Brilliant Adventures
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:7th May '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Entertaining, epic and fantastical, Brilliant Adventures is a fast paced tale of brotherhood, addiction and breaking the laws of physics.
Nineteen-year-old science genius Luke finally has some peace to work on the extraordinary box in his living room, holed up in a dingy flat on a near-abandoned Middlesbrough housing estate. After his unbalanced brother Rob introduces him to a wealthy out-of-towner they’re thrown into a dangerous world that threatens to tear the brothers apart and unleash the power inside his invention. Brilliant Adventures is a fast paced tale of brotherhood, addiction and breaking the laws of physics.
Sizzling exuberance and imagination -- Clare Brennan * Observer *
Remarkable young writing talent ... there is a convincing tang of lived experience in the evocation of a practically lawless pocket of the north-east -- Alfred Hickling * Guardian *
Foul-mouthed and violent and very funny with it, this world premiere Bruntwood Prize-winner is a hugely entertaining black comedy sci-fi thriller – and there aren’t many of those around ... a rollercoaster of a play that packs one surprise after another ... the writing is extremely assured, very mature, highly inventive, packed with good lines and brilliantly plotted -- Alan Hulme * Manchester Theatre Awards *
Any really great play breaks stereotypes ... this takes them apart. -- Charlotte Keatley * BBC Front Row *
Alistair McDowall's fascinating debut - which won a Judges Award in the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2011 - plays by its own rules... note the name Alistair McDowall. He’s a writer to watch. -- Dominic Maxwell * The Times *
ISBN: 9781472507044
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 141g
136 pages