Zoe Cooper Knihy

A play about resistance and dignity in the face of global exploitation. Winner of Theatre Uncut's Political Playwriting Award.

Six short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope. First performed and livestreamed from the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 2021.

Seventeen-year-old Asha is an emphatic rebel, unafraid of pointing out the hypocrisy around her but less sure how to actually dismantle it. Her younger sister, Bettina, wide-eyed and naïve, is just trying to get through the school day without getting her pocket money nicked. Between essays, homework and bus journeys home the two sisters meet outside the school gates each afternoon, smarting at the injustice of the world around them. Bouncing with wit, Sonali Bhattacharyya’s mesmerizing play  Two Billion Beats  is an insightful, moving and tremendously funny coming-of-age story about the unfairness of growing up in a world where you don't make the rules. It premiered at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in February 2022. An earlier version of the play was performed as part of the Orange Tree's  Inside/Outside  season, livestreamed in 2021.

V mondénních anglických lázních Bath bývaly v době Jane Austenové mladé slečny uváděny do společnosti, aby se obrousily a pod dohledem matinek získaly žádoucí partii. Hrdinkou příběhu je Catherine, dcera venkovského faráře, upřímné, bezelstné, radostné stvoření, které se v nezvyklém prostředí vedle vítaných radovánek setká i s nejednou nástrahou. Ačkoliv má hlavu popletenou hrůzostrašnými gotickými romány, tehdejší oblíbenou dívčí četbou, a často vidí i v úkazech zcela běžných romantické drama, nakonec jí bystrý rozum ukáže správnou cestu a s milou Catherine – jak jinak – všechno dopadne šťastně.

A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.

Cecil Rice - Venice, Sunlight and Water is to be published as a prelude to a travelling exhibition of Cecil Rice's original work and silkscreen prints around the UK in the Summer of 2006 through to the end of the year.