Incident at the Border - (Oberon Modern Plays) by Kieran Lynn (Paperback)

About the Book

A comic new play exploring the imaginary lines that divide us and the severe penalties for breaking them.

Book Synopsis

When a country's new border is drawn, a couple are divided by the line. Under the rigorous eyes of a brand new border guard, they are trapped in an increasingly absurd nightmare, stuck in between two aggressive nations on the verge of war.

Review Quotes

"Both a clever shot at the bureaucratic chains of command that plague our lives, and a genuinely funny piece of writing." Time Out (London)

About the Author

Kieran Lynn was born in Liverpool, trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and works as a director and playwright. He has been a member of the Royal Court Young Writers program, the Playwrights Studio Scotland mentoring program, the BBC Sparks Residential Course and the Old Vic 24 Hour Plays. He recently completed a year-long attachment at Hampstead Theatre. Kieran's plays include The Recurring Rise and Fall (Hampstead Theatre), An Advert for the Army (Òran Mór, Glasgow), A Volunteer from the Audience (Everyman Theatre, Liverpool) and Pushing Up Poppies (Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh, and Theatre503 London). Bunnies, another new play by Lynn, soon to be published by Oberon Books, was produced by the Bike Shed Theatre, the winners of the 2012 Peter Brook Empty Space Award.