doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Helena Thompson

HELENA THOMPSON

  
Nationality:    British
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    n/a

Helena Thompson studied scriptwriting under David Edgar and April De Angelis at Birmingham University. Her plays Bluebeard's Wives (ICA) and Open House (the List's festival highlight of the year and Time Out Critic's Choice) are published by Plays International. Her short film High Above the Sky has two distribution deals, three prizes and over 20 festival screenings worldwide. She was on the National Theatre's attachment scheme and writes afternoon plays for Radio 4.

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         Apple         Arthur's World         Bluebeard's Wives         Childsplay         Garden, The         Garden, The         Human Remains         iAm         Lear         Open House         Ophelia         Sixteen         Still Morning
Apple

Synopsis:
Multimedia love-and-drug story

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Etcetera Theatre, London >>>     31 Aug 1999

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Arthur's World

Arthur's World
Arthur is an OAP, hiding out from the world in his grotty top floor council flat. He'd move  if it weren't for his missing son. Today is Michael's birthday  will he finally come home? But the person Arthur finally lets in turns out to be someone else entirely. This teenager is seeking refuge from The Fights  the raging riots sparked years ago by a notorious computer game. As reality floods Arthur's tiny world, he is forced to face facts  did the son he loves ever even exist?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
SPID Theatre

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Bluebeard's Wives

Synopsis:
a seventy minute play and a 45 minute radio Drama, is a rework of the Grimms' fairytale about the wife murderer and the girl he tests. Alone in her husband's castle, this wife makes a surprising sacrifice for her husband's secrets. Forced to consider her own fledgling passions in the light of his dubious past, her monologue explores the roles women play and the ways they are commodified. This love story charts a young girl's journey to womanhood as she dares to set her husband free.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
ICA, London >>>     16/2003

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Multimedia Fairytale

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Childsplay

Synopsis:
An interactive journey through outdoor games across the ages. Childsplay, a new outdoor production by S.P.I.D. theatre Company, examines children's outdoor play since the 1950s. Audiences will be watching and participating in various games and listening to audio testimonies through headphones. With traditional singing games and group activities such as marbles giving way to Gameboys and geocaching, how will the imagination of children change?

Notes:
Created by Rachel Grunwald And HElena Thompson for Riverside Studios

1st Produced:
Normand Park, Lillie Road, London, W14 9Pa     22 Jan 2011

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
70 min Piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Garden, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Sunbeam Gardens - London W10     2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Garden, The

Synopsis:
site specific post-apocalyptic play paints a polluted world populated by marauding gangs.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Sunbeam Gardens, London     2008

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Human Remains

Synopsis:
Set in the paranoid looking glass of the London art scene, Human Remains tells the story of Sefton, an obnoxious, self-obsessed grotesque who ultimately falls victim to his own macabre aesthetic. A modern-day Jacobean tragedy, the plotting and intrigue of 17th century court life finds an apt corollary in the bitchy and incestuous atmosphere of the modern art establishment. No body knows whether Sefton uses human remains in his sculpture. That is until his bloody reckoning with Felazkhy, an omniscient art dealer who proves at once to be the answer to his prayers and his worst nightmare.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Rivington Gallery, London     17 Oct 2000

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

iAm

Synopsis:
iAm explores our attachment to technology by giving audiences the chance to experiment and compete in a series of group activities. Mixing immersive theatre and interactive games in a near future scenario, the piece addresses issues like morality and community in a digital age. The audience are invited to an intimate focus group. Only a select few have been allowed in to test a cutting edge new product - the iAm. Could it be the next big thing? But as the eager guinea pigs sign their non-disclosure agreements, someone throws a spanner in the works. The company's latest recruit has ethical concerns: aren't iAms entitled to certain rights? Technology is about to take on a life of its own.

Notes:
written by Mel Cook and Helena Thompson

1st Produced:

Organisations:
S.P.I.D.

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
performance piece 75 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Lear

Synopsis:
A radical reworking of Shakespeare's tragedy. Backstabbing sons and disowned daughters vie for attention in this multimedia modernisation, seen through the eyes of old man Lear.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
multi media piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Open House

Synopsis:
a full length play, revolves around eccentric Charlie, a cheery old man who is so open minded he lets his daughter's friends share his house. But when the house favourite dies and his unknown brother knocks on the door, the house is thrown into jeopardy. In this city tale of nostalgia for what never was the housemates learn that their beloved betrayed them all; it takes deluded Charlie's death to let them finally mourn and move on. This is a play about corrupt ideals and the bitter sweetness of facing the truth.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, Dingwall Road Croydon Cr0 2Nf     22 Oct 2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Ophelia

Synopsis:
Seen through the eyes of Hamlet's lover, Ophelia, Shakespeare's most popular tragedy becomes a tale of love, betrayal and suicide.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Sixteen

Synopsis:
the story centres on October, about to have her sixteenth birthday and planning to mark it with a party that will also celebrate the launch of a youth club for the neighbourhood right where we are - formerly derelict rooms that her Father and his sister (or is the aunt a courtesy title and she has at some time been his partner?) had squatted in many years ago and where she has been brought up by her doting dad since her mother walked out on them when she was a baby.
- Howard Loxton, British theatre Guide

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Kensal House, London     23 Jul 2009

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Still Morning

Synopsis:
Poetry and movement piece. A kingdom crumbles, a mother remarries, grandmother watches and a son weeps. But as the seasons melt and the moon keeps burning, night. . .becomes morning. And if you listen hard - you can still hear the music. With a trip of the tongue and a tip and a toe, this fusion of movement and poetry articulates the fine line between drama and dance.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
S.P.I.D

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page