A dynamic collection of three of Sabrina Mahfouz’s pieces for the theatre, published alongside a small selection of her poetry.
Sabrina Mahfouz is an award-winning playwright and poet. Her first theatre work, That Boy, was performed at the Soho Theatre in 2010, winning her a Westminster Prize for New Playwrights. Her solo show, Dry Ice, which was staged at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011, was nominated for the Stage Award for Best Solo Performance. One Hour Only won a 2012 Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Award and Clean was amongst a collection of plays which won a Herald Angel Award in 2012. She is currently a Sky Academy Arts Scholar for poetry, having won a Sky Arts Futures Fund Award in 2013.
In quite a different league . . . A really substantial piece of
writing . . . The language is rich . . . wrapped up in a compelling
narrative . . . She speaks lyrically and powerfully . . . A real
find.
*The Times on Dry Ice*
A blistering way with language ... this is how theatre can take you
anywhere in your imagination ... excellent script
*Herald on Clean*
Clean is sensational ... prodigious ... a mini-poetic masterpiece
... exhilarating ... the best writing on the fringe
*British Theatre Guide on Clean*
A fine, dense, thought-provoking and often brilliant piece of stage
poetry
*Scotsman on Clean*
Magical stuff ... immense details ... high velocity ... nerveless
and tight
*Observer on Dry Ice*
A brilliant play ... a gem ... a terrifically simple love story
*Observer on One Hour Only*
Tightly-written, cliche-dodging two-hander ... such a classy
affair
*Whatsonstage on One Hour Only*
One Hour Only was like a little electric shock from London . . .
contemporary and irresistible
*Orla O'Loughlin, Artistic Director, Traverse Theatre on One Hour
Only*
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