VANESSA OAKES
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Plays by Vanessa Oakes
77 Sunset Strip |
| 1st Produced: | Bracebridge Court Care Home (Warwickshire) | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | STORM Theatre Company/Ansley Commoners | |||||
| 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: | gentle comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | 2 wrestling stooges | |||||
| Notes: | Commissioned by Face to Face, Warwickshire County Council, West Midlands Arts New Audiences. Written for a group of older women. | |||||
| Synopsis: | A group of older people gather for a weekly Bingo session in a converted cinema. Each of the Bingo players shares their thoughts and memories, as the movies begin to haunt the building. | |||||
Agamemnon: The Curse of Thyestes |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Studio, Coventry University Performing Arts Department | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | Coventry University Performing Arts Department | |||||
| 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 | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | Chorus | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | An adaptation from the Greek Tragedy by Aeschylus | |||||
Anaglypta Daydreaming |
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
| Company: | STORM 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: | black comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A woman searches through the classified ads for love and marriage. | |||||
Body Moving Through, A |
| 1st Produced: | Ellen Terry Studio Theatre, Coventry University, Coventry | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | The Estate | |||||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 2 musicians (live improvised music by Dzierzanowski & Stevens) | |||||
| Notes: | Funded by ACE and Coventry City Council. Supported by the Centre for Media, Arts and Performance at Coventry University School of Art & Design | |||||
| Synopsis: | A Body Moving Through is a fascinating and engaging exploration of the relationship that develops between Charmer (a gypsy woman) and Andy (a young teenage lad). Charmer is mourning a dead child, and Andy is terrified that he might have killed his step-father. Despite their initial suspicions the two begin to trust each other and to recognise what they can offer to a fellow human being. | |||||
Chimney Sweep's Apprentice, The |
| 1st Produced: | Nuneaton Arts Centre | 1997 | ||||
| Company: | STORM 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 | 2 | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | Strolling violinist, preferably female | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Geoff and Jeremy are brothers-in-law. They wait downstairs as their wives sort out their dead father's belongings. | |||||
Dog in a Suitcase |
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
| Company: | STORM 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: | Black comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | Walk-on stage manager | |||||
| Notes: | Dog in a Suitcase should be played at the pace of a farce | |||||
| Synopsis: | The story of four people whose coping mechanisms become increasingly eccentric and out of control. | |||||
I Am Active |
| 1st Produced: | The Herbert, Coventry | 22 Oct 2009 | ||||
| Company: | Red Teapot Day 2009 | |||||
| 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: | - | Piece | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 100 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Red Teapot Day 2009 Commission. There is a long tradition of individuals using words on t shirts to bring about change. I AM ACTIVE is in part a response to that tradition. In this play to wear the t (ext) shirt is a creative act, to respond or choose not to respond to the t (ext) shirt is a creative act. I AM ACTIVE has been written for 100 individual active artists who will wear/perform their individual t (ext) shirts. How, where and for how long the t (ext) shirt is worn will inevitably determine its intended meaning (if any) e.g. expression on active artist's face. The active artists will be asked to record any action taken including their own. | |||||
Kindness of Strangers, The |
| 1st Produced: | The Friends Meeting House, Warwick | 01 Oct 2009 | ||||
| Company: | Warwick Words 2009 | |||||
| 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 | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Warwick Words 2009 Festival Commission | |||||
| Synopsis: | Should you trust in the kindness of strangers? | |||||
Last Things, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
| Company: | Talking Birds | |||||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | In 2006, ACE(WM) funded five days of script development and a performed reading at the Custard Factory Gallery in Birmingham. | |||||
| Synopsis: | When David's wife dies unexpectedly he is left clinging to the little routines that help him to make sense of his loss. A chance encounter with a stranger leads to a new friendship. But, how far can David trust his new friend and what will he do to avoid facing his own loneliness? | |||||
Live Like Us |
| 1st Produced: | AEUW, Coventry | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | Belgrade 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: | black comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Commissioned by the Community and Education department for the Acting Up group. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Set in Spon End, Coventry in 2007, Live Like Us examines the limited range of possibilities for escape open to three young people. | |||||
Lost in Paradise CV6 |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | The Belgrade Theatre's Community & Education 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/comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 11 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Commissioned by the Community & Education Company for the Acting Out group. | |||||
| Synopsis: | The play takes place in an urban wilderness in modern day Coventry (Paradise CV6). It is influenced by three interconnected stories; The Temptation of Christ, Adam & Eve and Milton's Paradise Regained. Jasmine has been missing from home for 40 days and nights. Her mother Mary is beside herself with worry. While Jasmine is lost in the wilderness she faces hard life choices and confronts the many temptations that often face the youth of today. Will she fall as Adam & Eve once did, or will she choose to be strong and resist? This modern retelling of a medieval mystery play explores the challenges that young people face when they refuse to conform and examines their strong sense of wanting to belong and 'fit in'. | |||||
Red Gallery Trilogy, The (Before the Deluge, A Letter Home, The Sitting) |
| 1st Produced: | Nuneaton Art Gallery and Museum | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | Nuneaton Art Gallery and Museum | |||||
| 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: | audio drama | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Three audio interpretations of paintings in the permanent collection. Commissioned to celebrate the gift by Edward Melly of 90 years of art and history to the town of Nuneaton. | |||||
| Synopsis: | ‘Before the Deluge’ painted by Roelandt Savery. An old man and his grand-daughter take shelter in the gallery on a wet Sunday afternoon. ‘A Letter Home – ‘The Battle of Vitoria’ painted by James Prinsep Barnes Beadle. James sits in a café whilst on holiday touring the battle fields. ‘The Sitting’ painted by E. S. Harper. Edward Melly sits impatiently for a portrait. | |||||
Touching Jane |
| 1st Produced: | Ellen Terry Studio Theatre | 2009 | ||||
| Company: | The Estate | |||||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Funded by ACE (WM) and supported by the Centre for Media, Arts and Performance at Coventry University School of Art & Design. | |||||
| Synopsis: | This play explores what happens when accepted roles and responsibilities are abandoned - when a child (Jane) is raised in a single parent family where any genuine concern and affection are absent. | |||||
Woman Called Magdalena, A |
| 1st Produced: | 'Face-to-Face' Launch, Atherstone, Warwickshire | 1997 | ||||
| Company: | STORM 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: | Short monologue | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | A woman by the name of Magdalena Ventura grew a beard and moustache at the age of 37. She was painted in 1631 for King Philip III of Spain. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Magdalena tells us how it was that she came to have her portrait painted for the king. | |||||
You Are Here |
| 1st Produced: | Bull's Head (Inkberrow) | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | Mouthpiece Theatre/Packhorse Productions | |||||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 1g | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A play about the loss of a sense of belonging for two friends (economic migrants), Peter and Joh | |||||