A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2009
On her release from prison, Lorraine heads straight to Marie's. On the inside they used to share everything, but the friendship that once protected them now threatens to smother the fragile freedom they have found.
This Wide Night was premiered by Clean Break, a theatre, education and new writing company, working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.
'heartrending... beautifully written: comic, colourful, full of pain and tenderness and truth' - The Times
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Chloë Moss's first play, A Day in Dull Armour won the Royal Court Young Writers Festival in 2002. Other plays include: The Gatekeeper (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2012); Frankenstein Live (Kirkstall Abbey, filmed and broadcast by BBC3, 2011); This Wide Night (Clean Break/Soho Theatre, 2008 and Lucille Lortel Theatre, 2010; winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); The Way Home (Liverpool Everyman, 2006); Christmas is Miles Away (Manchester Royal Exchange/Bush, 2005); How Love is Spelt (Bush Theatre, 2004 and Summer Play Festival, New York, 2005; special commendation by the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize).