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Vicky Ireland

VICKY IRELAND

  
Nationality:    English
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after training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, Vicky Ireland joined the newly established Theatre-In-education team at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. as an actress, she then worked in TIe and repertory Theatres all over Britain. She also appeared in various TV programmes for children, including presenting BBC's Words and Pictures for twelve years. as a writer, Vicky has had many Theatre plays produced. For five years she wrote and directed plays at Regent's Park Open air Theatre, London. Her television writing includes two series of adaptations of the allan ahlberg books Happy Families for BBC TV which were nominated for a BaFFa award. From 1989 to 2002, Vicky was artistic Director of Polka Theatre, London, where she commissioned, produced and directed plays for children, originated the Children's Literary Festival 'the Word', and established a pioneering Children's Council. Since leaving Polka, she has adapted and directed three books by the author Jacqueline Wilson, taught in Drama schools and written for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. International work directing plays, lecturing on children's Theatre and running Drama workshops has taken her to many countries including Russia, the Philippines, the United arab emirates, Japan, Brazil, Peru, Singapore, Cyprus, Finland and Israel. In 2002, she was awarded an MBe for services to children's Drama, the first of its kind.

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         Adventures of Stardog, The         All Aboard the Ark         Bad Girls         Brownpaper Tiger         Double Act         Four Friends, The         Friendly Matches         Giraffe And the Pelly And Me, The         Hare And the Tortoise, The         Jungle Book, The         Kensuke's Kingdom         Last Noo-Noo, The         Lottie Project, The         Magic Boat, The         Mickey And Lionel         Midnight         Mrs Wobble the Waitress         Secrets         Snow Queen, The         Stardog's Christmas Show         Suitcase Kid, The         Tale Of Christmas Past, A         Three Cheers for Mrs Butler         Town Mouse and the Country Mouse         Travelling Tales         Ugly Bug, The         Ugly Duckling, The         Yeh Shen - The Chinese Cinderella
Adventures of Stardog, The

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All Aboard the Ark

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Bad Girls

Bad Girls
Mandy's been picked on at school for as long as she can remember. That's why she is delighted when cheeky, daring, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend. Mum isn't happy - she thinks Tanya's a 'bad girl' and a bad influence. Mandy's sure Tanya can only get her out of trouble, not into it. But can she?

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an Adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel

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Brownpaper Tiger

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Double Act

Double Act
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From the Book By Jacqueline Wilson

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Polka and watershed Productions

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Collins Educational 2003   

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Four Friends, The

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Based on "The Musicians of Bremen" by The Brothers Grimm

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Arts Threshold, London     1993

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Friendly Matches

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Music and lyrics by Steven Marwick; book by Vicky Ireland. Based on the school poems of Allan Ahlberg

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Giraffe And the Pelly And Me, The

Giraffe And the Pelly And Me, The
Billy and a strange trio of animals, the Giraffe, the Pelly and the Monkey, known as 'the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company', set off to clean the many windows at the Duke of Hampshire's house, and have a tense encounter with cat burglar 'Cobra' Clive. For performance to children aged five to nine, with music and a host of special effects! (NB. the music is available separately from the Polka theatre.)

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by Roald Dahl

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Samuel French, London, 1996   

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Childrens play with music Youth audience

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Hare And the Tortoise, The

Synopsis:
ernest Trudge the tortoise tries to save his village - but will Harold Bigfeet the hare stop him?

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Queens Theatre, Hornchurch     2009

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Jungle Book, The

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Based on the books by Rudyard Kipling

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Polka Theatre for Children

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Adaptation

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Kensuke's Kingdom

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An English boy and a Japanese boy are marooned on a desert island

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Based on the book "Kensuke's Kingsom" by Michael Morpurgo

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Polka Theatre for Children

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Last Noo-Noo, The

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Based on the book "The Last Noo-Noo" by Jilly Cooper

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Polka Theatre for Children

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Lottie Project, The

Lottie Project, The
For her history project, Charlie hits on the idea of writing the diary of Lottie, a young Victorian serving girl. When Charlie's mother loses her job as a shop manageress and starts work as a cleaner, Charlie's previously happy and comfortable lifestyle is threatened, and she finds her own hardships and struggles are not so different from Lottie's.

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an Adaptation for the stage of this modern children's classic by the best-selling Author And 2005 Children's Laureate Jacqueline Wilson

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Magic Boat, The

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Mickey And Lionel

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Mickey sits on Lionel's wall and thus a friendship starts - although it begins with Lionel bullying Mickey and stealing his possessions

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Baby Grand At The Grand Opera House, Belfast     22 May 2010

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Short play

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Midnight

Midnight
Thirteen-year-old Violet has plenty to wish for. She wishes Will, her older brother, would be kinder to her. She wishes beautiful charismatic Jasmine would be her friend for ever. Most of all she wishes she could meet her favourite author, Casper Dream. Violet is sure that someone who can create the fairy tales she loves so much would be able to conjure up a solution to her problems.

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Seen All over the country And in the West end, this resourceful Dramatisation of Jacqueline Wilson's Midnight is suitable for young Actors As well As young Audiences. the Adapter, Vicky Ireland, has provided production notes to indicate how the play can be staged even with minimal resources - plus A lot of ingenuity!

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Mrs Wobble the Waitress

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Quicksilver Theatre

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Secrets

Secrets
India and Treasure come from very different backgrounds but soon become the best of friends. Together they escape from their problems by writing diaries, inspired by their heroine, anne Frank. But when secrets start jumping off the page and into real life, Treasure and India find themselves in deep trouble.

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an Adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel

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Snow Queen, The

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Stardog's Christmas Show

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Suitcase Kid, The

Suitcase Kid, The
Ten-year-old andy used to live happily at Mulberry Cottage with her family: Mum, Dad, and Radish the rabbit, who lives in andy's pocket and shares all her secrets. But then it all went wrong: Mum went to live with Bill, and Dad went off with Carrie. and andy is expected to shuttle between the two - living out of a suitcase - and come to terms with her strange new families.

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an Adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel

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Watershed Productions

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Genre:
adaptation Youth audiences

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  plus 2f/m (large cast possible)

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Tale Of Christmas Past, A

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Three Cheers for Mrs Butler

Three Cheers for Mrs Butler
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Music by Gavin Bryers; lyrics by Steven Marwick; Colin Matthews; book by Vicky Ireland. Based on poems by Allan Ahlberg

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Polka Theatre for Children

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Dramatic Lines 2001   

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Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
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Anchorage Press   

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Travelling Tales

Synopsis:
Tales from all over Europe

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European Arts Festival    

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Ugly Bug, The

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Polka Theatre for Children

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Ugly Duckling, The

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Based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson

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Queens Theatre, Hornchurch     2008

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Yeh Shen - The Chinese Cinderella

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The story of Yeh Shen first appeared in 9th Century China, over 1,000 years before the first European Cinderella story. Now Yellow Earth and Vicky Ireland have reimagined this timeless tale to celebrate Chinese New Year. A beautiful and enchanting tale of a young orphaned girl, a magical fish, a nasty stepmother and sister, and a lost shoe. Will Yeh Shen be able to attend the New Year Festival? How can a fish, a dragon and a horse help her? Will she ever find happiness? And what happens to the shoe?

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East15 Acting School, London     01 Nov 2013

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