Author: Ella Hickson
Synopsis: EIGHT swept the board at the biggest arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Festival, in 2008. An underground hit propagated by sensational word-of-mouth, it went on to win a coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award, the NSDF Emerging Artists Award and the Carol Tambor ‘Best of Edinburgh’ Award, awarded to only one show across the thousands of productions at the festival. Introducing eight beguiling oddballs, struggling to define what it is to be normal amidst the dissolution of social, moral, sexual and cultural boundaries in The Naughties. From high-class hookers to those who make friends in morgues, to single mothers and bereaved gallery owners, Eight gives all of these otherwise neglected characters center-stage, including the moving, politically punchy portrait of a man who has lost everything except his memories of the 7/7 London bombings.
Cast Size: 8 Monologues, Cast Varies
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"Ms. Hickson has already found her voice — and it’s a powerful one. She writes with a heightened sense of the rhythms and quirks of everyday speech and uses vivid, sensory details to create believable emotional states." - The New York Times
FOUR STARS
"Ella Hickson is a huge writing talent.
You're blown away." - Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
"beautifully lyrical." - Backstage
"Hickson's writing is superb" - NYTheatre.com
"captivating and emotionally charged; stunning drama" - Three Weeks
"Ella Hickson’s writing is terrific.
She has a gift for painting vivid character portraits. Her use of language has a sharp modern sensibility, both in the choice of language and the rhythms of the monologues. She can easily blend realistic description with incisive social commentary." - DC Theatre Scene
"Under no circumstances should you miss this." - Washington City Paper
