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Irvine Welsh

IRVINE WELSH

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    Scottish
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Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is recognised for his novel Trainspotting, which was later made into a critically acclaimed film of the same name. His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect, and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

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

         Babylon Heights         Ecstasy         Headstate         You'll Have Had Your Hole

Babylon Heights

Babylon Heights
MGM are making the film "the Wizard of Oz". they have recruited people from all over the States to play the Munchkins. they are all put up in the same hotel. If you put four dwarfs in one room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears. . .

Notes:
written by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh

1st Produced:
Exit Theatre, San Francisco    14 Jun 2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Vintage Books, London (2006)   978-0099505983

Music:
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Ecstasy

Synopsis:
Lloyd has a transfiguring passion for the unhappily married Heather. Together they explore the true nature of house music and chemical romance. Irvine Welsh's tale is guaranteed to set the heart aflutter and pulses racing.

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Organisations:
Easy Tiger Productions

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Headstate

Synopsis:
about 4 young clubbers messsed up on drugs, Tina, Martin, John and Mickey. Mickey sells love, Tina has given it away, John denies it and Martin will always use it for a scam. the play jumps around in terms of chronoloigcal time and is set in a club and in a flat. Mickey is killed by the three of them and the play unravels how this occurred. "A shocking and humourous look at modern Britain: where we are now and how we got here".

Notes:
written with the Boilerhouse theatre Company"

1st Produced:
Trinity Bouy Wharf, London    1997

Organisations:
Boilerhouse - Greenwich Festival

1st Published:
Minerva Press, 1996   -

Music:
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You'll Have Had Your Hole

Synopsis:
Two inner city lowlife types exert their own form of justice

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Courtyard, West Yorks    1998

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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