Attachment - (Modern Plays) by Julia Cranney (Paperback)

About the Book

Attachment is a powerful new play by Julia Cranney - a heartfelt Liverpool drama about parenthood, hope and adoption, and the ways that relationships can grow.

Book Synopsis

I don't like kids. Even when I was a kid
I didn't like kids.

Mat's a Nan kid. An only child. A loner. So when she meets James and his six-year-old Grace, suddenly her well organised, solo life is blown wide open.

Then they decide to add a baby. But that's a lot easier said than done. And Mat finds herself in the middle of an
adoption process that forces her to confront her own childhood head on.

She doesn't understand how she got here. How she raced out of the door this morning and did what she had
to do. Because it's unthinkable.

Attachment is one woman's tender, bittersweet story about embracing the fragility of love.

This edition was published to coincide with the Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse production in June 2026.

About the Author

Julia Cranney developed Attachment with producer Toby Parsons/ Everyman & Playhouse Liverpool and director Julia Samuels in 2024. She also developed Children's Party with The Wardrobe Ensemble and the National Theatre Studio in 2022. Previous plays include the Offie-nominated Moments (Hope Theatre, Islington) and Empty Beds (winner of a Scottish Daily Mail Award 2016 and an Eddies award, premiered at the Underbelly Edinburgh before transferring to the Arcola as part of their EH to E8 "Pick of the Fringe" festival).