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David Parnell

DAVID PARNELL

  
Nationality:    Irish
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David Parnell is a writer, director and actor based in Dublin, Ireland. He trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin, and after early success as an actor, particularly with the Abbey Theatre, he turned his attention to writing and directing. David is Joint Artistic Director (with Paul Meade) of Guna Nua Theatre, and is formerly an Associate Director of the Abbey Theatre. He is currently writing a new play, 'Trousers' for Guna NuA.

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

         Crowd Scene         Four Storeys         Licking the Marmalade Spoon         Scenes From a Water Cooler         Taste         Taxi, The         Trousers

Crowd Scene

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Four Storeys

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Through the interconnecting lives of four thirty-year old Dubliners, Four Storeys investigates modern urban dilEmmas such as how to balance work and relationships and how to find happiness in an increasingly alienated society. Ciaran Brady, a writer, lives with his girlfriend Marie who works for Chris who was married to Katie. When Marie gets promoted her relationship with Ciaran begins to buckle under the strain of her extra workload. Ciaran meanwhile finds solace in his growing friendship with Katie, whose dysfunctional relationship with Chris is revealed in flashback throughout.

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Licking the Marmalade Spoon

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Set in Dublin's flatland, Licking the Marmalade Spoon charts the relationships between two young women sharing an apartment, and the two young men in their lives.

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Scenes From a Water Cooler

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Scenes From a Water Cooler tells the story of Adam and Brian, two men in their early thirties who share an office, a love of football and a sense of boredom. Into their lives comes Colm, a younger and more ambitious man who can't decide whether to move in with his girlfriend or not. Meanwhile, Adam finds himself bestowed with the power to promote either his old friend and married Father of two, Brian, or newly arrived singleton, Colm. After unearthing a dark secret, Colm wins the promotion and leaves Brian and Adam to argue about what went wrong.

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Taste

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In this black comedy, a wealthy Dublin solicitor, Declan, and his wife Susan are showing us, their guests, around their newly renovated home. As they chat to us we gradually gain an insight into their relationship; a marriage driven by ambition and greed. We see their morals gradually eroding as Declan dreams of the baby that Susan is reluctant to give him. Eventually, their relentless desires cause them to perform a dark deed

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Black Comedy Comedy

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Taxi, The

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Trousers

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Trousers takes a funny and quirky look at male friendship as it examines the messy lives of Dermot and Mick, two old college chums who've been out of contact for the last 17 years. Now pushing 40, the duo is forcibly reunited when Mick suddenly appears on Dermot's doorstep and confesses that he's lost his girlfriend, his apartment and his job and needs a place to sort things out. As the two take note of the various changes that have taken place since they last saw each other (Mick's expanding waistline, Dermot's odd interest in yoga and herbal tea) Dermot discovers a relic of their misspent youth: Mick's favorite pair of pants from 1989, purchased in New York City when the duo visited as college students. As the weeks go by, the ambitious Dermot tries to get the bone-idle Mick off the couch and back into the world. But he keeps flashing back to their New York trip in the '80s and the questionable choices, unfulfilled hopes and special pair of trousers that have somehow led both of them to this point in their lives.
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written by Paul Meade And David Parnell

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Project Cube, Dublin    2006

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Buddy Play

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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