Books published by Aurora Metro Publications

"Playing for the Heart "explores the struggle of young Evelyn Glennie to become a percussionist despite her profound deafness. "Eye of the Storm "offers young audiences a contemporary version of "The Tempest, "with the opportunity for disguises. "Red Red Shoes "uses the context of Eastern Europe to explore war, ethnic boundaries and the struggle for life and death through the contemporary reworking of an old myth.

The plays in Young Blood are set in many different places; Jamaica, ancient Greece, London's East End, the club scene and a world at the end of a hole in a jumper. These are plays about love, racism, absent fathers, leaving home, betrayal, drugs. Above all, in one way or another, each of them involves journeys and choices. Choices about who to love, where to live and what to be. You can use the plays or extracts of them to explore a particular issue or to look at that issue from a different angle. Each of the plays uses a different theatrical style, from the naturalism of Geraniums to the surreal world of The Girl who fell through a hole in her Jumper and the fast filmic style of Out of their Heads.This collection doesn't include production or teachers' notes. There are no fixed rules about how to use the plays. Produce the whole play to a paying audience or work on scenes. Play about with the casting. Double parts or have six people playing the same character. The most important thing is to have fun with the language, characters and staging so that young people enjoy working on the plays. All of the plays in this collection have a unique theatrical vision. Combine that with the energy, commitment and imagination of a group of young people and the results will definitely be worth watching!Includes the plays The Girl who fell through a hole in her jumper by Naomi Wallace and Bruce Mcleod, The Search for Odysseus by Charles Way, Darker The Berry by J.B.Rose, Geraniums by Sheila Yeger, and Out of their Heads by Marcus Romer.

The first drama anthology by Black and Asian women writers.

In a country torn by war, two kids escape from a POW camp. Chased by the enemy, they steal a car and head for Paradise. Captured by a lone soldier, the two kids are forced to fight for survival, forced to choose where and what paradise really is. A provocative, bleakly humorous play for young people.

Companion book of recipes to Soans' Arab-Israeli Cookbook, the play text. Simple recipes offering the best of Middle Eastern food and more. Gathered in Israel and Palestine from ordinary people going about their everyday lives, the author found that each person had a story to tell and a recipe to cook. Robin Soans tells of his moving encounters with the people of the region and provides authentic pictures of those he met, the places he visited and the food he tasted. We bring you their individual recipes handed down through the generations - from carrot cake to kebabs, from falafels to gefilte fish, from tabbouleh to tuna melt ...

A poignant novel about loss and self-discovery, it unravels a mysterious chain of events that touches people across different decades and continents - but can they all find each other before time runs out? Set in the 1980s.

A story of mishaps and adventure on the beautiful French canals in which a grumpy grandfather learns to love his feisty granddaughter, and along the way uncovers a burning secret about his son, locked up in a French prison. A beautifully written and expertly plotted tale from a critically-acclaimed novelist.

By Mick Jackson, adapted for the stage by Nick WoodStage adaptation of Mick Jackson's celebrated novel (1997), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and winner of the Royal Society of Authors' First Novel Award.Adapted by Nick Wood, critically acclaimed playwright and bestselling author of A Girl With A Book and Other Plays; his works are performed extensively in the UK, USA and Europe.Co-produced by Nottingham Playhouse (co-producer of the critically acclaimed stage version of 1984) and Nick Wood's AJTC (A Girl with a Book). A life of fascination, obsession and deep scientific curiosity.William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck is an eccentric Nottinghamshire aristocrat whose imagination and curiosity know no bounds. This deceptively simple man struggles to come to terms with a world that is teeming with new knowledge, ill-founded opinion and gossip.Why does he hide himself away? What is his fascination with tunnels? Will he ever unearth the secrets hidden in his memory?In a sequence of events that are often curious and frequently hilarious, he reveals moments of surprising perception and wisdom. The Underground Man is a delectable blend of fact and fiction in which the intriguing details of a complex life are richly explored through the vibrant imagination of a gentle soul.

