Rabbit (Nick Hern Books)

In a trendy wine bar - Bella, 29, is celebrating her birthday with her best friend, Emily, two of her exes, and another, rather loud friend, Sandy. Intercut with their bantering conversation about jobs, sex and men versus women are edgy scenes between Bella and her father, with whom she has a classically difficult relationship, not helped by his having an inoperable brain tumour - which has, however, not stopped him conducting extra-marital affairs...Premiered at the Old Red Lion in north London, the launch pad for many subsequently successful writers, "Small Girls Big Wigs" is chock full of potential.

About the Author

Nina Raine graduated from Christ Church Oxford with a double First in English Literature. In April 2000 she won the Channel Four/Jerwood Spaces Young Regional Theatre Director bursary and began as a Trainee Director at the Royal Court Theatre in July 2000. Her first play Rabbit was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2004 and work-shopped at the National Theatre. She is the daughter of Craig Raine.