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Tom Basden

TOM BASDEN

  (1980 - )
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd  

Theatre credits include, as writer and performer: Party (Edinburgh Festival/ Sydney International Festival/Arts Theatre); Tom Basden Won't Say anything (Edinburgh Festival/Melbourne International Comedy Festival); Now That's What I Call Music Based Comedy (Edinburgh Festival/Soho Theatre); Cowards (Edinburgh Festival). Film credits include: the One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, the amazing Hedge Puzzle, Piano for Beginners. Television credits include: Cowards (BBC4); Star Stories (CH4); armstrong and Miller (BBC1); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2). Radio includes: Party, Cowards, 4 Stands Up, Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (Radio 4). awards: Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer award (2007); BAFTA Best Short Film (2008, nomination); Fringe First award (2009); Writer's Guild award Best Radio entertainment Programme (2010, nomination).

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

         Assembly         Crocodile         Holes         Joseph K         Party         There Is A War

Assembly

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1st Produced:
New Cut Arts, Halesworth, Suffolk (Reading)     2007

Organisations:
HighTide Theatre Festival

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Genre:
half hour play One act

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Crocodile

Crocodile
Having failed to achieve the recognition that he craves and, in his opinion, deserves, self-important actor Ivan discovers that his stock is about to rise dramatically when an afternoon at the zoo with his friend Zack ends with Ivan being swallowed whole by a Crocodile. A ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical new play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within (a Crocodile).

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Based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky

1st Produced:
Pavilion Theatre, Festival Square, Manchester     13 Jul 2015

Organisations:
The Invisible Dot and Manchester International Festival

1st Published:
Nick Hern Books 2015   9781848425040

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Genre:
comedic drama 90 min one act

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Holes

Holes
Three conference organisers and a teenage girl are the sole survivors of a fatal plane crash on a remote tropical island. With Daniel Rigby, Katy Wix, Mathew Baynton, and Bebe Cave. A world premiere from the Fringe First winning team behind 2009 smash, Party. Written by Tom Basden and directed by Phillip Breen. Secret location. Transport provided. NB: Show running time will vary between 2 hrs 55 mins and 3 hrs 45 mins. - See more at: http://www.assemblyfestival.com/event.php?id=670#sthash.zHjspIz4.dpuf

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1st Produced:
Meeting Point - Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     04 Aug 2013

Organisations:
Invisible Dot Ltd.

1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London   9781838424388

Music:
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site specific

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Joseph K

Joseph K
On the morning of his 30th birthday, Joseph K wakes to find he's been arrested. He has no idea what he's done wrong, but he's determined to clear his name. as he tries to make sense of his situation, and to out manoeuvre the authorities who threaten his freedom, Joseph K is brought face to face with the dark heart of the terror state.

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based on Franz Kafka's the Trial

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  doubling, large cast possible

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Party

Party
a new comic play about wanting to change the world but having no idea how and little idea why.

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1st Produced:
Assembly @ George Street (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)     06 Aug 2009

Organisations:
the Invisible Dot

1st Published:
Samuel French, London >>>   978-0573122026

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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There Is A War

There Is A War
In another country, in another time, civil war rages. the Blues and the Greys have been fighting each other for as long as they can remember. Soldiers, priests and scavengers roam a landscape scorched by years of battle and decay. anne, a young medical officer, finds herself abandoned and useless, unable to locate the hospital or even the war she was promised. a journey into the dark heart of a strange and surreal conflict, Tom Basden's miniature epic explores the mad savagery of war with biting black comedy.

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Genre:
one act black comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  5            Other:  doubling

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