{"product_id":"rockets-and-blue-lights-national-theatre-edition-9781839040252","title":"Rockets and Blue Lights (National Theatre Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the set of a new film about Victorian artist J.M.W. Turner, young actress Lou is haunted by an unresolved history. Meanwhile, in 1840, Londoners Lucy and Thomas try to come to terms with the meaning of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving between London past and present, Winsome Pinnock's astonishing play retells British history through the prism of the slave trade. Fusing fact with fiction, and the powerfully personal with the fiercely political, \u003cem\u003eRockets and Blue Lights\u003c\/em\u003e asks who owns our past - and who has the right to tell its stories?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2018 Alfred Fagon Award, the play opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2020, directed by Miranda Cromwell. It transferred to the National Theatre, London, in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinsome Pinnock\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning British playwright of Jamaican heritage. Her plays include: \u003ci\u003eRockets and Blue Lights\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2020; National Theatre, 2021); and \u003ci\u003eLeave Taking\u003c\/i\u003e (Liverpool Playhouse Theatre \/ Contact Theatre Manchester \/ Belgrade Theatre Coventry \/ Lyric Hammersmith \/ National Theatre, 1986), among others. She adapted Malorie Blackman's novel \u003ci\u003ePig Heart Boy\u003c\/i\u003e for the stage (Unicorn Theatre \/ Sheffield Theatres \/ Children's Theatre Partnership, 2025). Her work was won many accolades, including the Alfred Fagon Award (2018), the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama (2022), the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation (1990), the George Devine Award (1991), the Pearson Award for Best New Play (1991), and the Unity Theatre Trust Award (1989).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648911900946,"sku":"9781839040252","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7747d494-cc81-4401-80bd-c6007a3ac702.jpg?v=1759838154","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rockets-and-blue-lights-national-theatre-edition-9781839040252","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}