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Ian Winterton

IAN WINTERTON

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    David Higham Associates Ltd  represented by Georgina Ruffhead

Ian worked as a film journalist, interviewing many big Hollywood names, before starting to write for theatre in 2009. His play, Sherica', was selected for the 2011 24:7 Manchester Theatre Festival where it won both Best Play and the Audience Choice Award. It was also selected for the Library Theatre's Re:Play festival and won a prestigious Manchester Theatre Award. Sherica' also led to Ian being short-listed for the BBC's Alfred Bradley Bursary Award and he is currently a member of BBC Writersroom's Northern Writers Group. His stage adaptation of The Best', an unfilmed Jack Rosenthal screenplay about George Best, won a Manchester Theatre Award in 2013 and he is developing this further in conjunction with Shred Productions and Maureen Lipman. Ian is also writing a new play, Heel', for Conor McKee Productions, supported by Arts Council England and the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. Ian is associate playwright at Shred Productions.

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

         American Werewolf in London         Baby Jesus Freak         Ballad Of Halo Jones, The         Best, The         Blade Runner         Sherica         Single Yellows         South         Still In Love         Tag Team         Wednesday         Withnail and I
American Werewolf in London

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1st Produced:
Manchester: Lass O'Gowrie     13 Jan 2013

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adaptation

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Baby Jesus Freak

Synopsis:
Drunk at his mother's funeral, Born Again Christian Daniel accidentally sleeps with non-believer Lauren. Putting his mistake behind him, he promptly falls in love with Bethany. But, proving that God definitely has a sense of humour, Lauren phones with some news: she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Daniel's alcoholic, atheist brother, Matt, is being visited by Ruth - who claims she's his unborn niece. . .

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1st Produced:
Preston Tringe     01 Aug 2010

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Balloon Head Production

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Genre:
one act

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 07 Page 354

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Ballad Of Halo Jones, The

Synopsis:
Halo Jones returns home from shopping and finds her flat mate murdered. Another friend has joined the "Different Drummers" a youth cult. She leaves Earth on a rocket ship. Halo discovers that her robot dog Toby murdered her flat mate

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Adapted by Ian Winterton and Ross Kelly. Based on the graphic novels "The Ballad Of Halo Jones" by Alan Moore

1st Produced:
Lass O'Gowrie, Manchester     2012

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Adaptation

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Best, The

Synopsis:
the BEST, a long-lost screenplay about George Best by Jack Rosenthal, will have its world premiere on stage at the Lass O Gowrie pub in Manchester on Tuesday 12 March, as part of Manchester Irish Festival. Maureen Lipman welcomed the first ever performance of her late husband's screenplay the Best, after watching rehearsals at the Lass O'Gowrie. I had never even read until two weeks ago, now to watch it being performed by a group of truly gifted actors. It was very moving for me but also very funny and enlightening about the nature of hubris. It's really good. I didn't expect to go to a reading of Jack's play in a pub in Manchester and it turn my heart over. But it did." Producer and landlord of the Lass O'Gowrie Gareth Kavanagh said: "A lost Jack Rosenthal script about George Best? That's just Manchester royalty squared for us and we're thrilled to be bringing this amazing script back to life in time for the Manchester Irish Festival!" - http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/jack-rosenthal-play-in-manchester-pub.php

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Adapted from an unfilmed movie script "The Best" by Jack Rosenthal

1st Produced:
Lass O Gowrie Pub In Manchester     12 Mar 2013

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Manchester Irish Festival.

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Genre:
biographical play

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Blade Runner

Synopsis:
Probably one of the most influential pieces of 80's cinema, Blade Runner is the futuristic tale of a Policeman assigned to track down and terminate four rogue androids who have returned to earth seeking their maker. This stripped back fringe adaptation, a Lass Premiere, considers profound questions of what it actually means to be alive and, who defines what constitutes life.

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adapted by Ian Winterton and Brian Gorman

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Sherica

Synopsis:
Stop. . .! This isn't me. I don't visit prostitutes. For God's sake - I read the Guardian!' Teacher Michael's infatuation with a sex worker opens him up to blackmail. A compelling and moving thriller

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Manchester 24:7 theatre Festival

1st Produced:
Sachas Hotel, Manchester     22 Jul 2011

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Balloon Head Production

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Genre:
short play 60 min

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Single Yellows

Synopsis:
Two enforcers for a landlord arrive at a rundown tenement building under orders to smash every toilet in the block. But, only one of them has remembered to bring his sledgehammer.

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part of "contact compacts"

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short play

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South

Synopsis:
Antarctica, 1962, when going south' meant 12 months cut off from the outside world. Discovering upon arrival that his fiancee back home is pregnant, biologist Daniel puts ambition above his religious beliefs and stays. Seeking solace in his work, he uncovers disturbing evidence of the environmental disaster mankind may yet bring about. Teetering on the edge of depression, Daniel's life is forever changed by his friendship with young dog-sledger, Jim. And then news reaches them of the Cuban Missile Crisis. . .

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Shred Productions

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Still In Love

Synopsis:
A woman is found in a canal in Manchester. She has no idea who she is. She is put in a psychiatric hospital. A man turns up and claims she is his wife

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1st Produced:
Drayton Arms Theatre, London     02 Oct 2012

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Drama

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Tag Team

Synopsis:
April in which two men-one confident and one insecure-arrange to meet two women on a dating web site but only one turns up
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Balloon Head Productions

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Wednesday

Synopsis:
Nearly time for Corrie. Got to make time for Corrie, haven't you? You get yourse'n some sleep, Rose. While you've got the chance, like.' Dark, harrowing but bleakly funny. Rose and Daniel come round in a dank cellar to find themselves tied to metal bed frames. their abductor, Curtis, soon makes himself known and outlines the horrific fate he has in store for them. .
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Withnail and I

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from the classic 1987 black comedy

1st Produced:
Manchester: Lass O'Gowrie     21/2013

Organisations:
Shred and Lass O'Gowrie Productions

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Genre:
adaptation

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