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Hugh Allison

HUGH ALLISON  (1982 - )

 Nationality:    British
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Hugh is based in London, where he is currently writing "The Happiest Place in Europe?" for Bonaventure Press. He also acts and directs. See www.hughallison.com

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

 Alice's Adventures In Bishopsgate         Appropriate Attire         Call On Me         Crib Of Destiny, The         Discovery, The         Forest Trails And Urban Tales         Gag Tractor         Get A Haircut         Hitchhiking         Hooks On Every Limb         It Falls Foul Of The Law         Lansley's Bill         Little Billy Shakespeare         Nonsense Tour Of York, The         Pass The Parcel         Pink         Powerplay         Shared Accomodation         Source Of All The Evil, The         Staying In         TaJ         Waiting For German         Worship         Your Mother's Teapot

Alice's Adventures In Bishopsgate

Synopsis:
Alice Liddell has followed Richard Burton into Bishopsgate, taken a mushroom to shrink to avoid a confrontation with a pox ridden poet with a pistol and has been picked up by a passing stray kitten. But will she find an unanswerable riddle in order to give her life meaning again?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The White Hart    29 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Crow Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Fantasy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Appropriate Attire

Synopsis:
Two colleagues debate the pro's and con's of dressing sexily for work.

Notes:
Based on Memorandum by Thomas Roche, writing As N T Morley.

1st Produced:
Theatre In The Pound    2006

Organisations:
TYPE

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Satire. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Call On Me

Synopsis:
Charity begins in a hotel room. . .

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Genre:
Satire

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Crib Of Destiny, The

Synopsis:
John Dickens (father of Charles) wants to play you at cribbage. But there is more than money at stake. . .

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Ten Bells    07 Jul 2012

Organisations:
Crow Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Faustian

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Discovery, The

Synopsis:
A comment on super-injunctions, set at the first public reading of a recently discovered Shakespearean sonnet

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Organisations:
TYPE

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Satire

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  "female" role can and has been played by a male

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Forest Trails And Urban Tales

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Witch scene co-written by Hugh Allison And Eva Maler.

1st Produced:
King Henry's Garden    2010

Organisations:
Greenstages

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Promenade Performances

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gag Tractor

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
York Maze    2010

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comic monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 speaking, 3 non-speaking (a driver and two monkeys). Can be played by either gender.

Further Reference:
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Get A Haircut

Synopsis:
A young man interrupts a polite conversation with his friend to tell a stranger to "Get a haircut". But why?

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  Genders can easily be changed.

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Hitchhiking

Synopsis:
A lonely man picks up a hitchhiking teenage girl, both initially unaware that the other is a murderer.

Notes:
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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Hooks On Every Limb

Synopsis:
Two students are ardently discussing a nature documentary watched the previous night, whilst a teacher is trying to cut in.

Notes:
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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  Genders can easily be changed.

Further Reference:
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It Falls Foul Of The Law

Synopsis:
The introduction of women into theatre under Charles II.

Notes:
Based on "Let Each Take His Part" by Bernice Wolfenden.

1st Produced:
-    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Lansley's Bill

Synopsis:
In response to the passing of the Health Reforms Bill, a group of actors are performing the history of the NHS. But is that Nye Bevin in the audience with more effective ideas for how the play should be performed?

Notes:
Script And songs by Mike Hart. Additional Material by Hugh Allison.

1st Produced:
Outside the Department of Health Building in Whitehall.    2012

Organisations:
act! (ion) for the NHS

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
agit Prop

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Little Billy Shakespeare

Synopsis:
An introduction to Shakespeare, focusing on Hamlet, a Midsummer Night's Dream and Richard III.

Notes:
The characters Are All Aged thirteen, so ideally the Actors would be Around that Age group.

1st Produced:
-    2009

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  18            Other:  -

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Nonsense Tour Of York, The

Synopsis:
A satire on the multiple tours one encounters upon entering any city.

Notes:
Promenade performance, lasting 45 minutes without An interval; writer can be commissioned to write An equivalent for other cities.

1st Produced:
-    2009

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pass The Parcel

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music & Lyrics by Chris Guy. Additional Material by Hugh Allison.

1st Produced:
Lost Theatre    2010

Organisations:
Voodoo Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Opera

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pink

Synopsis:
An exploration of the differences between the genders, and the media's influences on this.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
NEast West Players, Laort    2001

Organisations:
NFGS

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Satire. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Powerplay

Synopsis:
The staging of a two-hand version of Richard III becomes a power struggle of it's own right. But, surely, no-one would stoop to murder?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Satire

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Shared Accomodation

Synopsis:
A mite wants to leave his mattress for the first time.

Notes:
written by Eva Maler And Hugh Allison.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Room 110

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  3 voice overs

Further Reference:
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Source Of All The Evil, The

Synopsis:
The true story of a 17 year-old son of Seventies Suburbia, homeless and alone in Hollywood, who allows himself to be seduced into the sex business.

Notes:
Based on "Chicken: Self-Portrait of A Young Man for Rent" by David Henry Sterry". Please note, Hugh has Also written A version of this piece that can be performed As A one-hander.

1st Produced:
Theatre In The Pound    2006

Organisations:
TYPE

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Biographical. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Staying In

Synopsis:
A dark comedy about prison life.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Hideaway Bar    2008

Organisations:
TYPE

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
dark comedy Comedy. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  may also be performed as 2m 1f and 1m 2f

Further Reference:
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TaJ

Synopsis:
A class of drama students, each afflicted by one of the seven deadly sins, rebel against each other; none more hypocritical than their lecherous tutor.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
TYPE

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
autobiographical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Waiting For German

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London's South Bank - guerrilla performance    2008

Organisations:
Comotose Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Worship

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Based on Antonin Artaud's "Jet de Sang".

1st Produced:

Organisations:
TYPE; part of "Gospel" season

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
5 min play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Your Mother's Teapot

Synopsis:
An un-enamoured couple, on their way to a theme park, have to deal with squabbling children, high prices and drunken revelations.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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