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Nell and Oscar meet on a beach in Dorset. It's 1595… or maybe 1610. Oscar has returned from university and Nell is doing fuck-all. They will meet here, again and again, on this beach for the next four hundred years. Stuff will change. As it does with time. They will try to keep up.

The play premiered at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, produced by FullRogue in association with Pleasance Futures and Bristol Old Vic Ferment, and directed by Julia Head. It subsequently transferred to the Bristol Old Vic, and toured the UK in 2020.

As the outside world disintegrates, they teeter on the edge of their own personal catastrophes. Their hopes and fears become entangled as they try, desperately, to connect with the callers and with each other.

William Thornhill arrives in New South Wales a convict from the slums of London. Upon earning his pardon he discovers that this new world offers something he didn't dare dream of: a place to call his own. But as he plants a crop and lays claim to the soil on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, he finds that this land is not his to take. Its ancient custodians are the Dharug people. 

The Secret River, adapted from Kate Grenville's acclaimed novel by playwright Andrew Bovell, was first performed in January 2013 at the Sydney Theatre, performed by Sydney Theatre Company.

It has its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2019, before coming to the National Theatre, London.

A mysterious accident. A dead husband. People are talking. Secrets are resurfacing from the depths. Is the past ever truly dead?

Nancy Harris's play The Beacon is premiered by Druid in 2019, previewing at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway in September before opening at the Gate Theatre Dublin in October as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2019.

Adapted by Meadhbh McHugh, in collaboration with its director Annabelle Comyn, the play premiered at the Everyman, Cork, in June 2018, before transferring to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. It was produced by Landmark Productions and the Everyman, in association with the Abbey Theatre.

The piece was premiered by Damsel Productions at The Bunker, London, in May 2018.

Solo show Brute tells the true story of a rather twisted schoolgirl. Poppy’s just started at an all-girls state school in a provincial English town, where there are rules with no logic, sadistic jokes that aren’t actually funny, and the most sinister games played out of boredom.

Brute won the 2015 IdeasTap Underbelly Award, had a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and transferred to Soho Theatre with Damsel Productions in 2016.

Bruce Norris's new play Downstate zeroes in on the limits of our compassion and what happens when society deems anyone beyond forgiveness.

Writing a good play is only a small part of making it as a successful playwright; understanding the business side of building a career is just as crucial. Yet most advice for budding writers focuses only on the craft of playwriting, ignoring the practicalities of the industry – which makes it harder for those without connections or know-how to get their work on stage.

Being a Playwright sets out, transparently and honestly, all the factors besides writing that playwrights need to know about to succeed. It includes advice on:

• How to get a script noticed
• Which programming and commissioning opportunities to pursue
• How to approach agents, companies and collaborators

Drawing on Papatango's decade-long experience of discovering and launching successful new writers – who have gone on to win prizes such as BAFTA, OffWestEnd, Royal National Theatre Foundation and Alfred Fagon Awards – this straightforward and accessible book discusses the opportunities and pitfalls of life as a playwright.

Whether you're an aspiring writer wondering how to break into the industry, or a working playwright looking to land bigger commissions, this is your insider road map to navigating the world of professional theatre.

Yonni is a seventeen-year-old gay Jewish kid. It’s the last day of term and he’s avoiding everything. The only person he wants to be around, think about, be about... is Adam.

And as his night unfolds and falls into chaos – some of it real, some of it not – Yonni pulls us into his world. A world filled with school riots, first loves, beached whales, political demonstrations, sunshine, cinema, sex and rebellion.

But when a mysterious young woman turns up on Marie's doorstep and disrupts their girls' night out, the devastating revelations which ensue will shatter dreams and threaten their friendship irrevocably.

It was first performed by 7:84 Scottish People's Theatre at Cumbernauld Theatre in 1990 and on tour. The play announced Rona Munro as one of the best playwrights of her generation, winning her the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 1990-91.

This new edition was published alongside the revival at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, in June 2018.

Ella Hickson's play The Writer premiered in April 2018 at the Almeida Theatre, London, in a production directed by Blanche McIntyre.

