“There’s an obsession with discovering young, debut writers that carries an unrealistic burden of expectation,” Jordan says. She then set up her own company, Without A Paddle, now a multiple award-winning theatre company and network. Īlthough both parents were actors, her journey after graduating from LAMDA drama school was not easy, so she began making and writing her own work. Jordan grew up in Brentford, West London, with a theatrical family. Her work has been presented at The Royal Court, Royal Exchange (Manchester) and internationally, with several productions of her plays in the United States and Germany, versions in Sweden, Ireland and productions planned in New Zealand, Canada and Turkey.

With MATTHEW XIA (Associate Artistic Director) NED BENNETT (Director - YEN) ANNA JORDAN (Writer - YEN) KATE STEWART (Principle Family Therapist - Bradford Child and Adolescence Mental Health Services) and LARRY ANDERSON (Specialist Child Psychologist - Working with Bradford Social Care).Anna Jordan (born 28 September 1979) is an English playwright, director, screenwriter and acting tutor. PHOTO Jon Shard, w ith thanks to WOLFIE the dogĪFTER SHOW DISCUSSION: Thursday 26 February after 7.30pm performance. RUNNING TIME: 2 hours, which includes 1 interval of 20 minutes Thursday matinee 2.30pm & Saturday matinee 3.30pm Monday – Friday: 7:30pm and Saturdays 8.00pm PERFORMANCE DATES: Wednesday 18 February - Saturday 7 March 2015 It felt like the end of one journey and the beginning of another incredible.'Īnna Jordan, winner of the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting for YEN Winning the Bruntwood Prize was a total game changer. 'I'm fascinated by what would happen to a person if they were never taught how to express themselves. I think it's where a lot of the world's pain and violence comes from. The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2013 winner, Anna Jordan's play was commended for its 'beautiful empathy, and a humanity which stood out to all the judges' by Chair of the Judges, Dame Jenni Murray.

YEN explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own. Sometimes their chaotic mum Maggie visits, occasionally she passes out on the front lawn. But when Jenny knocks on the door the boys discover a world far beyond what they know, a world full of love, possibility and danger. They live alone with their dog Taliban, playing Playstation, watching porn surviving. And this is my brother Hench. He's got a face for radio. As in Bobbie Dazzler, my Nan says, although I don't know who that is.

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