The Fastest Clock in the Universe

Multi-award-winning play, whose accolades include:Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer to the Stage and the Meyer Whitworth Prize. Philip Ridley is an important writer who enjoys both critical acclaim and a cult following due to his unique, dark voice and controversial themes. Ridley has won both the Evening Standard's Most Promising Newcomer to British Film and Most Promising Playwright Awards and is the only person ever to receive both prizes. Publication coincided with a new, high profile production at Hampstead Theatre 17 Sept - 17 Oct 2009.

Philip Ridley's multi-award-winning play caused a sensation when it premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1992. A provocative and edgy drama, it is now regarded as a contemporary classic. Set in a strange room in East London, party preparations are underway but the presence of a very, very sharp knife does not bode well for an entirely happy birthday.It's Cougar's birthday. He's having a party. And the gift he'd kill for is youth...In a strange room in East London the party preparations are under way. Everything has been planned to the last detail. Surely nothing can go wrong? After all, there's the specially made birthday cake, the specially written cards, the specially chosen guest of honour...and a very, very sharp knife. Philip Ridley's edgy and provocative drama caused a sensation when it premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1992, winning the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer to the Stage and the Meyer Whitworth Prize. It is now regarded as a contemporary classic. 'A bit like a ride on a ghost train...you find yourself shuddering with shock and laughing uproariously...horror has rarely been so much fun' Daily Telegraph 'Scorchingly nasty...fingers an age and its icons with terrifying accuracy' Guardian