{"product_id":"9781839044847-little-brother","title":"Little Brother","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly comic and beautifully observed play set in modern-day Belfast, winner of the 2024 Verity Bargate Award. Premiered at Soho Theatre in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I'd like you to promise me that you're not going to try and set yourself on fire again.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's 3 a.m. and Brigid's phone rings. Her brother Niall is by the river with a plastic bag and lighter fluid. Sometimes being there for people you love is very, very difficult.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Brother\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly comic play about sibling love, self-destruction, and what it means to save someone who doesn't want to be saved. Set in modern-day Belfast, it asks what happens when the systems designed to help us fall short, and love is doing more heavy lifting than it should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2024 Verity Bargate Award, Eoin McAndrew's play premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Emma Jordan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A masterfully crafted, heart-wrenching play. a rare gem'\u003c\/strong\u003e Anupama Chandrasekhar, Verity Bargate Award judge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Great theatricality, humour and compassion. It stayed with me long after I had finished reading'\u003c\/strong\u003e Moira Buffini, Verity Bargate Award judge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56507124384118,"sku":"9781839044847","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_37625871_e1e1b711-ad04-4e24-9c45-c7c825c3dba1.jpg?v=1762224179","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839044847-little-brother","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}