Also included are tips on performing the speeches from current and former NYT members, plus advice on preparing for auditions.

When young Ben visits from next door he is simply looking for friendship; but what happens next challenges everyone's idea of neighborliness.

This Page to Stage guide, written by the playwright, who also directed the first production at RADA, along with her assistant director Lois Jeary, is packed with contextual information, scene-by-scene and character breakdowns, and personal insights into the world of the play and the real lives that inspired it.

An invaluable resource for those studying and staging the play, it takes you through the entire production process, considering each of the elements in turn, from sound and music to design and rehearsals. You'll also find notes from the original rehearsal process, extracts from working diaries, and interviews with key members of the creative team. Throughout, there are hints and tips on staging, and helpful games and exercises to bring the play to life on the stage and in the classroom.

The four other plays in this book include:

Apologia, a perceptive look at what has happened to 1960s idealists and their children.

The Faith Machine, an exploration of the relationship between faith and capitalism that asks fundamental questions about the true meaning of love.

Bracken Moor, a haunting tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s.

Sunset at the Villa Thalia, a passionate and deeply personal play about the impact of foreign influence, planned and unintentional, on a nation and its people.

It's 1979, rubbish is on the streets of Bristol, and it's tricky being Fiz. She's thirteen, she's got no money, her sister's pregnant and her mum thinks she's a waste of space...

Rick remembers what it's like to be a teenager. So he thinks it won't take much to get a bunch of kids to help him build a playground out of junk.

He's wrong. It takes everything he's got. But when it's finished, it's going to be something. It's going to be everything...

The King of the Iceni has died and his widow Boudica has tried to claim her rightful throne. For her insolence in defying Rome, the queen has been flogged, her daughters have been raped, and they have been banished from their homeland. But now, Queen Boudica has returned. And this time she has an army.

She will have revenge. She will have blood. She will make Rome quake in fear.

Boudica premieres at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in September 2017.

When drop-dead gorgeous cleaner Robert walks into their lives, the fragile foundations of their sexual contract are thrown into jeopardy.

Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series - 2025

Set in a northern English town, Adolescence tracks the aftermath of the brutal murder of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. When her classmate Jamie Miller is arrested in a dawn raid for the crime, his family, psychologist and the detective in charge are all left asking: How could this have happened?

Adolescence gripped audiences and commentators around the world when it was released on Netflix in 2025, sparking headlines and debate about the difficult and vital issues it confronts head on. Also applauded for its technical ingenuity—with each episode presented in one continuous shot, in real time—it became one of Netflix's most-watched series of all time and won numerous accolades, including eight Emmy Awards.

A treasure trove of prompts, provocations, and practical exercises to help you spark new ideas, hone your craft, and unleash your creativity.

In A Year of Creative Thinking, award-winning writer, director, and filmmaker Jessica Swale guides you through 366 fun and rewarding activities—one for every day of the year (including leap years!)—to fire up your imagination and flex your creative muscles.

You'll find a host of writing prompts and imaginative challenges to get you going, quick-fire exercises to help you focus on key aspects of craft (including inventing scenarios, writing dialogue, building subtext, creating atmosphere and plot, and developing your characters), and plenty of quirky and unusual challenges to test your limits and help you explore new avenues. Some are writing exercises, others encourage you to draw, to listen to music, to get outside and find inspiration in your surroundings. Work through the activities day by day, or dip in to suit your needs—the choice is yours!

Fun, engaging and pressure-free, this book is designed to supercharge your imagination and boost your creativity, helping you build a set of expressive tools that you can apply in all aspects of your life.

Beautiful…makes us look again at Louisa May Alcott's radical rite of passage classic. —Belfast Times

Christmas Eve, 1862. With their father away on the frontline of the American Civil War, the four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – journey into adulthood, each determined to pursue a life on their own terms. But growing up means contending with love and loss, as well as the myriad twists of fortune that shape a life.

