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The Menier Chocolate Factory's sell-out production of Florian Zeller's THE TRUTH has opened at London's Wyndham's Theatre. In a new translation by Christopher Hampton, Zeller's play about deceit, love and friendship is described by the Times as 'playful and poignant, cruel and funny' - it’s a must see! Featuring Tanya...
Congratualtions to Simon Mawer on winning the 2016 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Tightrope . Tightrope follows Marian Sutro, who has survived Ravensbruck and is back in dreary London trying to pick up the pieces of her post-War life. It is Simon’s tenth novel; his seventh,...
Adam Mars-Jones has been shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize 2016, for his memoir about his father, KID GLOVES . The prize is awarded to a literary autobiography of excellence, for which it is felt that J.R. Ackerley would have expressed enthusiasm. KID GLOVES has been described as 'moving, lucid...
Falling Awake, Alice Oswald's forthcoming collection, has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2016 ! The collection includes the poem ‘Dunt’, which was the 2007 winner of the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. Vivid and distinct, alert and deeply, physically, engaged in the natural world, in...
We're pleased to announce that the following four United Agents authors have made the longlist for the Wainwright Prize: Anna Pavord, LANDSKIPPING (Bloomsbury, 2015) Katharine Norbury, THE FISH LADDER (Bloomsbury, 2015) Alexandra Harris, WEATHERLAND (Thames & Hudson, 2015) James Rebanks, THE SHEPHERD'S LIFE (Penguin, 2015) See the full longlist here...
United Agents’ Barrie Gower was in attendance at the International Makeup Artist Trade Show (IMATS) last weekend in London, showcasing some of his incredible make-up and prosthetics work. This included a live demonstration in which he showed the audience how to rapidly age a person on screen. Barrie was also...