The Function of the O
Author: Rob Shearman
Rob Shearman is currently best-known as a writer for Doctor Who and for his ongoing association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions (Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres) which has resulted in six plays for BBC Radio 4 broadcast in the station's regular weekday Afternoon Play slot, and one classic serial. An established theatrical playwright, Shearman has worked with Alan Ayckbourn, had a play produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and has received several international awards for his work in theatre. Award-winning plays include Fool to Yourself, which premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1997, and which won the inaugural Sophie Winter Memorial Trust Award, 'Easy Laughter', (Sunday Times Playwriting Award), 'Coupling', (World Drama Trust Award), 'Binary Dreamers', (Guinness Award for Theatre Ingenuity, in association with the Royal National Theatre). In 1993 he was made resident dramatist at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, the youngest playwright to be honoured by the Arts Council in this way, and for them he wrote a series of plays, including his controversial comic fable about God living in suburbia, 'Breaking Bread Together', which later was revived in London. His association with his mentor, Alan Ayckbourn, has been particularly fruitful, with 'White Lies', 'About Colin', and 'Knights in Plastic Armour' proving especially popular.
You can read the full text of Rob's story here.
Photographer: Venetia Dearden
Born in 1975, Venetia Dearden grew up in Somerset, England and has travelled extensively documenting people in their environments. Her work has been published and exhibited worldwide and in 2008 her first book ‘Somerset Stories’ was published by Kehrer Verlag, followed shortly by her second book ‘Glastonbury, Another Stage’ in 2010. Venetia has recently joined VII Photo Agency Network in New York and Paris and a two year collaboration with Mulberry has just culminated in a book to celebrate their 40th anniversary.
www.venetiadearden.com
Designer: Linda Weitgasser
Linda Weitgasser is an Art Director at Saatchi & Saatchi
Notes
All prints are digital c-types printed upon Fuji crystal archive paper.
Mounted prints are on 2mm aluminium sheet metal.
There are 10 A0 prints available and 10 A1 prints available.