{"product_id":"laylas-room-paperback","title":"Layla's Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSabrina Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRespect women, respect girls. Respect yourselves. Remember you are everyone who's gone before you and you are nobody that has ever been, so make it count, make it special, make a difference, make people listen, love the women who have loved you and watch us make the world move to a better place.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Layla, every day is a battleground. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe pay gap, the thigh gap, over-sexed pop and selfies that are photoshopped - they're just part of the world she lives in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut that world is about to change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile breaking out of her bedroom - and with drama, comedy, poetry and music as her weapons - Layla breaks down and makes sense of the realities, difficulties and absurdities of teenage life in the UK today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollected from a bespoke national survey, the voices of a thousand UK teens are brought to life in Layla. Their ambitions, concerns, role-models and regrets are woven together by award-winning Sabrina Mahfouz and theatre company Theatre Centre, offering a hard-hitting, yet hopeful, story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLayla's Room\u003c\/i\u003e received its world premiere at Redbridge Drama Centre on 15 September 2016 in a production by Theatre Centre. It is ideal for students and young performers between 16 and 18 years old.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSabrina Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e is a British-Egyptian playwright, poet and screenwriter. \u003ci\u003eChef \u003c\/i\u003ewon a 2014 Fringe First Award; \u003ci\u003eOne Hour Only\u003c\/i\u003e was winner of the 2012 Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Award; \u003ci\u003eClean\u003c\/i\u003e was produced by Traverse Theatre and transferred to New York in 2014; and\u003ci\u003e With A Little Bit of Luck \u003c\/i\u003ewas produced by Paines Plough and Latitude. Sabrina has been the Sky Arts Academy Scholar for Poetry, Leverhulme Playwright in Residence at Bush Theatre and Associate Artist at Bush Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719448137791,"sku":"9781350027572","price":29.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/469fba7af6097cf226d6bb85ab17dcd2.webp?v=1765085652","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/laylas-room-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}