Featured Playwright
Akaddas Jones
About Me: Mixed-race transsexual writer and actor; one full-length play written, performed in London, and yet-to-be-published; better known for her acting work; committed to seeing capitalism abolished in her lifetime.
Featured Play
Iris
Julie and Ruby are sisters coming to terms with the death of formidable matriarch Iris who still manages to control their lives from beyond the grave. On the night of the funeral, Julie gets off with Gerry, the crime scene cleaner. Maybe that’ll help. It doesn’t. When their mother’s unusual bequest unearths a story that leaves some indelible marks, something more than a deep clean is needed. IRIS is a heady cocktail of caustic humour and tender pathos and is Alison’s first full length commission for Live Theatre.
Playwright: Alison Carr