Barney Norris: 10 books

Visitors: On a farmhouse at the edge of Salisbury Plain, a family is falling apart. Stephen can’t afford to put his mother into care; Arthur can’t afford to stop working and look after his wife. When a young stranger with blue hair moves in to look after Edie as her mind unravels, the family are...

The deeply moving second novel from the author of the award-winning FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN. 'Courageous...memorable...moving' - Guardian 'One of our most exciting young writers' - The Times **'Life-affirming, beautiful and achingly poignant' - Donal Ryan 'Isn’t the life...

Theatre has a funny way of getting to the heart of who we are now and – particularly in the case of Connections – who we are going to be. Drawing together the work of nine leading playwrights, National Theatre Connections 2018 features work by some of the most exciting contemporary playwrights....

“Sometimes I think my whole life has been a frightening time. I remember the crunch of the gravel under my feet walking back up the drive, and thinking my life might be over. I might have had all of my fun.” Eddie and Carol were lovers once, but their lives went in different directions....

The first study of one of the most significant voices of modern international theater, one of Wales’s leading writers, and one of the most compelling and beautiful bodies of artistic work in the last 50 years, this book was written by an assistant and friend with an intimate and personal knowledge...

In a farmhouse at the edge of Salisbury Plain, a family is falling apart. Stephen can’t afford to put his mother into care; Arthur can’t afford to stop working and look after his wife. When a young stranger with blue hair moves in to care for Edie as her mind unravels, the family are forced to...

How do you make a future when you can’t escape the past? What you believed in seemed to vanish overnight. So how are you going to live now? One family struggling in the heart of the country looks for a star to steer by as they try to plot a route out of the dark they’ve been pitched into.

‘Try and do something with your life. Be deliberate, you know?’ A love song, an elegy, a celebration – Eventide tells the story of three people whose worlds are disappearing. John is a landlord forced to sell up; Liz is a church organist who can’t get a gig; Mark takes what work...

At First Sight Two young people meet and spend a New Year together in Salzburg. Holly is there on holiday with her parents; Jack plays piano in the hotel bar. Their story is told through a collage of exchange and recollection. At First Sight was presented by Up In Arms on tour and at...

Wiltshire. 1915. As the shadow of war falls over the landscape, a young couple find themselves caught up in the turmoil of troubled times. For generations, John and Anna’s families have made a living working the land. Growing up next door to each other in back-to-back cottages, everyone has...