{"product_id":"failure-project-9781839043840","title":"Failure Project","description":"Ade is a successful writer, or so it seems. She has everything she ever wanted: her career is flying, she's (kinda) moved out of her mum's house, and her situationship isn't as complicated as she expected. Her life should be perfect! But things don't always go to plan, as Ade is about to find out... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efailure project is a warm and witty one-person play exploring grief, the strings attached to success, and what it means to 'fail'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten and performed by Yolanda Mercy, it premiered at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024, co-directed with Joseph Barnes-Phillips. It won the Solo Award at the Besties awarded by The Skinny and \u003ci\u003eFest \u003c\/i\u003emagazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYolanda Mercy\u003c\/b\u003e is a British Nigerian writer and performer for stage, screen and audio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe is a winner of the Channel 4 Playwriting Award and her play \u003ci\u003eQuarter Life Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh Fringe \u0026amp; Soho Theatre, 2017) won the 2018 Underbelly Untapped Award. The play was also adapted for BBC Radio 1Xtra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther work includes \u003ci\u003eOn The Edge of Me\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720962769170,"sku":"9781839043840","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a175aa4-400e-4f41-8c49-e307a73473d5.jpg?v=1762943205","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/failure-project-9781839043840","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}