
- 80 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Dreaming and Drowning
About this book
'The supernatural is possible and the impossible is natural and life teeters on the edge of the unreal'
Malachi's been looking forward to a fresh start at uni for months. He's settling in, he's got a stack of books to read and he's met someone new – Kojo, a musician with a megawatt smile, who's basically perfect.
But something doesn't feel right. He keeps having the same nightmare – sinking, crushed by the weight of the ocean – and it's getting worse… A beast grows in the water, hungry, relentless, hunting him but always just out of sight. As the boundaries between nightmare and reality fracture, Malachi must fight harder than ever to stay afloat.
Kwame Owusu's play Dreaming and Drowning is an intimate and visceral deep-dive into the boundless mind of a young Black queer man wrestling with anxiety.
It won the Mustapha Matura Award, was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award, and was one of the winning plays in the RSC's 37 Plays competition. It was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in November 2023, directed by the playwright, performed by Tienne Simon, and produced by WoLab.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Original Production Details
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Character
- Dreaming and Drowning
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
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