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Des Dillon

DES DILLON

  (1960 - )

Nationality:    Scottish
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Literary Agent:    Jenny Brown Associates  

Des Dillon's novel Me and Ma Gal was shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book Award and won the World Book Day poll for the novel that best describes Scotland today and was selected as one of 100 All Time Best Scottish Books. His work has been anthologised internationally. His latest award was The Lion and Unicorn prize for the best of Irish and British literature in the Russian Language (2007). The Russian version of his play Six Black Candles ran in Kievfor four years. He wrote the play, Singin I'm No a Billy He's a Tim.

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

        Blue Hen         Lockerbie 103         Monks         Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim         Six Black Candles         Twelve Black Candles



Blue Hen

Synopsis:
theme about male loss of dignity in a post-industrial world.
- Mark Fisher, Guardian

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Play/Drama

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Lockerbie 103

Synopsis:
Forum 28, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

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1st Produced:
Forum 28, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria    37672

Organisations:
ashton Group/Tara Arts

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Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  doubling

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Monks

Synopsis:
Broad swipes against some of the Catholic church's excesses.the self-help platitudes spouted by the assorted worshippers fit the bill too as they convened on an Italian hilltop in search of redemption to find a monk doing penance but possessed with strange healing hands. Posh Suzanne has already been saved by Fabian by the time Glasgow chancers Pat and Davy arrive with shell-shocked Jay in tow. With a money-grabbing abbot calling the shots from below and a muscle-bound landowner out for revenge, it's all go, especially when the chapel they've built to replace the burned-down monastery appears to turn into a celestial Tardis.
Neil Cooper, Herald

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1st Produced:
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh    16 Mar 2007

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1st Published:
Luath Press, 2007   -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim

Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim
Singin' I'm No a Billy He's a Tim is a humorous and often poignant snapshot of the pervasive sectarian divide which still exists in the west of Scotland. What could be worse for a Celtic fan than being locked up in a police cell on the day of an Old Firm match? For Tim, there is one thing worse - finding himself banged up with Billy, a fervent Rangers supporter. Des Dillon`s entertaining comedy highlights the nature of bigotry and sectarianism within the West of Scotland. the play also takes our two protagonists on a journey of self discovery

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1st Produced:
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, Fife    20 May 2006

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1st Published:
Luath Press, 2005   978-1906307462

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Six Black Candles

Six Black Candles
Something weird is going on at Coatbridge town in Glasgow. Six sisters with the aid of their Granny and the mother are hatching a ritual that involves six black candles and a mysterious bundle in the freezer.

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1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London    25 Nov 2001

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1st Published:
Headline 2002   978-1906307493

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Twelve Black Candles

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1st Produced:
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company    2001

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