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Xavier Leret

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My first novel, THE ROMEO AND JULIET KILLERS, is published by Dedalus Books.

For theatre I have written THE FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (a commission for the International Festival of Perth, Western Australia), RENAISSANCE (a Millennium Award Winner), ISLE OF DOGS, THIRST, ALICE, CALIGULA, SWING, MOLL FLANDERS, METROPOLIS, and an adaptation of Bulgakov's THE MASTER & MARGARITA (nominated for the best production on the Dublin Fringe and an Edinburgh Fringe First).

Theatre direction includes all the above and (amongst others) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Winner of The Stage Award, Best Ensemble, Time Out Critics Choice) VOLPONE (Nominated for The Stage Award, Best Ensemble), TITUS ANDRONICUS, RICHARD III (nominated for a Man ...more

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Xavier Leret's Blog: Writer. Believes too many of his own dreams.

The Face Of Islam That I Know

This is not the Islam that I know. The Islam that I know comes with names like Jade, or Rehana, or Abdul or Tariq. It comes in the form of a young man that I tutor, for an hour every week. A young man who in reality is still a small and incredibly vulnerable boy, who is struggling with his GCSEs, who is frustrated because his friends are already shaving and he’s still got the face of a baby, strug

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In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.”
― Bertolt Brecht

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“The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.”
― Karl Marx

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