Published in 1868, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was an immediate critical and commercial success, and remains one of the best-loved novels of all time. This joyful and spirited adaptation provides rich opportunities for any amateur company looking for an uplifting version of a classic story that's guaranteed to delight audiences.

A scalding examination of modern masculinity and motherhood

Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, and a true maverick at the peak of her career as a London Crown Court Judge. The system needs to change, and she's challenging it one case at a time.

Behind the robe, Jessica is a loving wife, a supportive parent, and a karaoke fiend. But when an incident involving her son threatens to blow the family apart, she finds herself having to fight for everything she holds dear.

1854. New York. Eunice sits in what will become Central Park and wonders if something is going horribly wrong.
2027. London. Clare falls in love as the streets begin to flood.
2100. Svalbard. Ana hears a baby crying in the seed vault.

The world is ending, sure. But what happens in between?

Flora Wilson Brown's The Beautiful Future is Coming is a fresh, fast-paced, and funny play covering 250 years of climate crisis—a powerful story about holding onto hope and humanity against all odds.

A bold, imaginative piece of theatre…opens up a complex dialogue on history, identity, and cultural ownership with intelligence and heart. —Reviews Hub

A 1000-year-old statue of the Boddhisattva Guan Yin lives in The British Museum. When it emerges that the statue was stolen from its original home, the museum attempts to deflect both the public response and controversial repatriation claims from the Chinese government.

As statesmen scheme and grease their palms, beneath the statue witches dance, a cleaner prays, and spirits weep. Guan Yin's gaze falls over the broken shards of human life from empires old and new.

Joel Tan's shape-shifting play Scenes from a Repatriation unfolds the statue's journey from China to Britain and back again, stirring up centuries of ghosts.

A world-famous children's author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And a chance to make amends…

It's the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won't die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation.

Inspired by real events, Mark Rosenblatt's debut play Giant offers a nuanced portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon—and explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric.

Speed awareness has never been this emotionally charged—or this funny. —West End Best Friend

In a hotel basement somewhere in Birmingham, three people—a nurse, a delivery driver and an entrepreneur—are attending a speed-awareness course, due to their aggressive driving. Abz, the UK's leading expert on road safety and the most in-demand course facilitator north of the M25, presents them with a choice: change your ways, or lose your licence.

But the training course quickly veers into a tumultuous group therapy session as they are forced to confront the real question: Why are we all so angry?

Wickedly comic and darkly thrilling, Mohamed-Zain Dada's play Speed is a breakneck journey through the daily annoyances and deep-buried secrets that leave us spinning.

This Cyrano is both heartwarming and a challenge to heteronormacy…it pulls you into its vibrant and vivacious energy. —BroadwayWorld

Cyrano is the most interesting person in any room—a wordsmith, a charmer. She works twice as hard and runs twice as fast as the pretty boys, because she's deeply ashamed of something about herself.

Enter Roxanne: brilliant and beautiful, with a penchant for poetry and a way with words, just like Cyrano. But Roxanne only has eyes for Yan: hot, manly Yan, who is dumbstruck around Roxanne. (Probably shy, right?) Until suddenly he starts saying the most amazing things. But it's not Yan writing these perfect love scenes, it's Cyrano…

A joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic play, Cyrano is a love letter to hope; to language and desire; to the lo-fi magic of theatre.

A play bubbling with timely insights about trust, truth and the hard art of compromise. —Financial Times

The Kremlin, Moscow, 1942. A top-secret meeting between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin: one, a wealthy aristocrat from a blue-blooded line of English nobility; the other, a Georgian peasant, hell-bent on destroying capitalism and the class system. Can these two leaders find common ground? As diplomats struggle to control the escalating chaos, two interpreters find themselves caught in the eye of the storm.

Howard Brenton's gripping play Churchill in Moscow dramatizes the historic meeting of two unpredictable titans as history teeters on a knife-edge.

A romantic psychological thriller that tells a heartfelt story exploring the complexities of relational trauma, sexuality, and female autonomy. —Theatre and Tonic

Ivy has life sorted: She's got a flat, a boyfriend, and she knows exactly where it's all headed. Except there is this thing that she tries not to think about. The thing she left in her childhood bedroom.

