The Wonderful World of Dissocia & Realism [Paperback]

A two-play edition featuring Anthony Neilson's companion plays,The Wonderful World of Dissocia(2004) andRealism(2006), both produced by the National Theatre of Scotland.

Produced originally for the 2004 Edinburgh International Festival,The Wonderful World of Dissociawowed critics and audiences alike. This is a hugely original play, both magical and moving, that confirmed Anthony Neilson as one of major voices in contemporary British Theatre. The entire original cast and creative team have been reunited for this keenly anticipated revival.

Lisa Jones is on a journey. It's a colourful and exciting off-kilter trip in search of one lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life. The inhabitants of the wonderful world she finds herself in - Dissocia - are a curious blend of the funny, the friendly and the brutal. As Neilson himself put it, 'If you likeAlice in Wonderlandbut there's not enough sex and violence in it, thenDissociais the show for you'.

Realismpremiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2006. It follows the life of one man during an ordinary day but veers off from the commonplace to become a deliriously surreal trip inside his wayward imagination. It was described by theGuardianas a 'bold and utterly distinctive all-singing, all-dancing show, like nothing else you'll ever see'.

Anthony Neilson is an Artistic Associate of National Theatre of Scotland and a creator of pioneering, taboo-breaking new work. He writes and directs witty, bold and compassionate plays that explore unchartered psychological territories.