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Rick Allden

RICK ALLDEN

  
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Born and raised in Coventry, Rick Allden now resides in the valleys of South Wales. In 2006, he graduated from Swansea University with a MA in creative and media writing. Since then he has had several short stories and poems published, and plays produced in Cardiff, London, New York and South AfricA.

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

         Cask of Amontillado, The         Death And the Monster         Devil's Jig, The         Poe: Macabre Resurrections         Ribbons         Shudders 2012         Thoroughly Nice Way To Bury the Consequences, A
Cask of Amontillado, The

Synopsis:
the Cask of Amontillado - as reimagined by Rick Allden and given to expressionist physical performance. the skeletal "Catacomb" performers provide a shifting setting of sinew and stone, lantern lit and dripping with atmosphere. When the pompous wine connoisseur Fortunato adds insult to injury, the hardened Montresor exacts hideous revenge.

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1st Produced:
Blackwood Miners' Institute, Wales     31 Oct 2012

Organisations:
Inky Quills

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Genre:
short horror play

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Death And the Monster

Synopsis:
Tobias Flavian has grown weary of his life as the most eminent surgeon in Victorian London. Weary, that is, until Fate grabs his sporran with a tartan glove. Nessie has been found, and she needs a good going over. Battling his way through rain, love and batter, Tobias stumbles across a plot far deeper than the dark, forbidding Loch itself. . .

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Genre:
Comedy

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Devil's Jig, The

Synopsis:
the Devil's Jig is purely and simply a comedy.

Notes:
part of ScriptSlam - January

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Genre:
Ten Min

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Poe: Macabre Resurrections

Synopsis:
Under the overall artistic direction of andy McQuade, he and five other directors present specially commissioned treatments of five Poe's stories rethought for today, plus his best known poem the Raven incorporated in the framing device of a preacher who introduces the evening and guides the audience through the promenade performance. they have not simply transposed the stories to a modern setting, these are not literal transpositions but rethinking in the spirit of what is behind Poe's plots.
- Howard Loxton, British theatre Guide

Notes:
written by Rob Johnston, Richard Allden, Mike Carter, Jacob Hodgkinson And Nadine Hearity

1st Produced:
St Mary's Old Church, Stoke Newington, London     16 Nov 2011

Organisations:
Second Skin Theatre

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Genre:
piece

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Ribbons

Synopsis:
As a child Caroline was forced to stand still in her room, for hours at a time, as punishment when she misbehaved. Now an adult, and covered in blood, she returns to her spot. Dorothy, a friend from childhood arrives to help, but as Caroline's actions are revealed Dorothy finds herself in danger. Caroline has had a lot of time to think on that spot over the years, and she harbors a grudge,

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1st Produced:
Arthur Seelan Theatre, New York     08 Feb 2013

Organisations:
Snorks & Pins

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Genre:
Horror

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Shudders 2012

Synopsis:
A werewolf's fiancee, a spade-wielding murderess, human catacombs, a psychotic butcher and despondent vampirism!

Notes:
4 new short horror/drama plays for Halloween night, by South Wales playwrights Rick Allden, Neil Bebber and Jonathan Holcroft

1st Produced:
Blackwood Miners Institute, High Street, Blackwood, Gwent     31 Oct 2012

Organisations:
Inky Quill Productions

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Genre:
short play

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Thoroughly Nice Way To Bury the Consequences, A

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1st Produced:
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea    

Organisations:
Shoreline Theatre

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Genre:
Tragi-Comedy

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