018, and was first produced at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2022, directed by Matthew Iliffe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSophie Swithinbank\u003c\/strong\u003e is a playwright whose work includes: \u003cem\u003eBacon\u003c\/em\u003e (Finborough Theatre, London, 2022; winner of Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award); \u003cem\u003eCircle Game\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford School of Drama, shortlisted for the Phil Fox Award 2020); \u003cem\u003eEven In Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e (longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award); \u003cem\u003eThe Fellowship\u003c\/em\u003e (Picturedrome, University of Northampton); \u003cem\u003eWhere There Is Smoke\u003c\/em\u003e (National Theatre Learning); \u003cem\u003eCome Inside\u003c\/em\u003e (Bush Theatre, London) and \u003cem\u003eThe Superhero\u003c\/em\u003e (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith). She teaches Playwriting at the University of Northampton.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390138192146,"sku":"9781839040757","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78129200-c6b0-4792-8c3e-ba45fc3840a7.jpg?v=1728941251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bacon-9781839040757","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}