{"product_id":"9781350105454","title":"Approaching Empty","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eApproaching Empty\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIshy Din\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForget friendship! This is business.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a scruffy minicab office, Mansha decides it's time to create his own destiny and offers to buy the business from his lifelong friend Raf. As the realities of the state of the company slowly come to light, these two best friends must confront the difficulties of going into business with those closest to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the north of England, in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher's death, this compelling drama by award-winning playwright Ishy Din lays bare the everyday struggles of a post-industrial generation of British men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIshy Din\u003c\/b\u003e is a taxi-driver from Middlesborough, whose script \u003ci\u003eJohn Barnes Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted as part of Radio 5 Live's Sports Shorts competition and aired in 2004. He was then commissioned to write a piece for the BBC Brief Encounters series, has written for BBC Radio Newcastle, and came second in the British Asian writing competition \u003ci\u003eBANG!\u003c\/i\u003e in 2007 (Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Tamasha and BBC Writersroom, supported by Media Training North West). Ishy Din won Best New Play at the Manchester Theatre Awards for his play \u003ci\u003eSnookered\u003c\/i\u003e. He has recently completed \u003ci\u003eSustenance \u003c\/i\u003ewith Deborah Bruce for New Writing North, with support from the Arts Council and the Peggy Ramsey Foundation, and a short Arvon Foundation writing residency with tutors Simon Stephens and Graham Whybrow. He is currently working on an idea for a new musical called \u003ci\u003eSoul Brother\u003c\/i\u003e with the support of the Adopt a Playwright scheme (OffWestEnd.com), and is also developing a short film \u003ci\u003eHijab\u003c\/i\u003e, and a screenplay entitled \u003ci\u003eFraud\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 January 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350105454\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332618387596,"sku":"9781350105454","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_af949ed0-98e2-4037-be68-3fb19567f879.jpg?v=1783604501","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350105454","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}