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Ablutions

By Patrick deWitt
Series: Oberon Modern Plays
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Ablutions follows a bartender in the Los Angeles underworld, grappling with heartbreak and despair while watching his customers drown in nightly oblivion. As he faces the grim reality around him, he devises a dark and unthinkable plan of escape in this modern drama blending gritty humour with a live soundtrack and mime.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Picture yourself as a bartender, sipping top-shelf whiskey and watching your customers descend into nightly oblivion. Your heart is broken by the world around you and, leaving the whisky aside, you hatch a devious, unthinkable plan of escape… 

A dark, modern drama, adapted from the novel by Man Booker shortlisted author, Patrick deWitt.

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Picture yourself as a bartender, sipping top-shelf whiskey and watching your customers descend into nightly oblivion. Your heart is broken by the world around you and, leaving the whisky aside, you hatch a devious, unthinkable plan of escape…

Award-winning FellSwoop Theatre present Ablutions: a dark, modern drama, adapted from the novel by Man Booker shortlisted author, Patrick deWitt. A grimly funny tale from the sodden depths of the Los Angeles underworld, Ablutions blends a live soundtrack with detailed mime and deWitt’s heart-wrenching humour.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783198702

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oberon Books Ltd

Contributors:

  • Adapted by FellSwoop Theatre

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 73g

Pages: 64

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Patrick deWitt Series: Oberon Modern Plays

About the Author

An associate company of Bristol Old Vic Ferment, FellSwoop has received much critical acclaim since their formation in 2010. Their productions have won the NSDF Methuen Drama award for Emerging Artists (Belleville Rendez-vous) and the Ignite Festival Critics’ Choice award (Ablutions).

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