NW Trilogy: Dance Floor; Life of Riley; Waking/Walking [Paperback]

Set amongst the vibrant, intense cacophony of North West London,NW Trilogyis a collection of three vivid stories, told over one performance, that remember and celebrate people who changed the course of history. The personal is political in these soulful explorations of what it means to be part of one of the most dynamic communities in the world.

First, we reel to a dance hall in 'County Kilburn' in Moira Buffini'sDance Floorwhere the Guinness flows, the music never stops and for homesick Aoife, there's far more at stake than a dance.

In Roy Williams' bittersweetLife of Riley, Paulette is on a journey to connect with her estranged father Riley, a reggae musician once part of the influential Trojan Records scene, who can't seem to let go of the past.

And, Suhayla El-Bushra'sWaking/Walkingintroduces us to Anjali, a wife, mother and newly arrived migrant following Idi Amin's expulsion of the Asian minority from Uganda, who is torn between not making a fuss and seizing her moment to take a stand as the Grunwick dispute unfolds.

NW Trilogyis powerful, funny and epic and shows us how we can change the world from our doorstep.

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere asNW Trilogyat Kiln Theatre, London, in August 2021.

Roy Williams,OBE, worked as an actor before turning to writing full-time in 1990. He graduated from Rose Bruford in 1995 with a first class BA Hons degree in Writing and participated in the 1997 Carlton Television screenwriter's course. TheNo Boys Cricket Club(Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 1996) won him nominations for the TAPS Writer of the Year Award 1996 and for New Writer of the Year Award 1996 by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. He was the first recipient of the Alfred Fagon Award 1997 forStarstruck(Tricycle Theatre, London, 1998), which also won the 31st John Whiting Award and the EMMA Award 1999.Lift Off(Royal Couls[