{"product_id":"offside-paperback-6","title":"Offside - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSabrina Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHollie McNish\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe women you've seen play today, we are more than football players, more than athletes and sportspeople of the very highest degree. We are heroines or heroes - or however you wanna say it - and we should be taking our place on posters and platforms and TV stations, changing the way perfect is thought of, changing the way girls can be brought up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffside \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of women's football in the UK through the eyes of a modern professional female footballer as she seeks to find a future in the game through exploring its past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMickey is alone in the locker room; she deliberates with herself about the biggest decision of her life, her career, her love - her football. But in a world where sexism is rife and a feeling of self-limitation reduces opportunities, fear makes for poor decisions while joy flourishes in the unlikeliest of places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOffside \u003c\/i\u003ehas been researched with top women's teams, Manchester City Women's FC and Millwall Lionesses, where many players, sports scientists and others who are integral to the development of the game have been interviewed to gain an in-depth insight into their world. The play blends a dramatic narrative with performance poetry and chanting to evoke the pace and passion of the women's game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe production, by Futures Theatre, has been developed in partnership with the National Football Museum, Manchester, and the IWM, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHollie McNish\u003c\/b\u003e is a British poet, author and spoken word artist who has won the UK Slam Poetry Competition, 2009. Her publications include \u003ci\u003ePapers \u003c\/i\u003e(Greewich Exchange, 2012) and\u003ci\u003e Nobody Told Me \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackfriars, 2016) and her albums include \u003ci\u003eVersus \u003c\/i\u003e(Abbey Road, September 2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSabrina Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e is a British Egyptian playwright, poet and screenwriter. Her 2016 plays are\u003ci\u003e With a Little Bit of Luck\u003c\/i\u003e (Paines Plough); \u003ci\u003eSlug \u003c\/i\u003e(nabokov); \u003ci\u003eBattleface \u003c\/i\u003e(Bush Theatre); \u003ci\u003eLayla's Room\u003c\/i\u003e (Theatre Centre) and \u003ci\u003eThe Love I Feel is Red\u003c\/i\u003e (Tobacco Factory Theatres). Her TV short, \u003ci\u003e Breaking the Code\u003c\/i\u003e, was produced by BBC3 \u0026amp; BBC Drama earlier this year. Her play \u003ci\u003eChef \u003c\/i\u003ewon a 2014 Fringe First Award and \u003ci\u003eClean \u003c\/i\u003ewas produced by Traverse Theatre and transferred to New York in 2014. Sabrina Mahfouz has been the Sky Arts Academy Scholar for Poetry, Leverhulme Playwright in Residence and Associate Artist at Bush Theatre.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476704346361,"sku":"9781350040779","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FkIWZibmKz9781350040779.webp?v=1772651040","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/offside-paperback-6","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}