{"product_id":"9781783191048","title":"Visitors","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eVisitors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Barney Norris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a farmhouse at the edge of Salisbury Plain, a family is falling apart. Stephen can’t afford to put his mother into care; Arthur can’t afford to stop working and look after his wife. When a young stranger with blue hair moves in to care for Edie as her mind unravels, the family are forced to ask: are we living the way we wanted? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisitors is a haunting, beautiful look at the way our lives slip past us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritics Circle Award 2014 for Most Promising Playwright.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest New Play Award at the Off West End Theatre Awards 2014.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Writers Guild of Great Britain 2014 award for Best Play.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Infinitely touching...a mature and tender play. [Norris] is an authentic new voice.” —\u003ci\u003eFour stars - Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Barney Norris's first full-length play is astonishingly accomplished. Norris is a perceptive and humane craftsman...he has created an aching love story. He is a talent to watch.” —\u003ci\u003eFive stars - Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...an absolute beauty, by turns funny, tender and desperately sad. There is great richness and an almost poetic resonance in the writing so that we can almost see the play of light across their fields and apprehend the jolting dislocation of dementia. It is much harder to write interestingly about happiness than it is about misery, but Norris often does just that.” —\u003ci\u003eFour stars - Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It's a hefty subject - the way dementia destroys people's minds and families - but Norris's excellent play deals with it with surprising lightness of touch and humour.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A tender, elegiac, beautifully written and observed play” —\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remember the name Barney Norris. He's outstanding.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Barney Norris's astonishingly accomplished debut.” —\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An absolute beauty, by turns funny, tender and desperately sad.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Infinitely touching. The real pleasure lies in discovering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ean authentic new voice.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781783191048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Oberon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40823039393998,"sku":"9781783191048","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9b538b75-a412-44d7-9af2-1d88dce41278.jpg?v=1643099273","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781783191048","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}