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Hayley Squires

HAYLEY SQUIRES

  (1989 - )
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd  represented by Rachel Taylor

Hayley was born and raised in South London and studied acting at Rose Brueford College. Hayley's first play Vera, Vera, Vera was directed by Jo McInnes for the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs as part of the Young Writers Festival. the play then transferred to the Royal Courts Theatre Local, Peckham. Hayley is currently writing her next play as well as developing projects for radio and the screen.

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

         Blondie         Glitterland         Ira Provitt And The Man         Vera Vera Vera         VS09

Blondie

Synopsis:
22-year-old Hayley Squires has penned an ironic comedy about the state of the nation. It centres on the perfect blonde, played by Emma King. Taking a devoted country with her, she has become a kind of British Osama bin Laden creating terrorist atrocities but loved for her looks and attitudes. Finally, Blondie makes some telling comments about the failings in our coalition-led country today.

Notes:
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."

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Uncut 2012

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play reading

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Glitterland

Synopsis:
a story of power, corruption and revenge.

Notes:
adapted from The White Devil by John Webster

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Secret Theatre Show 4

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ira Provitt And The Man

Synopsis:
Quite who bigoted dictator, Ira Provitt is supposed to represent remains a mystery. In this playlet, he meets a Man who night be his own conscience and does his best to bring Ira around to a more generous outlook. This conversation blends into the epic speech of hope from Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.

Notes:
In four years, Theatre Uncut has become established as one of the Fringe highlights. With a serious political agenda and a fund of excellent playwrights, it succeeds far more often than makes sense given its brief to create rapid response pieces. The first programme in 2014 gave the writers a theme of "Knowledge is power. Knowledge is change". The company also sought a fresh venture and the intention is to develop the five short pieces (average 15 minutes) into a single play that will eventually tour. In the meantime, Hannah Price directed a quartet of actors in the Traverse Bar. Each of Jade Anouka, Nalini Chetty, Finn den Hertog and Iain Robertson has several moments to shine during an enjoyable and challenging 75 minutes.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Uncut

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Music:
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Genre:
short reading

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Vera Vera Vera

Vera Vera Vera
the boy who comes back from a war far away in a wooden box is glorified and called a hero. As the funeral plans are made in a small Kent town, his siblings squabble over who he was. Maybe the fanfare isn't needed for this heroic martyr. Vera Vera Vera is a blackly comic play about what we are willing to fight for. Her first work for the theatre, Hayley Squires is a bracing new voice, clear eyed and loud, looking at violence, neglect and apathy. Depicting a gritty slice of social realism, Vera Vera Vera portrays the disjunction between the lives of the surviving family against the memories and patriotic commemoration for the dead. Looking at drug addiction, crime, verbal and domestic abuse, engrained racism, the characters' downtrodden and trapped lives are exposed with honesty and verve. This brave and uncompromising play questions both the validity of the myth of the martyred soldier and the true worth of survival for those left behind.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Young Writers Festival 2012

1st Published:
Methuen Drama, London   978-1408172711

Music:
-

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Genre:
black comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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VS09

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cardiff    Apr 2014

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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