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Rachel Barnett

RACHEL BARNETT

  
Nationality:    British
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Rachel Barnett's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Boiling Point         Bug And the Butterfly, The         Draw Me A Bird         Dry Lightning         Finding Geocache         For A Button         Gorilla         I Was An Usherette         Last 13 Minutes Of Your Life, The         Law Of Inertia, The         Little Bird Who Stayed for Winter, The         Lol: Laugh Out Loud, Crying Inside         Noah         Perfect Sandcastle, A         Simple Act Of Breathing         Sketches By Boz         This Is A That         To Stand On One Leg         Turnham Bloody Green         Wanted         War Cry         Whistling         World At One

Boiling Point

Synopsis:
a whimsical view of 35 years of married life as seen through the rise and fall of four kettles!

Notes:
part of 4 Words: Love, Life, Longing And Laughter. 4 short new plays by Northern writers.

1st Produced:
Alnwick Playhouse, Alnwick     01 Mar 2012

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Genre:
short play

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Bug And the Butterfly, The

Synopsis:
In a world where a dewdrop is the size of a swimming pool and a flower is as tall as a skyscraper, a bug falls in love with a beautiful butterfly. This heart-warming tale told through a mixture of play, story and music teaches us about love, friendship, reaching for the moon and dancing leaf-to-leaf.

Notes:
Inspired by the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. Verse writer Rachel Barnett, designer Jenny Hayton, director Daphna Attias, composer Yaniv Fridel And lighting designer Mark Jones

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Organisations:
Peut-etre Theatre

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Piece

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Draw Me A Bird

Synopsis:
a dance-music theatre piece for children under 7 and their grown-ups about a little bird in a big city. a little bird loves the songs of a Parisian street musician so much that when all the other birds fly away for the winter she stays behind. Draw Me a Bird is the uplifting story about making music, finding a friend, and learning how to fly. Join us as we soar from the pavement to the skies.

Notes:
Inspired by the poems of Jacques Prevert

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Organisations:
Peut-etre Theatre

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Dry Lightning

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Part of Miniaturists 15 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Finding Geocache

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Part of Short And Sweet

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Genre:
short comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 06 Page 293

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For A Button

For A Button
comic two hander about two friends and the lengths one will go to, to remain best' friends.

Notes:
Part of Miniaturists 12 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Gorilla

Synopsis:
Hannah loves gorillas, but she's never seen a real one. It's the night before her birthday and something amazing is about to happen... When Hannah's toy gorilla comes to life, dressed in her father's coat and hat, they embark on a thrilling, moonlit adventure.

Notes:
the classic award-winning picture book by former Children's Laureate Anthony Browne - brought to life with puppetry, music and a giant sprinkling of Polka magic

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Genre:
TYA

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I Was An Usherette

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1st Produced:
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff     2003

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Genre:
Short play

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Last 13 Minutes Of Your Life, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Britbits 5 , An evening of new one-act plays for or About the British

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Organisations:
Mind the Gap Theatre

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Genre:
One act

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Law Of Inertia, The

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1st Produced:
Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford     25 Aug 2010

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Genre:
Drama

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Little Bird Who Stayed for Winter, The

Synopsis:
This exuberant piece of physical theatre for the over-threes is a newly fledged development of Peut-etre Theatres original 2012 production inspired by Jacques Preverts How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird. Graceful, quirky, exuding joie de vivre, the shows lovely interweaving of music, dance and circus skills has it soaring over the Parisian rooftops. The premise is enthralling: the quartet of performers are street artists. They draw birds, and if their creations sing, their art lives on. Moving among the audience as they sketch, the artists work their way to Amy Jacksons atmospheric set, with its smoking chimney pots and lit attic windows, where three of them flutter into life as elegantly choreographed birds. - The Stage

Notes:
adapted by Rachel Barnett

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Organisations:
Peut-Etre Theatre

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Genre:
TYA 60 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Lol: Laugh Out Loud, Crying Inside

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Genre:
Youth play

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Noah

Synopsis:
a colossal storm is brewing and the great flood is coming. Yet only one man and his family are doing anything to get ready. Noah has built an ark, bigger than he ever thought he could, and now all the creatures on earth are coming to save themselves, two by two into the ark. Can it be that Noah, his wife, his sons and his soon to be daughters-in-law will be the only ones to survive? the rain starts to fall, the ark's doors must close and an extraordinary journey must begin. In this fresh, colourful adaptation, full of original music, movement, masks and puppetry, Chichester Festival Youth theatre tells the epic, miraculous and occasionally funny story of Noah's journey through the storm.

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Chichester Festival Youth Theatre

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TYA

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Perfect Sandcastle, A

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Simple Act Of Breathing

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1st Produced:
Madame Jojo's, London     2005

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Sketches By Boz

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book by Charles Dickins

1st Produced:
Chichester Festival Theatre     2006

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This Is A That

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Genre:
Childrens play

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To Stand On One Leg

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Turnham Bloody Green

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Wanted

Synopsis:
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War Cry

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff     2003

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Whistling

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff     2003

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Genre:
Short play

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World At One

Synopsis:
Messed up seasons, melting ice-caps and species hurtling towards extinction. Three short, new plays on GLOBaL WaRMING'. Jackie Kane's play is set down a mine-shaft, Heather Taylor's in a flooded London and Rachel Barnett invents BaNTS' a hybrid bee/ant colony set to inherit the earth.

Notes:
More than A reading but less than full production,this regular series Aims to entertain And engage while challenging modern times

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Organisations:
a.D Zeitgeist Theatre Company

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Genre:
short play

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