Eight Plays from Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and CambodiaSelected and Edited by Cheryl Robson and Aubrey MellorPlaywrights: Jean Tay, Floy Quintos, Tew Bunnag, Ann Lee, Nguyen Dang Chuong, Joned Suryatmoko, Alfian Sa'at, Chhon Sina

A list of 50 excellent plays for young people compiled by two experts in the field. Includes information about the history of theatre in education dedicated to children and young people and the best companies working in the field in the United Kingdom.

A thrilling story of art, crime and high society from an indigenous author at the peak of his craft.

* Award-winning playwright Cowan explores the issue of classroom bullying and how teachers deal with it. * Useful to promote discussion of bullying and homophobia. * Suitable for schools, colleges and youth theatres to perform.

It''s New Zealand, 1914, and the biggest war the world has known has just broken out in Europe.William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. While William trains to be a soldier, Edmund is arrested.Both brothers will end up on the bloody battlefields of France, but their journeys there are very different. And what they experience at the front line will challenge the beliefs that led them there.

An historical novel about the birth of motor racing, based on the true story of rivalry between champions.

The Writers Guild winner for Best Children's Play.

A collection of new plays from some of the best playwrights whose work has been produced in London New Play Festival.

Five plays by important women writers in the Dutch theatre translated into English for the first time includes: Write Me in the Sand by Inez Van DullemenThe Caracal by Judith HerzbergA Thread in the Dark by Hella HaasseEat by Matin Van VeldhuizenDossier: Ronald Akkerman by Suzanne Van Lohuizen

The pleasures and pains of growing up female in one entertaining volume.

Created from dozens of personal testimonies, this play is the story of the changing face of work today.

A fascinating historical novel that explores the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered the theory of evolution at the same time as Darwin. Why wasn't he regarded as highly as Darwin by the scientific community? What led to his neglect? And why does David Attenborough regard him as the greatest scientist who ever lived?

A new collection of plays for young people across the globe from award-winning playwright Charles Way.

Anyone with an interest in the history of UK rock 'n' roll is familiar with the Cavern Club and the role that Merseyside played in the story of the British Beat scene. But on a far less celebrated but no less significant path, over a small bridge on an island in the middle of the Thames, another great 60s club night played host to acts that would later make a global name for themselves. The Rolling Stones, Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, the Small Faces, the Yardbirds and David Bowie are among the many acts who performed at the legendary Eel Pie Hotel during its 50s and 60s heyday, as did jazz greats such as Cyril Davies, Ken Colyer and Acker Bilk.In this collection of essays from the likes of Zoe Howe (music journalist), Michele Whitby (exhibition curator) and Gina Way (co-owner of the current Eel Pie Club) as well as the musicians themselves, we trace the origins of a scene that is long overdue for recognition.About the AuthorsMichele Whitby has spent most of her life in the Twickenham area. She discovered Eel Pie Island whilst looking for somewhere to set up a photographic studio after leaving college in 1988 and has never really left the place since. A jack-of-all-trades (hopefully master of some!) she has been amongst other things, a photographer, leather-worker, puzzle writer, comic-book colourist and shopkeeper. She became good friends with Arthur Chisnall around 1996 while beginning to research Eel Pie's musical past. She coauthored the book Eel Pie Island with Dan van der Vat, published in 2009. Michele has two children, Louie and Leila, and lives very happily aboard a boat on the Island, venturing off here and there to catch some live music.Zoë Howe is a writer, musician and visual artist based in Essex. Current projects include a film and book about the life and work of X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene. Previous books include, 'Lee Brilleaux - Rock 'n' Roll Gentleman', the bestselling 'Stevie Nicks - Visions, Dreams And Rumours', 'Barbed Wire Kisses - The Jesus and Mary Chain Story', 'Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits', 'How's Your Dad? Living In The Shadow of a Rock Star Parent', 'Florence + The Machine - An Almighty Sound' and 'Wilko Johnson - Looking Back At Me'. She was a contributing author to 'British Beat Explosion - Rock 'n' Roll Island' and to Julien's documentary The Ecstasy Of Wilko Johnson. In 2015, Zoë joined the Doc 'n' Roll Film Festival jury, and as of 2016, she is The Blues Magazine's resident 'rock 'n' roll agony aunt'.

A dark romantic comedy about the increasing influence of pornography, developed through a two-year workshop series with young people.