Philip Ridley Bücher

Die Freundinnen Dakota und Sirup sind einigen absonderlichen Geheimnissen auf der Spur. - Eine witzige Geschichte und obendrein eine Fundgrube für die ausgefallensten Schimpfwörter.

Kaum ein Elternpaar streitet so laut und so oft wie Herr und Frau Donner. Da bleibt ihren Kindern nur die Flucht auf eine geheimnisvolle Insel.

Krindelkrax, das furchterregende Krokodil, wird von Roland aus der Tiefe der Kanalisation herangelockt und besiegt. Diese feinfühlig geschriebene Heldengeschichte zeigt die Stärken und die Schwächen auf, sowohl bei Kindern wie bei Erwachsenen. (Quelle: Verzeichnis ZKL).

Einst brachte der Graffiti-Sprayer Scribbelboy der tristen Betonsiedlung Hoffnung und Farbe. Als er eines Tages spurlos verschwindet, wachsen im Viertel Zweifel und Selbstaufgabe. Das ändert sich, als Bailey Scribbelboys Utensilien entdeckt und selbst zu sprayen beginnt.

“The hallmarks of a Ridley classic; a fast-paced modern fairy-tale that burrows into the dark wormholes of the imagination ... reveals how below all that glitters, there's rarely gold.” Exeunt Ollie and Jill want to tell you about their dream home. Some of the things they did to get it, you might find shocking. But they want you to know they did it all for their baby... A wickedly comic satire about a young couple offered a way out of the housing crisis. Playful, provocative and viciously sharp, this outrageous black comedy is a meditation on how far we will go to satisfy our materialistic greed. Radiant Vermin premiered in 2015 at Soho Theatre, London. This Modern Classics edition features a brand new introduction by Aleks Sierz.

The plot revolves around eighteen-year-old Dominic's intense attraction to his new neighbor, Billy Crow, a captivating punk with green hair and tattoos. Their immediate chemistry ignites a desire for deeper connection, but when Billy references a past lover, it sparks Dominic's curiosity and jealousy. As Billy recounts his fascinating history, Dominic becomes increasingly captivated, blurring the lines between their stories and prompting him to question his own identity and desires.

'Art's my hobby too.' Hobby?!Sasha was destined to take the art world by storm. At the age of fifteen pop stars wanted his paintings, and a new exhibition was going to make him a rich man.But now he serves in a stationers, and no one's even heard of him… what went wrong?Philip Ridley's darkly comic new play is about art, family, memory, and being haunted by the life we never lived.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere performance at London's Southwark Playhouse, which was performed live and live-streamed around the world in November 2020.

This volume contains Ridley's first three plays, which heralded the arrival of a unique and edgy voice in the world of contemporary drama. They are seminal works in the development of the "in yer face" theatre that emerged in Britain during the mid-1990s. The three plays here all manifest Ridley's vivid and visionary imagination and the dark beauty of his outlook. They resonate with his trademark themes: East London, storytelling, moments of shocking violence, memories of the past, fantastical monologues, and that strange mix of the barbaric and the beautiful he has made all his own. The Pitchfork Disney was Ridley's first play and is now seen as launching a new generation of playwrights who were unafraid to shock and court controversy. This unsettling, dreamlike piece has surreal undertones and thematically explores fear, dreams and story-telling. The Fastest Clock in the Universe is a multi-award-winning play which caused a sensation when it premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1992. An edgy and provocative drama, it is now regarded as a contemporary classic. Ghost from a Perfect Place is a scorchingly nasty blend of comedy, spectacle and terror where a monster from the past meets the monsters of the present.