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by Alison Carr

Winner of The People's Play Competition

New Writing North and The People's Theatre are proud to present the winner of the 2006 People's Play Award. The competition aims to discover and develop new writers for theatre.

Fifteen year old Jenny has never known her mother. Until now. Raised by her father and at loggerheads with his no-nonsense girlfriend, Jenny retreats into a fantasy world where her mother is a glamorous movie star of 1930s Hollywood. Imagination is a powerful thing, and as Jenny and Mam become closer the lines between reality and make-believe are blurred.

This darkly comic, refreshingly surreal new drama takes a sideways look at obsession, escapism and that old adage "you can't choose your family" - or can you?

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