Tarantula [Paperback]

Of course  as you've no doubt guessed  there's a big 'But Then' moment heading this way&

It's a sunny, spring day in East London.
On a street corner, two teenagers kiss.
One of them is Toni. This is her first kiss.
It makes her very happy.

But someone is watching.
Someone who doesn't care about her happiness at all.
And they're about to change Toni's life& forever.

Philip Ridley's thrilling new play is a startling exploration of identity, memory, love, and the lengths it takes someone to free themselves from the web of their past.

Philip Ridleywas born and grew up in the East End of London. He studied painting at St Martin's School of Art. He has written many highly regarded and hugely influential stage plays: the seminalThe Pitchfork Disney (published as a Methuen Modern Classic),The Fastest Clockin the Universe(winner of a Time Out Award, the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright,and the Meyer-Whitworth Prize), andGhost from a Perfect Place(nominated for The Evening Standard Best New Play Award), amongst others. He has also directed three feature films from his own screenplays, suchThe Reflecting Skin, which won eleven international awards.In 2012What's On Stagenamed him a Jubilee Playwright (one of the most influential British writers to have emerged in the past six decades). Philip has won both the Evening Standard's Most Promising Newcomer to British Film and Most Promising Playwright Awards. The only person ever to receive both prizes.