Leave Taking by WinsomePinnock Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2018 by Nick Hern Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84842-740-2, ISBN: 1-84842-740-9
"Enid is one of those West Indians who came to England in the fifties, determined to become “little Miss English.” Abandoned by her husband, she has struggled to bring up her two daughters to live her dream. Leave Taking is a beautifully observed, deeply moving account of what it is like to be caught in alienated limbo."
"Drawn together from over 40 years of writing from Clean Break theatre company, this collection features the unheard voices in the criminal justice system. Offering a diverse set of monologues representing a range of characters in age, ethnicity and lived experience, Monologues for Women by Women is just that: an opportunity for female performers to celebrate the opportunities inherent in allowing women to represent themselves. The theme ..."
Stagescript Mules (Faber Stagescripts) by WinsomePinnock Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1996 by WinsomePinnock ISBN-13: 978-0-571-19022-5, ISBN: 0-571-19022-7
"A kaleidoscopic look at black female drug smugglers shuttling between Jamaica and London, sometimes ending up in jail, never meeting the top people, dreaming of a new life."
Rockets and Blue Lights (NHB Modern Plays) by WinsomePinnock 80 Pages, Published 2020 by Nick Hern Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84842-940-6, ISBN: 1-84842-940-1
"Winsome Pinnock's astonishing play retells British history through the prism of the slave trade."
"The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers provides an essential anthology of six of the key plays that have shaped the trajectory of British black theatre from the late-1970s to the present day. In doing so it charts the journey from specialist black theatre companies to the mainstream, including West End success, while providing a cultural and racial barometer for Britain during the last forty years. It opens with Mustap ..."
"Written for Clean Break - a theatre company working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system - Charged comprises six short new plays, written by E V Crowe, Sam, Holcroft, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Chloe Moss, Winsome Pinnock and Rebecca Richard. First performed at London's Soho on stage and in the surrounding bars, churches, restaurants and streets of Soho, Charged presents the untold stories of women and the c ..."
"No my dear. It's my illness. (Smiles and waits for sympathy) MELISA: Your illness.
.. (Looks perplexed) Oh, your illness. (Smiling) Well ... MEDUSA awaits her)
LEONORA: My therapist Mrs. Brown, she says I have such green fingers. I tell her
... It's not safe out there for anyone... man, woman, animal... especially the plants..
. We must all ... a hole in the sky through which the sun would pour down one day
like volcanic larva... Bri ..."
"When tube train driver Cyrus experiences his first 'one under' it sets in motion a life-altering chain of events. In his search to understand the motives of his victim, Cyrus is caught up in a dark tunnel of secrets.One Under premiered at the Tricycle Theatre, London, in February 2005."
"Presenting five of the best new plays by new writers to have been staged in Britain during the 12 months up to autumn 1988, this volume is compiled and introduced by the Literary manager of London's Royal Court Theater, the foremost arena for new state writing. Each of the five marks a breakthrough for author from promise to achievement. Each also gives vent to distinctive voices from different parts of the British Isles and from differ ..."
"Lin Coghlan Age: Early 20s Ethnicity: Black British Accent: London
PRODUCTION HISTORY Apache Tears was first performed at the Battersea Arts
Centre, London, on 6 September 2000, directed by Nancy Diuguid. The original
cast were ..."
One Under by WinsomePinnock Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2019 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-35811-3, ISBN: 0-571-35811-X
"When a young man jumps in front of the train Cyrus is driving, the mysterious circumstances prompt him to search for answers. In pursuing the truth of Sonny's final hours, Cyrus is led to laundrette worker Christine, as the past begins to catch up with people whose lives are changed forever.An evocative play about the power of guilt, the quest for atonement and the fragility of human relationships, Winsome Pinnock's One Under was reimag ..."
One Under by WinsomePinnock 112 Pages, Published 2019 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-35812-0, ISBN: 0-571-35812-8
"The cast was as follows: Cyrus Stanley J. Browne Sonny Reece Pantry Christine Clare-Louise English Nella Shenagh Govan Zoe Evlyne Oyedokun Director Amit Sharma Designer Amelia Jane Hankin Producer Kate Baiden Lighting Designer Tanya ..."
"The Garden Girls by Jacqueline Holborough, Mary Killers by Jacqueline
Holborough, The Prisoner FKA Queens by Theresa Ikoko, Ngozi Firm by Daisy
King, Stevie it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now by Lucy
Kirkwood, ..."
"Mikie So if 1 was to invite you to come out with me on my boat, to take in the
ocean air Kate I'd know exactly what you were talking about. Mikie You wouldn't
come? Kate What is it that you boys who hang out on the beach want? Money?
Another notch on your limbo stick? Mikie Maybe all those things and more. Kate
You've probably got a bet on with your friends, haven't you? Mikie Now you
flattering yourself. Kate I'm not one of these ..."
"Barry Jason Mark Jason Mark Jason Mark England! They wanna take fucking
Cole off. Why? Ain't pullin his weight. He ain't alone. I'm juss stating my opinion.
Funny how he's the only black player on the pitch. The boys protest at that remark
. Gina Mark Jason Mark Jason Barry Mark Barry Mark Jason Mark Come off it,
Mark. All I said, it was funny. If thass wat I meant, that's wat I woulda said. Why
him? He's playin shit. Yer talkin shi ..."
"This is a wide-ranging selection by theatre director Yvonne Brewster Boy with Beer by Paul Boakye is a funny and sexy story of a Guardian-reading gay photographer who finds his fantasy "African Prince" - "Boakye's writing is brash and exceedingly fresh...Boy with Beer has cutting edge" (Independent); A Jamaican Airman Foresees his Death by Fred D'Aguiar takes Yeats's famous poem and twists it into a rhapsody from a colonial perspective ..."
"The volume also contains an introduction to the plays, notes and exercises for performers, and an interview with each author.The playwrights included in the collection are Sharman Macdonald, Winsome Pinnock, Dario Fo, Tankred Dorst with ..."
"On his way to his daughter's funeral, Kendall walks along the seashore and saves a refugee from drowning, not realizing that this sinister conman has had his daughter killed and is about about to insinuate himself in Kendall's family."
"With Black Plays, Yvonne Brewster clearly demonstrated the need for a regular anthology to record the vitality of Black playwriting. For her second volume she has selected The Dragon Can't Dance, adapted from a novel by Earl Lovelace in which the inhabitants of Port of Spain, Trinidad, prepare to live out their dreams on Carnival Night; Winsome Pinnock's A Rock in Water, an energetic chronicle play about activist Claudia Jones, one of t ..."