Unknown Rivers

by Chinonyerem Odimba

Overview

Since her ordeal five years ago, nineteen-year-old Nene rarely leaves home. Secure within her mum's embrace, Nene now keeps the outside world securely on the other side of her bedroom window.

But weekly visits from her best friend start to fill the void and on one unexpected day, when Nene is finally beyond the walls of her sanctuary, a long-forgotten spark is powerfully reignited in her, one which will change her direction forever…

Where there's turmoil, trauma and hardship, there's also love, bravery and hope, making it possible to go with the flow… and live.

Unknown Rivers premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in October 2019.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848429208
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	10/27/2020
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	685,303
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chinonyerem Odimba is a playwright and screenwriter.

Her plays include: Unknown Rivers (Hampstead Theatre, 2019); Princess and the Hustler (Eclipse Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic and Hull Truck Theatre co-production, 2019); Amongst the Reeds (Clean Break, Edinburgh Fringe and Yard Theatre, London, 2016); A Blues for Nia (Eclipse Theatre/BBC); His name is Ishmael (Bristol Old Vic, 2013); The Birdwoman of Lewisham (Arcola, 2015) and Joanne (Clean Break, Soho Theatre, 2015). She is a winner of the Channel 4 Playwrights' Scheme 2016 (formerly the Pearson Playwrights' Scheme).

Her screenplay Scotch Bonnet was filmed by the BBC for The Break, a series of short films.

Editorial Reviews

"A jolting wake-up call of lyrical beauty... Odimba's writing prowess shines in [the play's] multi-faceted beauty... a modern-day myth." —Broadway World

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