{"product_id":"9781839042478-helen","title":"Helen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA play for two actors, about love, grief, and the threads which bind mother and daughter together. Shortlisted for the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I didn't expect it so soon, that's all. It made it seem so final, all our lives, those decisions all irreversible, immortalised in a slideshow to a Coldplay track.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelen is forty when she loses her husband. Her daughter Becca is fifteen when her dad dies. Now it's just the two of them. what do they do next?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfolding through snapshots of a relationship over forty years, \u003cem\u003eHelen\u003c\/em\u003e explores the threads which bind mother and daughter together, how they damage each other, and how they come to each other's rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA play for two actors – about love, grief, and getting ashes stuck to your trouser leg – \u003cem\u003eHelen\u003c\/em\u003e by Maureen Lennon was shortlisted for the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award. It was first produced at Theatre503, London, in 2023, in a co-production with Terrain, a company dedicated to promoting Northern artists and the stories they tell.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40838944948321,"sku":"9781839042478","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29642868.jpg?v=1725629584","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839042478-helen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}