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Stef Smith

STEF SMITH

  
Nationality:    Scottish
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Literary Agent:    Macnaughton Lord Representation (Theatrical and Literary Agents)  represented by Davina Shah

Stef Smith graduated from Queen Margaret University in 2009 after studying Drama and Theatre Arts. She is best known for creating the text for the critically acclaimed and sell-out show RoadKill (Fringe 2010, 2011). This show has won numerous awards including most recently a Laurence Oliver Award and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. Since then Stef has produced several new pieces of work revolving urgent political issues and most recently has been Writer-on-Attachment with the National Theatre of Scotland. She lives in Glasgow with her two cats and her flatmate.

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         250 Words         And The Beat Goes On         Colour Me Read         Cured         Doll Parts         Falling Flying         Gray Matter         Heart Is Nicotine, The         Human Animals         Jamais Vu         News Just In         Plugged Into The Universe         Remote         Roadkill         Sand Into Glass         Secret Of One's Own, A         Silence Of Bees, The         Smoke (and mirrors)         Swallow         There Is No I In Board Game         Woman of the Year

250 Words

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theatre Uncut co-artistic director Emma Callander said, "theatre Uncut was created to raise debate and galvanise action around political issues that affect all of our lives. We do this by making our plays available to as many people as possible. "We feel honoured to be working with writers of such high calibre and it thrills me that performances of these powerful short plays will be happening simultaneously across the world, from Scarborough to South Africa. "With the continued cuts to public services in the UK against a landscape of civil unrest and enforced austerity across the world, the need to speak out in resistance is stronger now than ever before."

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short play

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And The Beat Goes On

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With a string of hits in the 1960s and a successful American variety TV show in the 1970s, Sonny and Cher were one of the most playful and likeable married couples in the world of pop. They were mismatched, they were camp, they were good honest fun. Decades later Peter and Lily have started their own tribute act. They've sewn the costumes. They've built the set. They've been tirelessly rehearsing. But as deeply dark truths start to pop their bubblegum act, it becomes clear not everything is quite as it seems. A story of sequins, survival and Sonny & Cher.

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Random Accomplice

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Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Colour Me Read

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1st Produced:
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow     2012

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Cured

Synopsis:
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Susan walks into a clinic that claims it can cure her of her homosexual tendencies. As the stories of her sit-com-loving mother, her confident new girlfriend and the clinic's strange but sweet receptionist unravel around her, Susan must finally confront the secrets she can no longer hide.

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Inspired by real accounts of conversion therapy, award-winning playwright Stef Smith uncovers the intertwining stories of four women in this brand new play about love, identity, and The Golden Girls. . .

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Glasgay

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Genre:
Gay, theme/character, one act

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Doll Parts

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Three women enter a warehouse after being accepted into an elusive new training scheme that is attempting to help women get back to work'. their elegant tutor Diana asks them to sign up for a six week programme with the promise of a job for life. there are just two conditions - they must pass a series of tests in order to progress and their training must remain entirely confidential. . .From the funny to the surreal to the downright painful, Doll Parts pushes the women to their limits until one final question remains - how much would you sacrifice to live happily ever after. . .?

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Falling Flying

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'you have the space to do all that you intend to. . .' Inspired by the true story of Angie Extraganza a trailblazing transgender woman, two performers unravel a tragic intertwining story where not everything or everyone is as they seem. A poetic and physical duologue which looks at one person s battle to defy biology, stereotypes and death, and they succeed. . . almost.

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Hand On heart Theatre

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Play/Drama

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Gray Matter

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1st Produced:
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen     2012

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Heart Is Nicotine, The

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1st Produced:
Apex Hotel, Edinburgh     2006

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Human Animals

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Don't go burying wild animals in my garden& or at least ask for permission first. In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. The mice are scratching between walls, the pigeons are diseased and the foxes are beginning to rule the streets. The problem is growing. It's contagious. It has to be stopped, before it's too late. "People can get used to terrible things. Very quickly. If they have to. It doesn't take much for things to start to fall apart"

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Jamais Vu

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Cassie can't wash the smell of petrol out of her hair, there is grit trapped underneath her fingernails and she just isn't sure she is ready to be a mother. Inspired by real events, Jamais Vu follows one woman's journey as she tries to stop the future that only she can see.