Ash is having the time of her life. Fresh from leaving a bad relationship, she's got no idea what's next. But there's something about her new flat. The wallpaper pulses and sometimes it sounds like a heartbeat.

Two women. A chance meeting. Giddy kisses they never should have shared. Eleanor Tindall's play Tender is the story of two people who find each other without even knowing they were looking.

An inspiring account of bravery, beauty and belonging

It's 1908. Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Princess Dinubolu of Senegal is about to enter the beauty contest at the iconic Kursaal, Europe's largest entertainment complex. Meet Princess Essex.But how exactly did she get here? And is she all that she seems?

Anne Odeke's play Princess Essex is a riotous, satirical comedy based on the amazing true story of the first woman of color to enter a beauty pageant in the UK.

An empowering and accessible guide for dyslexic actors

The Dyslexic Actor's Toolkit will show you how to harness your own strengths and abilities to overcome obstacles, build your confidence, improve your creative practice, and achieve lasting success in your career.

Inside, you'll find loads of practical information and advice on:

• Understanding your dyslexic identity—so you can learn and perform at your best, and unlock your full potential.
• Developing the key skills you need as an actor—with tools to help you master each of them, such as text work, line-learning, movement, voice, Shakespeare, and more.
• Managing your acting career—including preparing for auditions, thriving in rehearsals, taking care of your emotional wellbeing, and organizing your time and finances.

Each section sets out clear goals and strategies to help you progress, and many of the tools are supported by online video content. There's also guidance for anyone who works with and supports dyslexic actors—such as teachers, directors, parents, and fellow creatives.

A smartly composed exploration of greed, loss and the loneliness of eternity,More Life is an incredibly human play about technology. —Guardian

A woman wakes up in 2075, in a body that is not her own. Fifty years ago, Bridget died in a car accident. Now, thanks to a technological breakthrough, she is back: her mind, her consciousness, in a synthetic body. Metal. Wires. But she's still Bridget, isn't she? She must be.

More Life is a sci-fi gothic horror, set in a future where pain and death are going rapidly out of date.

Beautiful and deeply moving: a testament to the indomitable flowering of queer identity and found family through grief and the cracks of time. —The Stage

Nineteen-year-old Pip is trying to find themselves through gardening. But with a dad more interested in plants than people and a mum stuck in the past, they're left to ponder life's questions alone.

Then one day, they uncover a jacket in the attic that's been gathering dust. Bold, vibrant, and very '80s, in its pocket lies a diary belonging to someone long gone. Swept up in the mystery, Pip digs into the past, unearthing secrets about an old friend their parents don't want to discuss…

Funny, affecting, and beautifully queer, Coral Wylie's play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew tracks one family's efforts to assuage the past and plant the seeds of a better future.

Finalist for the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

Break-ups aren't just about who gets the CD collection. As Jo and Harry begin to untangle themselves from each other, new worlds start to open up—worlds filled with new partners, new identities, new possibilities…

What kind of women do they want to be, and do they have the courage, or the permission, to get there? Chris Bush's play Otherland is a bold and beautiful exploration of what it means to be true to yourself in the face of unstoppable change.

An extraordinary play that puts the audience inside the maelstrom of its characters' lives…a multifaceted portrait of motherhood. —Arts Desk

Bo is busy balancing the pressures of work and the needs of her struggling daughter. When her mother, the irrepressible force-of-nature Beth, is admitted to hospital following a stroke, the practical realities of the present collide with the complexities of their past.

Backstroke is a kaleidoscopic and compassionate play that offers a heartfelt, unsentimental portrayal of the slippery cord of maternal connection (The Stage).

A community-clash drama with a sophisticated treatment of race and gentrification. —Guardian

In the quaint suburban community of Stillwater, a mysterious shack springs up from the dust with the inhabitants nowhere to be seen. As speculation abounds, new residents Sihle and Bonolo are recruited by their neighbourhood to be the face of a campaign to demolish the shack.

