MIKE KENNY
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Mike Kenny
13.1 |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | art of the BUPA Great North Run Cultural Programme | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | 50 min | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | 13.1 miles is the length of the BUPA Great North Run from Newcastle to South Shields which takes place in September. Sisters Alice and Diane are taking part, raising money for cancer research in memory of their mother. Alice loves running: Diane hates it. Alice is the hare, Diane the tortoise. Inevitably Diane is late but they get started. - Peter Lathan, British Theatre Guide | |||||
Aesop's Fables |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
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After The End Of The World |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | Red Ladder Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Bag Dancing |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1992 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Beauty And The Beast |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | Oxford Touring Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Pantomime | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | the twist here is that Beauty is an only child - and a petulant one at that. | |||||
Best, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1988 | ||||
| Company: | Red Ladder Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
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Big Sister, Little Brother |
| 1st Produced: | Blah Blah Blah | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Big Sister and Little Brother are running away from something. They end up making magic clothes for the Emperor. Things go wrong - will the Emperor believe that they have made an invisible suit? | |||||
Boo |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | Mind the Gap | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | inspired by Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Boo is the central character and the name comes from Boo Radley, the elusive, near mythical figure in To Kill A Mockingbird. There are similarities. Neighbourhood myths have also grown around this Boo. He too has a learning disability and is rarely seen. Young Kelly Spanner, a girl from another part of town, goes missing and the posters go up. Could Boo be responsible? A boy and his sister watch his front door, daring each other to knock. . . | |||||
Boy |
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
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Boy With A Suitcase |
| 1st Produced: | SNAP Theatre Company | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Caitlin |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The story of Dylan Thomas' wife. | |||||
Cinderella |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | musical adaptation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Not a pantomime but a musical retelling of the classic tale | |||||
Cinderella's Sisters |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The wicked stepsisters - have they been misunderstood all this time? | |||||
Cloud Pictures |
| 1st Produced: | Polka, London | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Cotton Wool |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
| Company: | part of the Playhouse Project | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Daphne's Wedding |
| 1st Produced: | Turtle Key, London | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Diary Of An Action Man |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| Company: | Unicorn and Graeae Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | 9781840029185 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Best Children's Play (Time Out Critics Choice) | |||||
![]() | Two plays for young people by one distinctive voice. Diary of An Action Man and Whiter Than Snow reveal an imagination that has raised the writer Mike Kenny onto the international stage. Renowned for producing multi-layered, stimulating children's plays, his work often also appeals to adults. Refreshingly bold, adeptly sculpted and highly original, these texts draw audiences into the real myths of childhood and challenge our perceptions of normality. | |||||
Don Quixote |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Fringe | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | 90 min | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||||
| Notes: | Play by Mike Kenny from the book by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra adapted by David Cottis | |||||
| Synopsis: | tramslates Cervantes using every soundbite, Biblical, literary and lyrical quotation that can be squeezed into the text. | |||||
Elves & The Shoemakers, The |
| 1st Produced: | Polka, London | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Enormous Crocodile, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Based on the book "The Enormous Crocodile" by Roald Dahl | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Fern Hill |
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Fittings: The Last Freak Show |
| 1st Produced: | Roundhouse, London | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | Graeae Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Edinburgh Festival Pick of the Fringe; Manchester Evening News nom. Best Fringe Show | |||||
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Flags And Bandages |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Best Children's Play (British Theatre Institute) | |||||
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Flat Stanley |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Flesh 'n Steel |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Gardner, The |
| 1st Produced: | AJTC and Nottingham Roundabout | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | shortlisted for Deutschen Kindertheaterpreis | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Ho! Ho! Ho! |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The presents are all ready, the reindeer fed, the elves are all in bed. But Mother Christmas cannot find Father Christmas and it is time to deliver the presents. | |||||
Little Mermaid, The |
| 1st Produced: | Polka, London | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | York Theatre Royal | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | from the story by Hans Christian Andersen | |||||