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Arches LIVE 2011

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Genre:
60 min piece

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News Just In

Synopsis:
A nightly roundup of all things Commonwealth Games, with a brand new story every night. Featuring a cast of six of Scotland's top comedy actors with a dynamic team of fantastic writers, anything can (and probably will) happen! Follow the TV-tastic, tantalizing soap opera whilst hearing all the up to date Games news and gossip from Tom Daley to Tom Foolery with views from Tom, Dick and Harry. A fast paced, raucous romp of a theatre show!

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part of Culture 2014 at the Arches. Written by Colin Bell, Danny Brown, Julie Brown, Mary Gapinski, Lesley Hart, Lewis Hetherington, Lisa Keddie, Martin McCormick, Johnny McKnight, Douglas Maxwell, Morna Pearson, Lynda Radley, Stef Smith and Anita Vettesse.

1st Produced:
Arches, Glasgow, UK >>>     22 Jul 2014

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Random Accomplice

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Plugged Into The Universe

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1st Produced:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh     2009

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Remote

Remote
A girl called Antler steps out of her front door and throws her phone on the ground. She stamps on it. She then climbs the tallest tree in the park . She doesn't want to be found, not by anyone. Seven teenager's lives all interwine over the course of a single evening as they make their way through the park on a seemingly normal Autumn's night. Remote is a play about protest, power and protecting yourself.

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National Theatre Connections

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Roadkill

Synopsis:
In Benin City, a young girl struggles to support her family. A world away, in an Edinburgh tenement, 'aunty' Martha arranges a job and flight for her. Based on the experiences of young women trafficked to Scotland, Cora Bissett's explosive production, combining direct, chilling performances with video,animation and music, thrusts you into the brutal, complex and hidden world behind the newspaper headlines on sex-trafficking.

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written by Cora Bissett with text by Stef Smith

1st Produced:
Meet At The Traverse Box Office To Be Transported To The Production's Off-Site Location In Edinburgh     07 Aug 2010

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Ankur Productions and Pachamama in association with Tron Theatre

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Genre:
Piece

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sand Into Glass

Synopsis:
poetic meditation told in three voices

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part of "Scenes Unseen" an eight play compendium of unperformed miatures by established writers alonfside new works by younger voices

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New Inck Theatre / Tron Theatre Company

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Genre:
short piece

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Secret Of One's Own, A

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1st Produced:
St Stephens Church, Edinburgh     2010

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Silence Of Bees, The

Synopsis:
Separated by time, and joined by business, blood and beekeeping, three women unfold their story, moving through decades of unspoken words, secret lives and memories they can't quite seem to forget.

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part of Arches Behaviour Festival

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Glasgow: Lush, Sauchiehall Street     12 Apr 2012

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Genre:
site-specific show

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Smoke (and mirrors)

Synopsis:
The three female actors, a trio completed by Bunmi Mojekwu, play contrasting Turkish women interviewed in the aftermath of the Gezi Park protests. In answers to questions from a playwright, a veiled Muslim, Roma and less obviously affiliated woman together build up a good picture of attitudes in their troubled country- Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide

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1st Produced:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh     2014

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Genre:
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Swallow

Swallow
Three strangers are about to face their demons head on. Balanced precariously on the tipping point, they might just be able to save one another  if they can only overcome their urge to self-destruct. Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith's Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life. The play premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by Traverse Artistic Director Orla O'Loughlin, and featuring original music by LAWholt.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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There Is No I In Board Game

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Woman of the Year

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Paula isn't quite sure why she's been voted Woman of the Year. the evening before the ceremony, she sits alone in her hotel room and tries to write her acceptance speech. After two or three glasses of cheap Merlot, her mind starts wandering to her previous beds, breakdowns and some of her very bad haircuts. As she trawls through her memories some deep, dark truths begin to surface and by midnight, she isn't sure she's worthy of anything any more. . .A play about learning to accept the things you don't deserve.

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A Play, A Pie and a Pint

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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