{"product_id":"voices-from-ukraine-two-plays","title":"Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo powerful plays about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by two of Ukraine's leading playwrights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'They've mobilised all the living now, the fifth call took the last of the living. But the war keeps on. So high command asked us.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSasha, a Colonel in the Ukrainian Army, has died suddenly of a heart attack, leaving his relatives Katia and Oksana to mourn for him. But a year later, as war intensifies, the army has resorted to recruiting the dead. Sasha is anxious to be resurrected so he can rejoin the fight, but can his family bear to lose him all over again? \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake the Rubbish Out, Sasha\u003c\/em\u003e by Natal'ya Vorozhbit\u003c\/strong\u003e blends reality and the supernatural in a startling exploration of the effects of war and conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I want to report a robbery... I was robbed. What was stolen from me? Almost everything... Home, land, car, work, friends, city, faith in goodness...'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eDonbas, 2014. A nameless woman stands in the street, trying to sell a basket of kittens. She has lost everything else she holds dear. Her only remaining hope is to find a home for the kittens, since she cannot offer them one herself. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePussycat in Memory of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e by Neda Nezhdana\u003c\/strong\u003e is an unflinching examination of Russia's war on Ukraine through the brutalised eyes of one woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe two plays were translated by Sasha Dugdale and John Farndon, respectively, and performed in English at the Finborough Theatre, London, as part of their #VoicesFromUkraine season in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e10% of the proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation, a Ukrainian charity providing urgently needed psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by the war in Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248806383960,"sku":"9781839041228","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781839041228.jpg?v=1777860030","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/voices-from-ukraine-two-plays","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}