{"product_id":"9781350241152","title":"Poltergeist","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePoltergeist\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhilip Ridley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Art's my hobby too.' Hobby?!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSasha was destined to take the art world by storm. At the age of fifteen pop stars wanted his paintings, and a new exhibition was going to make him a rich man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now he serves in a stationers, and no one's even heard of him… what went wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Ridley's darkly comic new play is about art, family, memory, and being haunted by the life we never lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere performance at London's Southwark Playhouse, which was performed live and live-streamed around the world in November 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhilip Ridley\u003c\/b\u003e was born and grew up in the East End of London. He studied painting at St Martin's School of Art. He has written many highly regarded and hugely influential stage plays: the seminal \u003ci\u003eThe Pitchfork Disney (\u003c\/i\u003epublished as a Methuen Modern Classic\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fastest Clock\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein the Universe \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of a Time Out Award, the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand the Meyer-Whitworth Prize\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhost from a Perfect Place (nominated for The Evening Standard Best New Play Award)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVincent River (nominated for the \u003c\/i\u003eLondon Festival Fringe Best Play Award)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003ethe highly controversial\u003ci\u003e Mercury Fur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Glass, Piranha Heights (nominated for the WhatsOnStage Mobius Award for Best Off West End Production), Tender Napalm \u003c\/i\u003e(nominated for the London Fringe Best Play Award), \u003ci\u003eShivered\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Off-West End Best New Play\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAward), \u003ci\u003eDark Vanilla Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award), \u003ci\u003eRadiant Vermin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTonight With Donny Stixx\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKaragula \u003c\/i\u003e(nominated for the Off-West End Best New Play\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAward), plus several plays for young people\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(collectively known as \u003ci\u003eThe Storyteller Sequence\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e: Karamazoo,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFairytaleheart,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMoonfleec\u003c\/i\u003ee (named as one of the 50 Best Works About Cultural Diversity by the National Centre for Children's Books), \u003ci\u003eSparkleshark\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBrokenville\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eFeathers in the Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDaffodil Scissors\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also directed three feature films from his own screenplays: \u003ci\u003eThe Reflecting Skin\u003c\/i\u003e – winner of eleven international awards – \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of Darkly Noon \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Best Director Prize at the Porto Film Festival), and \u003ci\u003eHeartless\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of The Silver Meliers Award for Best Fantasy Film). In 2012 \u003ci\u003eWhat's On Stage\u003c\/i\u003e named him a Jubilee Playwright (one of the most influential British writers to have emerged in the past six decades). Philip has won both the Evening Standard's Most Promising Newcomer to British Film and Most Promising Playwright Awards. 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