Somalia Seaton: 5 books

ALWAYS ORANGE ‘Raise the Flag. Raze the city.’ In the aftermath of terrorist attacks, the population is on edge. Empathy and community have been blown away by the storm of terror and replaced by fear. A survivor of the first attack, Joe is convinced that he has found the key...

When her best friend Jay goes missing, Dee withdraws into a twilight world of fragmented memories and conversations, shattered by her grief. Where should she look for Jay? What did she miss? What did Jay say? And what couldn’t she say? Somalia Seaton’s Red is an unflinching and bold exploration...

Two explosive plays about the need to be seen. Somalia Seaton's House is a play about family, culture clash, memory and truth. When Pat returns to her childhood home after a five-year absence, she's ready to forgive her mother for the neglect she suffered at her hands, but Mama isn't ready...

‘In a world saturated with images of unrealistic and unobtainable beauty, how do women see themselves?’ Crowning Glory is a new play that explores some of the ways in which mainstream Western definitions of beauty in today’s world affects the way women see themselves. It challenges us to question our own personal perceptions of beauty and ask who exactly sets these ideals?

Clean Break is a British theatre company set up in 1979 by two women in prison. It exists to tell the stories of women with experience of the criminal justice system and to transform women's lives through theatre. Over 40 years, Clean Break has commissioned some of the most progressive and...