{"product_id":"9780713687378","title":"Aalst","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAalst\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Duncan McLean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA programme text produced with the National Theatre of Scotland to coincide with the UK tour, \u003ci\u003eAalst\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and disturbing drama about two parents who murder their children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe play is based on real events from the Belgian town of Aalst in 1999 where the ensuing high profile and dramatic trial led to much soul-searching in the Belgian media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young couple check into a hotel with their two small children. A week passes before the police make a chilling discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2005 Belgian theatre company, Victoria, dramatised the case, working from source material including statements and interviews, TV footage of the trial and a documentary on the murder investigation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced in theatres and festivals across Europe, \u003ci\u003eAalst\u003c\/i\u003e has built a reputation as a powerful and complex piece of modern theatre which raises disturbing questions that have no easy answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A magnificent writer with liberal empathy for man's dark side” —\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780713687378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592864772302,"sku":"9780713687378","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_f9b64dd8-d75a-4332-a56d-df8f0a8577aa.jpg?v=1637776148","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780713687378","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}