Nothing on Earth

<p>A funny moving play which celebrates the lives of three real-life heroines: Edwardian balloonist and parachutist Dolly Shepherd (1886-1983) suffragette Constance Lytton (1869-1923) and interwar explorer Violet Cressy-Marcks (1895-1970).</p><p>Past and present intertwine as their stories collide with Jade a 21st century woman coming to terms with the loss of her beloved grandfather while working in a care home after her career as an air steward is grounded by a pandemic.</p><p><br></p><h6><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></h6><p>Anna Reynolds has written over 20 plays including the award-winning <em>Jordan</em> <em>Red</em> <em>Skin Hunger</em> and <em>Wild Things</em>. Her work has been seen at Watford Palace (<em>SoulPlay</em> <em>Ring Road Tales</em>) West Yorkshire Playhouse (<em>Precious</em>) Colchester Mercury (<em>Blue Sky State</em>) The Pleasance Edinburgh (<em>Stand By Your Van</em>) and many other venues. She has written for opera dance theatre screen circus short-story anthologies and numerous newspapers and magazines. She has won awards from <em>Time Out</em> magazine the Writers' Guild and she runs the UK's leading writing website WriteWords.</p><p>Her opera <em>Push!</em> (Tête-à-Tête 2006) was described by the <em>Guardian</em> as 'brilliant celebratory painful tremendous'. She won the Yeovil prize for short fiction with her story 'The Bleeding Heart' in 2007.</p><h6>Anna has taught creative writing at a wide variety of venues including prisons community centres drama schools and universities. She is currently a reader for Cornerstones literary consultancy and for the Playwrights' Studio Scotland.</h6>