Little Brother

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A01=Eoin McAndrew
Author_Eoin McAndrew
Belfast
care giving
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drama
Emma Jordan
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mental health
modern drama
Northern Ireland
plays
self harm
self harming
sibling relationship
Soho Theatre
stage play
theatre
therapy
Verity Bargate Award

Product details

  • ISBN 9781839044847
  • Weight: 138g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Oct 2025
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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'I'd like you to promise me that you're not going to try and set yourself on fire again.'

It'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.

Little Brother 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.

Winner of the 2024 Verity Bargate Award, Eoin McAndrew's play premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Emma Jordan.

'A masterfully crafted, heart-wrenching play... a rare gem' Anupama Chandrasekhar, Verity Bargate Award judge

'Great theatricality, humour and compassion. It stayed with me long after I had finished reading' Moira Buffini, Verity Bargate Award judge

Eoin McAndrew is a Northern Irish playwright and actor based in London. His previous work includes The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying and Russell.

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