doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Lu Kemp

LU KEMP

  
Nationality:    British
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    Jo Probitts Arts Management Ltd

An award-winning theatre director and creative leader, Lu Kemp has worked with a wide variety of companies including the National Theatre of Scotland, The Citizen's Theatre, The RSC and Tricycle Theatre, touring productions across the UK and internationally. Most recently she directed Rapunzel at Citizen's Theatre Glasgow and also directed critically acclaimed productions Bondagers, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Don Quixote Oran Mor and the CATS nominated production The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish for the National Theatre of Scotland. Awards include: CATS Award for Best Design (2015), The Scottish Arts and Edinburgh Guide Prize for Best Scottish Contribution to Drama on the Fringe (Winner 2011 and Runner-up 2013) and The Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award 2009. (phot credit : Douglas Robertson)

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         Beautiful Cosmos         Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The         Have Your Circumstances Changed?         One Thousand Paper Cranes         Pinocchio         Room

Beautiful Cosmos

Synopsis:
Beautiful Cosmos is set in the apartment of a woman who suddenly finds herself alone. Through her job as a sex text messager she begins to pick up strange messages from truckers, astronauts and a teenage Arizonan boy. Through it all she can't stop hearing the words and remembering the movements of her lover.

Notes:
devised by Robert Alan Evans, Lu Kemp, Ben Lewis and Sophie Fletcher

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The

Synopsis:
What if you wanted your best friend Nathan's two goldfish so much, that you would swap anything you had for them? Anything. Absolutely. Anything. even your Dad. . .Well that's just what Neil does and when Mum finds out, she's not best pleased and Neil and his little sister have to 'GO GeT DAD BACK!' Unfortunately though, it's not that simple. Nathan doesn't have Dad any more. He swapped him for Vashti's electric guitar. And Vashti swapped Dad, with Blinky, for a gorilla mask. And Blinky swapped Dad, with Patti, for Galveston the rabbit. And Patti lives a very, very long way away. Young audiences and their families are invited to take part in an interactive promenade production to help Neil and his sister on their mission to get Dad back!'

Notes:
adapted from the book by Author Neil Gaiman And illustrator Dave McKean in a new adaptation created by Lu Kemp and Abigail Docherty; Written by Oliver emanuel

1st Produced:
The Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock     25 Apr 2013

Organisations:
National Theatre of Scotland

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
50 min TYA adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Have Your Circumstances Changed?

Synopsis:
Developed through the experiences of a cookery school for men over 65, this triptych of street-level performances confronts the audience with the routines of an older man's daily life. Ageing is an exercise in adaptation. Over-85s is the fastest growing age demographic in the UK . As we grow older, we must adjust to new challenges of daily life. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande has spoken of 'pit crews' in healthcare, arguing that what we need in later life is not medical intervention at the point of crisis but a coordinated team of specialists, like a race car pit crew, ensuring our daily wellbeing. With services which provided this support being progressively cut, perhaps the adaptation most required is not personal, but social? A young boy and older man occupying a kitchen, a living room and a bathroom confound expected roles. Is the boy the older man as a child, or someone who will grow up to make political decisions about elder care? Accompanied by a soundscape experienced through headphones, Have Your Circumstances Changed? delivers three intimate performances that gesture towards the overwhelming work of parents, partners, children, communities, and the state in keeping us alive as we reach later life.

Notes:
devised by Lu Kemp with writing by Ben lewis

1st Produced:
Former FADS shop, 2-3 Archway Mall, London N19 5RG     03 Jun 2015

Organisations:
Artangel

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  6 boys

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

One Thousand Paper Cranes

Synopsis:
When Sadako finds herself in hospital she doesn't like it one little bit. everyone wants to prod her and poke her and find out what's wrong. But when her best friend Chiziko arrives they decide to change all that. Together. This is a show about two friends trying to make sense of life, death and other matters. Based on a true Japanese story about a young girl who set out to save her own life by making 1000 paper cranes. You can find out more about One Thousand Paper Cranes, and how to make an origami crane, at: http://1000papercranes.weebly.com

Notes:
by Abigail Docherty And Lu Kemp

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
aged 8 and over

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Pinocchio

Synopsis:
the journey of Pinocchio as he struggles to become a 'real' boy

Notes:
adapted by Rob Evans And Lu Kemp. Written by Rob Evans from the book by Carlo Collodi

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  1 puppet

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Room

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Abigail Docherty And Lu Kemp

1st Produced:

Organisations:
New Works New Worlds

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
35Mins Piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page