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What Girls Are Made Of Cora Bissett

What Girls Are Made Of By Cora Bissett

What Girls Are Made Of by Cora Bissett


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Based on her meticulously detailed, pull-no-punches teenage diaries, this is the true story of Cora Bissett's rollercoaster journey from the girl she was to the woman she wanted to be.

What Girls Are Made Of Summary

What Girls Are Made Of by Cora Bissett

It's 1992. In a small town in Fife, a girl is busting to get out into the world and see what's on offer. And an ad in the local paper declares: Band Seeks Singer. Grunge has just gone global, scruffy indie kids are inheriting the earth, and a schoolgirl from Glenrothes is catapulted to a rock star lifestyle as the singer in a hot new indie band. Touring with Radiohead, partying with Blur, she was living the dream. Until she wasn't. What Girls Are Made Of is the true story of Bissett's teenage years, based on her meticulously detailed, pull-no-punches diaries, which she found after the death of her father. It's a rollercoaster journey from the girl she was to the woman she wanted to be: rocketed into teenage stardom, suddenly dropped by their manager, and then the following of years of becoming an actor, writer and director. Described by Miro Magazine as "a glorious mixture of harrowing and life-affirming messages", the script also includes a play list of female-led soundtracks, that were played in the production.

About Cora Bissett

Cora Bissett is a director, actor, writer and songwriter. After graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Cora worked as an actor for fourteen years, winning a Stage Award for Best Actress for her role in David Greig's Midsummer which she toured internationally. Her own production Roadkill, (written with Stef Smith) won an Olivier for its run at Theatre Royal Stratford East when co-produced with the Barbican and Richard Jordan Productions. As associate director with the National Theatre of Scotland she conceived directed the popular political musical Glasgow Girls as well as Rites and Adam. Other directing work includes Emma Donoghue's adaptation of her bestselling novel Room at Theatre Royal Stratford East and the Abbey, Dublin. Cora is passionate about making making cross-form work rooted in collaboration and seeking stories which uncover hidden and under-represented lives. She lives in Glasgow with her partner and daughter.

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GOR009720409
9781786825490
178682549X
What Girls Are Made Of by Cora Bissett
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2018-08-03
80
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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