Name: Calling Barnsley
SKU: 64820885
Price: 534.00 TWD
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Author: Helen Monks;Matt Woodhead
ISBN: 9780571397563

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Faber and Faber

Author

Helen Monks;Matt Woodhead

Year

2025

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x12.8x1.7 cm

ISBN13

9780571397563

Calling Barnsley

Helen Monks;Matt Woodhead (Author) · Faber and Faber · Paperback

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Synopsis "Calling Barnsley"

The streets of Barnsley are full of unheard stories.

Through interviews with local people, Helen Monks and Matt Woodhead have adapted glimpses of life in the town into lyrical and revelatory monologues.

Calling Barnsley was first produced as a phone box installation at Barnsley Civic arts centre, in January 2025.

A collection of vivid and revelatory monologues from the people of Barnsley, by award-winning theatre company LUNG, with a foreword by Ian McMillan. In 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. This is Barnsley, speaking for itself - past, present and future. Calling Barnsley was first produced as an audio installation in a public phone box at Barnsley Civic arts centre in January 2025. 'LUNG's work continues to challenge and inspire the nation, consistently creating bold, deeply human work like Calling Barnsley - a timely collection of monologues that bring real voices vividly to life.' Indhu Rubasingham, Artistic Director, National Theatre 'This book is Barnsley through and through: tender, funny, and beautifully real. A true celebration of the voices that make us who we are.' Kate Rusby, folk singer and songwriter'Barnsley made me a tough, ambitious, cultured, proud Yorkshirewoman. This book proves I'm not alone in loving our little town.' Jenni Murray, broadcaster'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.' John Godber, playwright'A whole spectrum of memories and experiences with our little town and its people at the heart. Poignant, emotional, human.' Milly Johnson, author'Moor rattle than a can o' mabs.' Ian McMillan, poet