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Nicolas Billon

NICOLAS BILLON

  (1978 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Gary Goddard Agency Ltd  

Nicolas Billon is a French Canadian playwright

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below is a list of Nicolas Billon's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Around-the-Globe Chain Play         Butcher         Elephant Song, The         Godwin's Law         Greenland         Iphigenia At Aulis         Measure Of Love, The         Sicilian, The         Smuggling Buddha         Three Sisters, The

Around-the-Globe Chain Play

Synopsis:
Starting and ending in NYC, a play will be written as it travels around the world making 15 stops with playwrights from across the globe. Each playwright will contribute the next one to four pages of text, moving the plot forward from where the previous playwright left off. The reading will be followed by a World Theatre Day Reception where a number of NYC theatre luminaries will read the International Theatre Institutes World Theatre Day Message that will be written this year by South African playwright, designer, director, and installation-maker, Brett Bailey.

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The playwrights include Lisa Kron (USA, NYC), Aditi Kapil (USA, Minneapolis), Nicolas Billon (Canada), Luz Estrada (Colombia), Thomas Sainsbury (New Zealand), Nick Yu (China), Anuvab Pal (India), Oded Liphshiz (Israel), Lily Bevan (United Kingdom), Nina Mitrovic (Croatia), Phillip M Dikotla (South Africa), Amy Conroy (Ireland), Lana Nasser (The Netherlands), Sol Rodríguez Seoane (Argentina), and Chisa Hutchinson (USA, NYC).

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Genre:
staged reading

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Butcher

Synopsis:
a man is dumped at a Toronto police station. He is in military uniform, his hands are tied, he has been beaten and has a sign around his neck saying: "arrest Me"

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Elephant Song, The

Synopsis:
Michael a troubled patient with an obsession about elephants is the last person to see his psychiatrist before he mysteriously disappeared

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1st Produced:
Stratford Festival, Canada    2004

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Playwrights Canada Press   -

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Godwin's Law

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1st Produced:
Rhubarb Festival, Toronto    2011

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Greenland

Synopsis:
Jonathan a glaciologist discovers a new island formed because of the retreating ice fields in Greenland. He names it Thomas after his dead adopted son. When he returns home he expects his wife and Thomas' twin sister to be pleased - but they are not

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1st Produced:
Summerworks Festival, Toronto    2009

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Iphigenia At Aulis

Synopsis:
the Gods want a sacrifice in return they will give the Greek army fair winds to Troy. However, they want agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia as the sacrifice - but will he give up his daughter's life for the good of his people

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Original Playwright - euripides

1st Produced:
Summerworks Theatre Festival, Toronto    2010

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Genre:
Translation

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Measure Of Love, The

Synopsis:
after forty year hiatus Joan receives a play script from her friend Mabel. the play tells their story from when they met at school to the breaking up of their friendship - but is it the truth?

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1st Produced:
Stratford Festival    2005

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Sicilian, The

Synopsis:
Isidore is madly in love with adraste - the only trouble is she is married. Her husband watches her like a hawk how can adraste get her away?

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Original Playwright - Moliere

1st Produced:
Toronto Fringe Festival    2009

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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Smuggling Buddha

Synopsis:
Colin and Elizabeth have been summoned home by their mother - they expect the worse - but are not prepared for her news

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading Taragon Playwrights Unit, Toronto    2009

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Three Sisters, The

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Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Soulpepper Theatre, Toronto    30 Aug 2007

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Genre:
Translation

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