Moira Buffini est une dramaturge anglaise reconnue pour ses pièces ambitieuses et imaginatives qui rejettent le naturalisme. Membre fondateur des Monsterists, elle défend l'écriture nouvelle et audacieuse au théâtre britannique. Son travail est décrit comme métaphysique, explorant des concepts profonds et offrant une perspective singulière sur la condition humaine. Au-delà de la scène, Buffini est également une scénariste prolifique, adaptant des œuvres littéraires pour le grand écran.
Hallway-dwelling Semyon is unemployed and disheartened with life. On the night of the deed, a party grows towards a glorious climax. Moira Buffini has freely adapted Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide, which was banned by Stalin before a single performance, to create Dying For It.
Features three plays that are suitable for one actress - all featuring mothers on the edge: Jordan by Moira Buffini and Anna Reynolds; The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret by Catherine Johnson; and Unsuspecting Susan by Stewart Permutt.
Dinner'A cracking black comedy that has you laughing uproariously one moment and jumping with shock the next .
Chronologically organized into ten scenes, this book explores the evolution of love and sex in England over two millennia, spanning from classical times through the Renaissance to the Swinging Sixties. It features three women and three men, each representing different eras and perspectives, providing a rich tapestry of human relationships and societal changes throughout history.
On her tenth birthday, Marianne is forced to bed with a fever. That night she dreams. As Marianne sleeps, she finds herself transported to the house she has drawn, and the mysterious world that lies beyond.
He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again. Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn't stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit. A swaggering opposition circles, impatient for insurrection. The body of the former dictator lies unburied. Set in the present day but inspired by ancient myth, Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and the world's poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war. Moira Buffini's Welcome to Thebes premiered at the National Theatre, London, in June 2010.
Dinner offers a delicious feast of comedy at its most heartless and macabre.' Daily TelegraphBlavatsky's Tower:'A refreshingly dizzying perspective on that cornerstone of dysfunction - the family.' Time Out 'A truly remarkable play.
The story revolves around a unique dinner party featuring an artist, a scientist, and a captivating individual, drawing parallels to the creation of Frankenstein's monster. As these diverse characters converge, the narrative explores themes of creativity, ambition, and the complexities of human relationships, highlighting the tensions and interactions that arise in a setting filled with intellectual and emotional sparks.
I've spent a lifetime in the ebb and flow of power It brings its gifts But then it's an intoxicant One must beware lest one consumes too much The monarch. Her most powerful subject. Two women meet once a week for eleven years. One believes there is no such thing as society. The other has vowed to serve it. Moira Buffini's wickedly funny hit comedy imagines what the world's most powerful women, Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II, talked about behind closed palace doors. Winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, Handbagged was first performed in September 2013 and returned to Kiln Theatre, London, in September 2022. 'A phenomenon.' Sunday Telegraph 'Perfectly pitched between the comic and the serious.' Guardian
This place is about to blow. A violent storm sweeps the coast. Diana Stuckley and her daughter are struggling to keep the roof on their run-down manor house, when neighbours and strangers begin to appear on their doorstep, seeking shelter from the floods. One of these unexpected arrivals is Ted Farrier, the charismatic leader of a right-wing organisation: he could be Diana’s saviour – or could pull the fragile household to pieces. Stranded together, this explosive mix of people must survive the weather, and each other. Manor by Moira Buffini premiered at the National Theatre, London, in April 2020.