{"product_id":"9780571397563-calling-barnsley","title":"Calling Barnsley","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of vivid and revelatory monologues from the people of Barnsley, by award-winning theatre company LUNG, with a foreword by Ian McMillan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Barnsley town, emergency services stand on a bridge trying to save a stranger's life. At a sports hall in Penistone, a pair of sumo wrestlers prepare to fight. Up Goldthorpe way, a burning effigy of Maggie Thatcher is paraded down the high street.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Barnsley, speaking for itself - past, present and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalling Barnsley \u003c\/i\u003ewas first produced as an audio installation in a public phone box at Barnsley Civic arts centre in January 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'LUNG's work continues to challenge and inspire the nation, consistently creating bold, deeply human work like \u003ci\u003eCalling Barnsley \u003c\/i\u003e-  a timely collection of monologues that bring real voices vividly to life.' \u003cb\u003eIndhu Rubasingham\u003c\/b\u003e, Artistic Director, National Theatre \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is Barnsley through and through: tender, funny, and beautifully real. A true celebration of the voices that make us who we are.' \u003cb\u003eKate Rusby\u003c\/b\u003e, folk singer and songwriter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Barnsley made me a tough, ambitious, cultured, proud Yorkshirewoman. This book proves I'm not alone in loving our little town.' \u003cb\u003eJenni Murray\u003c\/b\u003e, broadcaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The pieces in this collection resound with genuine authenticity of place and character, this is the heartbeat of South Yorkshire. Writing so full of the stuff of life you can almost taste it.' \u003cb\u003eJohn Godber\u003c\/b\u003e, playwright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A whole spectrum of memories and experiences with our little town and its people at the heart. Poignant, emotional, human.' \u003cb\u003eMilly Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e, author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Moor rattle than a can o' mabs.' \u003cb\u003eIan McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e, poet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351092085110,"sku":"9780571397563","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36890001.jpg?v=1763037835","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571397563-calling-barnsley","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}