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Burning Bridges

  • Amy Shindler
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 1M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9781848425941

"When she was little she was obsessed with me - if I didn't play with her or sit next to her she screamed her head off. Then one day she replaced me with a Captain crunch cereal box."

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
When Sarah, a young woman with Asperger's Syndrome, comes to visit her sister and brother-in-law, what starts as a fortnight of family holiday spirals into a nightmare of accusation and intrigue.

A love triangle with a dangerous twist, this moving and funny play explores the everyday dilemmas of a young woman living with autism: what to eat, what to watch on TV, and how to seduce your sister's husband with a piece of cake.

Amy Shindler's Burning Bridges premiered at Theatre503, London, in September 2016.

REVIEWS:

"Very funny and intelligent... I heartedly recommend it."

 West End Wilma

"Sharp and brilliant humour… sensitively handled… a magnificent magnifying glass onto fractious family life."

 A Younger Theatre

"An uncompromising character study."

 The Stage

Premiere Production: Theatre503, London, 2016.
  • Casting: 1M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers

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When Sarah, a young woman with Asperger's Syndrome, comes to visit her sister and brother-in-law, what starts as a fortnight of family holiday spirals into a nightmare of accusation and intrigue.

A love triangle with a dangerous twist, this moving and funny play explores the everyday dilemmas of a young woman living with autism: what to eat, what to watch on TV, and how to seduce your sister's husband with a piece of cake.

Amy Shindler's Burning Bridges premiered at Theatre503, London, in September 2016.

$24.95