Funny, thrilling and provocative, A Good House is an explosive exploration of race, resentment, and community politics when couple discovers the limits of good neighborliness and what's required to fit in.

Entertaining, emotional and accessible…Pig Heart Boy will tug at the toughest of heart-valves. —A Youngish Perspective

Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is to be normal—have friends, go to school, and dive to the bottom of his local swimming pool. But he desperately needs a heart transplant and time is running out.

When he's finally offered a new heart, Cameron must choose between a pig's heart that works…or a human heart that doesn't. How far will he go to get his life back?

Based on Malorie Blackman's novel of the same name, Winsome Pinnock's adaptation of Pig Heart Boy is hilariously funny, intelligent and thought-provoking and stays admirably close to the original book yet energises the story in leaping from page to stage (Everything Theatre).

He grew up to be a man whose sighs and slumps replaced sentences. Is that gonna be me?

Days after his father's passing, Yusuf discovers a dusty mixtape that changes everything he knew about a man who barely spoke. Turns out, his dad spent the '90s rapping about pretty girls and Kilburn life, plotting dreams of superstardom with his best friend Omar. How did this passionate wordsmith become a silent statue?

Yusuf's mourning becomes a journey into the past, soundtracked by Omar's thumping beats and his father's bars, as he begins to uncover secrets that turn his world upside-down.

Witty, honest and deeply moving, Azan Ahmed's play Statues is a lyrical love letter to the original code-switchers, exploring the impact of loss, and what you can gain from it.

An adrenalised tour of on-the-pulse issues with a resonant story of intergenerational struggle. —The Times

Manny dreams of being a big dog. Right now he's just hocking fake designer goods, living with his mum and putting up with her annoying new boyfriend. The glittering skyscrapers of Canary Wharf out there through the window have never seemed so far away.

So when his best friend offers him a way to make unimaginable amounts of money, it's impossible to ignore. And soon Manny is pulling his family into a whole world of trouble.

Beru Tessema's play Wolves on Road is a thrilling deep-dive into the mysterious world of cryptocurrency, revealing how ambition and hope can be exploited, no matter the system at play.

A joyful, (mostly) true story of British eccentricity and determination

In Whitby Harbour, in the summer of 1991, something extraordinary happened. A humble pleasure boat set sail for the Arctic, with a crew of misfits, pensioners, and the vicar for Egton and Grosmont.

This motley crew was assembled for a daring mission: to erect a plaque honouring the legendary Whitby whaler and explorer Captain William Scoresby Senior on a volcanic island hundreds of miles north of Iceland. The boat was illegal, the crew untrained and the plan…unhinged.

A pacy two-hander that provides a window into a terrifying period of Chinese history. —London Theatre

Two penniless actresses meet at auditions for a production of Ibsen's A Doll's House in Shanghai—and they quickly become inseparable.

As political upheaval rips through China, their tumultuous friendship will alter not only the course of their lives, but the course of history. One will become China's first female theatre director. The other, the architect of the Cultural Revolution.

Amy Ng's Shanghai Dolls tells the untold true story of two of the most influential women in Chinese history—Madame Mao and Sun Weishi—and how the personal truly is political.

Fabulously creepy…delightfully sinister…The Red Shoes barely puts a foot wrong. —WhatsOnStage

When an orphaned young woman is taken in by some local do-gooders, she is expected to be seen and not heard. Dazzled by a pair of beautiful shoes, she sees in them an opportunity to shine—but soon her feet betray her, taking her to places she does not wish to go.

Nancy Harris's version of The Red Shoes is a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's extraordinary fairytale of dance, desire, and destruction.

One of those few brave plays to confront the politics of our world head on. —Morning Star

It's the 2000s. We're in a faraway country. Rachel, a stellar American political strategist, and Caro, her British data expert, have been hired to fight a ferocious election, in a place where it's hard to tell what's real and what's fake.

They think they're here to teach the Eastern Europeans how to do democracy, but it turns out they're here to learn. And when Rachel's former political partner turns up on the rival side, their showdown threatens to change global politics, from Warsaw to Wisconsin. Forever.

