{"product_id":"jobsworth-9781350530331","title":"Jobsworth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs far as I'm concerned, why get paid to sit on my arse at home when I can get paid to sit on my arse in a lobby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere I also get paid\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBea's secretly working three full-time jobs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll at the same time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd she's still financially f*cked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween looking after luxury flats and dogsitting the world's ugliest pooch, she's neck-deep in employers and it's only a matter of time until someone finds out she's breaking all her contracts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArmed with nothing but her smarmiest boss' dirty secret, can Bea get herself out of the red and into the black (and into the fit intern's bed)? Or will the plates she's been spinning come crashing down around her and her dysfunctional family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJobsworth\u003c\/i\u003e is a riotous comedy about snakes and surviving capitalism written by Isley Lynn and Libby Rodliffe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Pleasance Courtyard, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsley Lynn\u003c\/b\u003e is an American-born, London-based playwright and poet. They won the 'Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award' at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2023 for their play \u003ci\u003eThe Swell\u003c\/i\u003e, which opened to great acclaim as part of Tom Littler's first season at the Orange Tree Theatre and was also nominated for Best New Play, Best Director and Best Production at the 2023 Offie Awards. Their play \u003ci\u003eSkin a Cat \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded Pick of the Year at the Vault Festival 2016 and its production at The Bunker later that year led to four nominations for Off West End Awards including Most Promising New Playwright and Best New Play; it then toured nationally in 2018. Other credits include: \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Worlds \u003c\/i\u003e(New Diorama Theatre 2019, international tour 2021); 'Canace' in \u003ci\u003e15 Heroines \u003c\/i\u003e(Jermyn Street Theatre 2020); \u003ci\u003eAlbatross \u003c\/i\u003e(Paines Plough and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama at Bute Theatre and Gate Theatre 2018); \u003ci\u003eThe Swell \u003c\/i\u003e(HighTide First Commissions play reading 2018); \u003ci\u003eSie und Wir \u003c\/i\u003e(Us and Them) for Werk X in Vienna (2016); \u003ci\u003eTether \u003c\/i\u003e(Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015); and \u003ci\u003eWhat's So Special \u003c\/i\u003e(as part of The Get Out at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs 2014). Her play \u003ci\u003eBright Nights \u003c\/i\u003ewas a Script6 winner at The Space in 2014. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibby Rodliffe\u003c\/b\u003e is an actor and writer who trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and also with Second City Improv and Estill Singing \u0026amp; Voice Training. Her screen credits include TV's \u003ci\u003eCall the Midwife \u003c\/i\u003eand feature film '\u003ci\u003eSix from Eight\u003c\/i\u003e. She recently finished the UK tour of Isley Lynn's award-winning play \u003ci\u003eSkin A Cat\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2024, Libby and Isley co-wrote \u003ci\u003eJobsworth\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260041494802,"sku":"9781350530331","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51086b12-c5fe-4ff8-837d-7cf89bc169e4.jpg?v=1746635588","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jobsworth-9781350530331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}