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Zoe Simon

ZOE SIMON

  
Nationality:    British
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Angry and incisive and at times sharply satirical Zoe Simon's (British/Australian) plays include SCRATCH - inspired by the 7/7 bombings - about the aftermath of a terrorist attack on Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre. Time Out on SCRATCH : 'Zoe Simon reveals herself as a writer of rare audacity and ambition'. Also HEAD - about a mentally ill young woman growing up in dire poverty on a sink estate in South London. the Stage on HEAD: Zoe Simon is showing the promise of being an outstanding theatrical player. Zoe is also an actress.

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

         Daughter of Frankenstein, The         Echo And Narcissus         Head         Lust         Saturday Night         Scratch

Daughter of Frankenstein, The

Synopsis:
Fourteen year old Augusta is an elective mute who seeks solace from her dysfunctional family by conjuring the imaginary spirits of Byron, Shelley and Clare Claremont and in an incestuous relationship with her older brother. Wracked with guilt her brother commits suicide, and Augusta, blaming her mother, murders her. Her Father is at a loss to understand what has driven his silent daughter to such a brutal act, but then the mysterious figure of the Poet on the Hill grants Augusta one night to tell her story.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
the White Bear Theatre Club, London    2002

Organisations:
Eccentric Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Laban-based / Fairytale-based Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Echo And Narcissus

Synopsis:
the play is a literal reworking of the myth of Echo and Narcissus Based on Roman poet Ovid's telling of it.Echo and Narcissus work in a derelict office in South London. Echo works day and night collecting fragments for Narcissus to help him discover his true identity. She is voiceless except for the fragments and unable to delcare her love for him. She disintegrates physically with pain and parlaysed from the waist down is forced to drag herslf around to collect more and more information for Narcissus, until Narcissus' double breaks into the office and gives Echo and new lease of life.

Notes:
devised by Zoe Simon And Fail Better Productions

1st Produced:
the White Bear Theatre Club, London    2003

Organisations:
Fail Better Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Show

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Head

Synopsis:
It looks at the plight of two teenagers: Head and Urchin, growing up on a sink estate in South London. the central character, Head, a 17 year old girl, self harms and suffers from deep depression, she meets and falls in love troubled young man Urchin, a local vandal who does graffiti. their relationship has tragic consequences. 'the Stage' wrote: 'simon is showing the promise of being an outstanding theatrical player'.

Notes:
Fringe First nominated

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Fail Better Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Lust

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
part of 7:1 Beyond control. 7 prestigious writers. 7 short plays. 7 deadly sins. This collection of plays focusses on the Seven Deadly Sins And their effects on human nature. these plays offer us the opportunity to form fresh perspectives on modern issues concerning our moral values And how they Affect our family, social And work relationships.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Golden Delilah

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Saturday Night

Synopsis:
explores the cultural significance in the rise of media studies and the decline of women studies.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Skin and Bone

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Scratch

Synopsis:
the action of the play takes place in a betting shop in a seedy part of London. the motley quartet who inhabit it seethe with explosive and vicious desires.
Lucy Powell, Time Out London

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Skin and Bone

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  Voiceovers

Further Reference:
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