Bøger af Frances Poet

'Folk say you can trick a brain. Placebo power. I'm going to stand up and it'll feel better.'Across Edinburgh, five souls stagger towards each other, hoping to be transformed.Gaynor's got to leave the house if she wants to meet her newborn granddaughter. Stillness has been the only way to deal with her chronic pain but now it's time to move.Gilly's not sure what her dying dad's feeling but the one thing she knows from experience is that it's best not to Google it.Dougie and Ciara have spent their last NCT class preparing for the labour pains ahead, but now it's time for one last night on the dance floor.And then there's Mick, who wakes up on Portobello Beach in the early hours of the morning with two gold rings in his pocket. He can't remember what they're for but he knows it's something important. He'll work out what if only his old pal, Pat, will stop buying him drinksFull of tenderness and humour, Frances Poet's play Still is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy.It was premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 2021.

An extraordinary drama about an ordinary family who must balance the challenges of daily life whilst living with dementia.

Jack is proud of his work at the Clyde shipyards. His wife, Beanie, who is nursing him through asbestosis, thinks he's a fool. But the real test of their marriage comes when they discover that the dusty overalls Jack brought home for Beanie to wash have poisoned her too. A big-hearted play about what it means to entwine our lives with another.

Maddy and Rory are devoted parents to 3-year-old Joshua, committed to keeping him happy and safe. But when an everyday visit to a supermarket cafe turns into a far more troubling incident, their trust even in those closest to them is shattered. Fear and doubt consume them, until they reach a savage breaking point.

The remarkable true story of a young trans man's journey from Egypt to Scotland, charting his progress across borders and genders in his search for a place to call home.