The New Real is David Edgar's epic, panoramic play about how the political fault-line was redrawn. It is an origin story, for right now.

Magical and magnificent…an inspirational tale and feel-good show for all. —A Youngish Perspective

As winter's first snow falls, there's not much Christmas cheer in Sherwood Forest. Cupboards are bare, the nights are cold, and the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham squeezes his citizens for every penny they're worth.

But deep in the forest, in the heart of the Major Oak, Robin and Marian are plotting an audacious scheme to bring some festive joy to all…

When celebrated actress Irina Arkádina arrives at her family's country estate for the summer, she finds herself caught in a perfect storm of conflicting desires.

Her playwright son, Konstantin, is struggling to step out of her shadow to pursue his own artistic ambitions. Her lover, Trigorin, a famous novelist, has entranced the aspiring young actress Nina, with whom Konstantin is in love. And complicating everything is Arkádina's own need to take center stage, in her personal life as well as her work.

As their lives entwine and they each grapple with their desires, ambitions and disappointments, Anton Chekhov's timeless play unfolds in a gripping tale of vanity, power and sacrifices made in the name of art.

Qamar is a fifteen-year-old math genius who looks for patterns in everything. Desperate for answers following her brother's death, she meets Stax, an infamous graffiti artist and her brother's former mentor.

Under Stax's guidance, Qamar dives into the underground world of street art, and discovers the dream-like space known as the Axis. As she navigates her memories, she uncovers hidden layers of her brother's life and her own.

Based on conversations with young people across the UK, Mohamed-Zain Dada's play Dizzyis a fantastical adventure about finding meaning amidst the chaos.

Gloriously funny and deeply empathetic…a profound meditation on relationships, ageing, honesty, and our capacity to change.—London Theatre

Polly and Nick have it all. Happily married, two children, successful careers. And yet there's something missing… something rare and unforeseen… waiting to add a much-needed sparkle…

Unicorn by Mike Bartlett is an explicit, funny, and provocative play that takes unexpected twists and turns, keeping the audience permanently intrigued (Theatre Weekly).

Election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change.

Award-winning writer and director Robert Icke transforms Sophocles' epic tragedy into an essential and explosive political thriller.

First performed in Dutch in 2018 at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the Edinburgh International Festival, this arresting version of Oedipus received its English-language premiere at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End in 2024, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, and starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. The production won Icke the Best Director Award at the 2025 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress for its leads.

An invaluable book for actors, improvisers, comedians, directors, and teachers looking to explore the principles of clowning

This dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, part of the bestselling Drama Games series, offers 80 games and exercises to explore the fundamental concepts of clowning and physical comedy, encourage playfulness, curiosity, and collaboration, and help develop performance material.

These active and engaging games focus on a wide range of core skills, including:

• Building and strengthening connections through collaboration and ensemble work.
• Developing physical and mental flexibility.
• Using restrictions, problems, and accidents to devise routines and scenes.
• Using props to reveal thoughts and emotions and deepen relationships.

Throughout, the focus is on how to develop a playful mind and body, listen to and observe the world around you, and improve your ability to express yourself physically.

Take the first steps toward your career as a professional actor

Is your ambition to be an actor in films, TV shows and plays? Do you want to train at a drama school to start making that ambition a reality? Are you looking for honest, expert advice to boost your chances of success and beat the competition?

If your answer to these questions is YES, then this essential guide to drama schools is for you!

Written by an acting teacher with decades of experience in top UK drama schools, this book breaks down everything you need to know about the whole journey, including:

• Getting In: How to research which schools to apply to, select and prepare your audition speeches, and impress the audition panel on the day.
• Getting On: How to make the most of your time as a student, including settling in, working successfully with your teachers and classmates, and preparing to enter the professional industry.
• Getting Out There: How to find work, stay motivated, and create your own opportunities with industry professionals.

Whether you're thinking of applying to drama school, or you're already there and looking ahead to what comes next, this book will equip you with the inside information you need to let your commitment and talent shine.