Piranha Heights [Paperback]

Philip Ridley's latest play for Soho Theatre brings his unique blend of story-telling mixed with an apocalyptic vision of a society at conflict with itself to the stage.


'Look - they're fading. Those liars. Dissolving . . . It's the end of their world . . . The birth of a new one . . . Our one . . . Our world.'



It's Mother's Day and mother is dead. Now her two sons gather in her home to argue about the truth of their childhood. But a storm is approaching . . . with a violent new truth all of its own.



This programme playtext is published to tie in with the premiere at Soho Theatre, London, on 15 May 2008.




Praise forLeaves of Glass: 'Like a shard of glass plunged straight to the heart . . . superb.'Guardian

Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London where he still lives and works. As well as three books for adults - and the highly acclaimed screenplay for theThe Kraysfeature film - he has written five other adult stage plays:The Pitchfork Disney, the multi-award-winningThe Fastest Clock in the Universe,Ghost from a Perfect Place,Leaves of Glass, and the highly controversialMercury Fur, plus a further five plays for young people;Karamazoo,Fairytaleheart,Moonfleece,SparklesharkandBrokenville.