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    HEART (NHB Modern Plays)
    HEART (NHB Modern Plays)
    HEART (NHB Modern Plays)
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    HEART (NHB Modern Plays)

    By Jade Anouka

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    A woman, shaken by a broken relationship, finds herself discovering love in the last place – and with the last person – she ever expected.
    Based on Jade Anouka's own experience, and told through poetry, HEART is a raw and honest exploration of love, loss and self-discovery, celebrating the resilience of the human spirit and the beauty of human connection.
    It was first performed by Anouka herself, as an Audible Original audio play, before being presented on stage at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and Brixton House in London. This edition of the play also includes a selection of the author's poems.
    'Feel the rhythms…Of your own heartbeatAs I tell you a storyMy story'
    'A clear-sighted show delivered in the flush of love' - Guardian
    'Extra special… There's something for everyone in this hour-long play, and it's well worth taking the time out to make this connection' - Broadway World
    'A refreshingly bouncy show that brims with swagger… a dynamic debut' - The Stage
    'Poignant… braided with sincerity and heartache… electrifyingly raw' - Time Out
    'Powerful, beautiful and full of hope' - Theatre Mania
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNick Hern Books
    Release dateFeb 1, 2024
    ISBN9781788507653
    HEART (NHB Modern Plays)
    Author

    Jade Anouka

    Jade Anouka is an actress born in London. Her debut play as a playwright, HEART, was premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, following previews in New York. It transferred to Brixton House, London, in 2024.

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      HEART (NHB Modern Plays) - Jade Anouka

      One

      It’s a sunny day but some wished for rain

      For rain on a wedding day is lucky

      Isn’t it?

      We are so smug

      I’ve heard that the average cost of a UK wedding is 30.3K!

      So we know we’ve nailed it

      Made it all happen for a sweet round twelve

      White dress

      And a James Bond suit

      Fancy car

      And a reception with a view

      First one of my friends to marry

      Leading the charge

      My parents’ pride

      This looks great

      We look fantastic

      My cheeks are hurting from the relentless smiling.

      But I am not relaxed

      Neither is he

      –

      He’s proposed and I’m happy

      I’m shocked

      But also it feels like duh! Of course

      But I don’t cry

      I don’t scream

      And the ring doesn’t fit

      Doesn’t even fit my little finger

      Properly

      He hasn’t done his research see

      He seems not to care too

      But he has asked my father

      I love that!

      Well we are fitting all the bills

      All the boxes have been ticked

      –

      We meet in a bar

      Through a mutual friend

      Move in after a year

      And then a year after that

      Engaged

      In a couple years we’ll have children

      Like all his mates before him

      We are handsome

      People like us

      ‘oh you’ll have such cute kids’

      And I believe them

      ‘Yeah we will!’

      Saw our picture-perfect future

      Full of football, fun and

      Fuck it, why not

      Four kids!

      –

      Sure we don’t have much money

      And one of us is always touring out of town

      But we are handsome!

      And people like us!

      At barbecues we look the part

      The ‘fancy’ couple in his village

      My brilliant boyfriend who’s always there

      Don’t cross him though, he’s got a temper

      The kind of guy you want on your team

      Outer shell as tough as iron

      But I just don’t care, ’cos, well, I love him

      –

      I have never felt love before

      He’s my first serious boyfriend

      I feel well proper and grown up

      And he loves me back!

      Even in the morning

      With my breath all stinking

      He looks into my eyes and kisses me

      Tells me I am beautiful

      Wants to make me feel good

      And takes me back to meet his mum

      His dad

      His sister

      His football team

      And the whole bloody village

      Comes out to meet his bae

      No one has ever cared so much before

      I fall for that attention

      That consideration

      His belief in me

      Also if I squint in the sunlight

      Now he’s let his hair grow out a tad

      And I flick the front floppy bit behind

      And smooth the edges on the side

      Make him frown a little and bite his jaw

      Then tell him to just slightly part his lips

      Well then he looks like the love child

      Of Ben Affleck’s AJ Frost and Tom’s OG Maverick i.e. well fit!

      Some people do try to

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