| Synopsis: | a girl who loves too much and too unwisely | |||||
Long Time Ago, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1992 | ||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Lost Child, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The child is lost in the forest. The frog, the mole and the bird cannot find the child. The father goes in search through seasons and all weather; north, south, east and west. | |||||
Matilda |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Of Mice And Men |
| 1st Produced: | Mind The Gap | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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On The Verge |
| 1st Produced: | Mind The Gap | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Pocahontas |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1996 | ||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Puff the Magic Dragon |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Railway Children, The |
| 1st Produced: | York National Railway Museum | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | in association with York Theatre Royal | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | From The Book By E Nesbit | |||||
| Synopsis: | what happens to a family when a father is unjustly punished for crimes against the state. | |||||
Rumpelstiltskin |
| 1st Produced: | Theatr Powys | 1994 | ||||
| Company: | Theatr Powys | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Sink or Swim |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | Quicksilver Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | Best Children's Play (Time Out) | |||||
| Synopsis: | There is little warning of the oncoming flood but Mad and Dum manage to grab some of their belongings and a couple of animals and get on the Ark. They wonder what life will be like after the flood dies down. Will there be peace and harmony? | |||||
Snow Queen, The |
| 1st Produced: | Graffiti, Ireland | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | new version for Cork City of Culture | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Song From The Sea |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | www.playsforyoungaudiences.org, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Song from the Sea brings us into the world of Josh, a little boy who lives in a noisy house with a busy family. One day, through the household din, he hears a faint but beautiful sound calling out to him. So begins Josh's incredible aquatic adventure as the story behind the song reveals a wonderful and moving tale of hope. | |||||
Stepping Stones |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | Best Children's Play (Writers' Guild of Great Britain) | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Stuck |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | short listed for Writer's Guild Best Children's Play | |||||
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Swan Songs |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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That's Mine |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Theatr Iolo | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Thin Skin |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Taking Issue, Three Playwrights And A Theatre Company" published by Alumnus | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Youth play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Twin Stars, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Kenji Miyazawa was a the J M Barrie of Japan, an early 20th century writer whose enduring stories appeal both to children and adults, and who is held in such affection that he is simply known as Kenji. This play combines autobiographical elements of Kenji's life, the death of a much loved sister and his struggle to become a writer in the face of parental oposition, with one of Kenji's famous stories featuring a huge crow, a scorpion and twin stars.,br /> - Lyn Gardner, Guardian | |||||
Visiting Grandad |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | tuttie frutti productions and York Theatre Royal | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Suitable for 3-7 year-olds and their families | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Little Jack who has to stay with Grandad for the whole afternoon. So when, Grandad reveals that he is not all that he appears, a whole new adventure begins. There is more to Grandad than meets the eye and he holds a delightful secret that is not so gloomy after all! | |||||
Walking the Tightrope |
| 1st Produced: | New Perspectives | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Grandad is unable to explain what has happened to Nana to his grand daughter. | |||||
Whiter than Snow |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | Graeae Theatre Company & Birmingham Repertory Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | 9781840029185 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
![]() | Meet Frieda and the Frantz family, the world-famous travelling performers of the best Snow White story you'll ever see. But there's a problem, Snow Whites done a bunk with the Prince! Just when it looks like the final curtain's about to fall, the perfect leading lady turns up hiding amongst the mothballs. The show will go on - however, perfection is not always what it seems. . . This witty, insightful re-telling of the Snow White story, by award-winning playwright Mike Kenny (Diary of an Action Man), takes you on a journey through dangerous and shifting landscapes, daring you to go beyond the fairytale. Suitable for 7 - 13 year olds and their families. Accessible to all. | |||||
Who Cares? |
| 1st Produced: | Region Theatre, Vaxjo, Sewden | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | a contemporary version of As You Like It | |||||
Whose Shoes? |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | Theatr Iolo | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Eldamina is a great dancer. Cinderella gives her the glass slippers to dance in. Then a new baby sister arrives but Eldamina does not want her to have the glass slippers so she throws them in the lake. | |||||
Y Ddraig Hud |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2001 | ||||
| Company: | Gwent Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
