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Wils Wilson

WILS WILSON

  
Nationality:    British
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Wils Wilson's directing work includes the Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, which recently played in London as part of the Royal Court's Theatre Local. Other credits include Gobbo  the Adventure of Gobbo and the Watchmaker devised and created with David Greig and Home Shetland created with Jackie Kay and Ignition a site-specific production for the National Theatre of Scotland. Wils was co-founder and Co-Artistic director of Wilson+Wilson creating site-specific art, installation and Theatre. Her other work includes productions with Manchester Royal Exchange, Live Theatre, Bolton Octagon, Gate Theatre, Midsommer Actors and BBC Radio Drama and the Manchester Lines, a site-specific play for the Library Theatre Manchester, written by Jackie Kay.

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

         Gastronauts         Gobbo         Home         Ignition         Insatiable, The, Inflatable Candylion         Mulgrave

Gastronauts

Synopsis:
A theatre adventure with food and music. For the intrepid eater. During the performance a variety of tastings will be served, you can choose what you eat and will be able to make an informed decision.

Notes:
created by April de Angelis, Nessah Muthy and Wils Wilson

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gobbo

Synopsis:
a perfect - and perfectly silly - modern day fairytale about a goblin with a dislike of adventures who gets drawn into a series of life-and-death escapades on the islands of Skye and Rum. Performed like a children's party, it features farting, grape throwing, a raffle and daft songs.
Mark Fisher, Guardian

Notes:
devised And created by David Greig And Wils Wilson. From An original story by David Greig

1st Produced:
N Edinburgh Arts Ctr / Touring    2006

Organisations:
National Theatre of Scotland

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Home

Synopsis:
A sensory delight. Chintsy table settings with home made soup and opaque artwork preceded the journey onto the boat. headsets guided the visitors through the boat to a spectacular ending on the car deck.
John haswell, Herald

Notes:
part of ten new pieces to launch the National theatre of Scotland

1st Produced:
Shetland, Lerwick, Northlink Ferry    2006

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Genre:
Pieces Piece

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ignition

Synopsis:
Over the course of seven months from October 2012, all 23,000 inhabitants of Shetland are invited to explore our bittersweet relationship with the automobile  how it shapes us, defines us, supports us, frees us, challenges our attitudes towards our dwindling resources and, sometimes, kills us. Spurred by the tragic death in November 2007 of Stuart Henderson, a young 18 year old Shetlander, in a car crash, Ignition will explore the global and personal impact that our reliance on the car and its fuel has on our lives. Set in Shetland, a beautiful, remote archipelago of over 100 islands, host to Europes largest oil terminal and a centre for renewable energy research and development, the project promises to excavate personal car stories through a programme of unique, car-related, but unmistakably Shetland-flavoured engagement activities, climaxing in a large scale outdoor performance.

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1st Produced:
Brae, Shetland, Scotland    20 Mar 2013

Organisations:
National Theatre of Scotland

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Insatiable, The, Inflatable Candylion

Synopsis:
An immersive, festive treat from the creative minds behind the genre-bending Praxis Makes Perfect: Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, writer Tim Price and director Wils Wilson team up to create a show like no other - a theatre gig for audiences of all ages, inspired by the seminal album Candylion. Featuring inflatable fat cats, a dalmatian on drums, pink candyfloss, blue audience members, a penniless penguin, and all led by Gruff Rhys himself - this is a festive show you'll be singing about for years to come!

Notes:
Conceived by Gruff Rhys, Wils Wilson and Tim Price from an original idea by Gruff Rhys, Pete Fowler and Mark James. Music & lyrics: Gruff Rhys

1st Produced:
Swalec Stadium, Cardiff    16 Dec 2015

Organisations:
National Theatre Wales

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Mulgrave

Synopsis:
In Mulgrave Woods promenade theatre threads together some of the history of the estate - the 18th century garden designer Humphrey Repton's interventions in the landscape in an attempt to create a 'proper environment for civilised man', and the visit in the 19th century of Maharajah Duleep Singh - with the mythological tale of a wild child, thrown up out of the sea and lost on the land. - Lyn Gardner, Guardian.

Notes:
conceived by Louise Ann Wilson And Wils Wilson, written by Amanda Dalton, music by Hugh Nankivell

1st Produced:
Mulgrave Woods, Nr Whitby    2005

Organisations:
Wilson+Wilson

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Genre:
Site-specific piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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