World première for Exchange Studio

Published: 25 January 2015
Reporter: David Upton

Yen

Anna Jordan’s Bruntwood Prize winning play YEN is to receive its world première in The Studio at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre from February 18 to March 7.

The play explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own. It tells the story of 16-year-old Hench and 13-year-old Bobbie who live alone with their dog Taliban, playing Playstation, watching porn; surviving.

Chair of the Bruntwood judging panel, Dame Jenni Murray commended the play for its “beautiful empathy, and a humanity which stood out to all the judges”.

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