LLL Productions
2011
Petrol is a book-length prose poem by Irish writer Martina Evans, due to be published by Anvil Press in Autumn 2012. To coincide with the publication, Mark Hewitt will be working with Martina to develop a low-key production punctuated by snippets of Country music and the sounds and textures of 1970s smalltown Ireland.
Petrol is set in a small garage, pub and shop in County Cork.
"Here, the world turns upon a pub, a petrol pump and an impossible love. … Martina Evans’ world is transfixed by personal drama, by epiphanies in bars and Icebergs, Aztecs and Bloody Marys creating a kind of alcoholic, consumerist birdlife that sings above the human drama. Evans imagination is a unique one, darting, flitting, resonating with personal and poetic voices."
Thomas McCarthy
In this story of family rivalry and impossible love, Evans speaks in the voice of 13 year old Imelda, who dangles precariously between jealous sisters and her mercurial father Justin’s dangerously young fiancé.
An extract was performed as a work in progress on 5 May 2011 as part of Eastbourne Festival.
Book launch and performance: Wednesday 26 September, 8.00pm
Venue: The Duke of Wellington, 119a Balls Pond Road, London N1 4BL
'The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.' - Donald Barthelme