Euphoria

Melanie Neads is a poet, playwright and dramaturge from Salford whose poetry collection with Sarah Miller was Best Collaborative Work runner-up at the Saboteur Awards. Her plays have won the Forever Manchester Award, been shortlisted for the Shelagh Delaney Award, and performed on radio by victims of youth crime for Live from Worktown's Standing Together community safety project. Melanie co-founded the Pavilion Theatre Company in Bolton, was Drama Co-ordinator for Salford Young People's University, and is a tantra and somatic yoga teacher, and award-winning English and Drama SEN teacher. She has taught and lived in Australia, India, Poland, Israel and the USA - experiences which infuse her work.

"Tone-perfect and brilliant. Effortlessly conjures surreal mini-worlds that fit the vowels designated as their guiding stars. By far the most satisfying univocalics I've seen." Kate Fox "If you try to write a poem or play using only one vowel, you will find it's tricky, but fun. For Melanie, it seems to be easy. Euphoria is unique - a real tour de force, each piece tricky, but fun." Copland Smith "As a newcomer to the univocalic form I was challenged and intrigued by this playful collection, where style sits side by side with social commentary." Julie Hesmondhalgh