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Colin Bell

COLIN BELL

  
Nationality:    Irish
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Colin Bell is an Edinburgh-based playwright originally from Bangor, Co. Down. His first full-length play was produced by Tinderbox Theatre Company (Belfast) as part of their True North Season. The production received The Audience Award for Best Play of the Belfast Festival 2010. Since completing the MA in Writing for Performance at Goldsmiths (UCL) his work has been given rehearsed readings at Soho Theatre, Citizens Theatre, Siamsa Tire, Theatre 503 and The Traverse. He was professionally mentored by the mighty Douglas Maxwell through Playwrights' Studio, Scotland. His play All That Promise, written during the mentorship, was performed as a rehearsed reading as part of Glasgay! 2012. During 2012-2013 Colin was on attachment as a Breakthrough Writer with National Theatre of Scotland and was also a Traverse 50 Writer. In December 2013 he was selected for the BBC Playwrights' Residential and his first short film script Out of Order was short-listed for further development with N.I. Screen. Colin is a founding member/writer of Village Pub Theatre, Edinburgh.

Research:    http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/playwrights/colin-bell.aspx

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

         All That Promise         God's Country         Lana's Nana         Leithtivity         Lesson Before The Break, The         Limited Mobility         News Just In         Pigeons         Process, The         Samson         Terry         Thicker Than Blood

All That Promise

Synopsis:
All That Promise tells the story of Belfast boy band 4-front. Twenty years after their acrimonious split, the four are brought back together for another chance at success.

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1st Produced:
(rehearsed reading) the MAC, Belfast    14 Jun 2013

Organisations:
TheatreofplucK

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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God's Country

Synopsis:
MLa Patricia Williamson is preparing to speak at a charity ball. It's her first public appearance since the stroke which ended the career of her MP husband James. Stepping out from his giant shadow, it's Patricia's chance to establish herself as a political force to be reckoned with. Her advisors know that the speech will come under intense scrutiny as she addresses the murder of a young gay man by Lithuanian workers in her constituency. they know it's a time for condolence, a time for sensitivity, and an opportunity to show that the party has learned something from Iris. What they don't know is that Patricia's son is about to arrive home from exile in London with his partner Jonathan, and some ideas for a speech of his own.

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part of True North

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Lana's Nana

Synopsis:
People attending a day centre

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1st Produced:
Brunton Youth Theatre, Musselburgh    2012

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Leithtivity

Synopsis:
Heavily pregnant Mary and the ineffectual Joseph cannot get a room at the Leith Holy Day Inn because superstar Clifton John is switching on the Christmas lights and has taken them all for himself and entourage. Donkey - a talking donkey offers to take them to the Village Pub. When they get there they find that a group therapy session for talking animals is taking place

Notes:
Written by Colin Bell; Sophie Good; Catherine Grosvenor; Louise Knowles; James Ley; Morna Pearson

1st Produced:
The Village Pub, Leith    16 Dec 2013

Organisations:
Village Pub Theatre

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Lesson Before The Break, The

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Theatre 503, London    2010

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Limited Mobility

Synopsis:
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One city, 50 writers, 50 plays, 25,000 words. In celebration of our 50th anniversary, we invited fifty emergent playwrights to work with us over the course of our birthday year. the worldwide search for the Traverse Fifty started last September with a challenge to write a 500-word Play for Edinburgh. Of the 630 applications, we selected the most urgent voices to form our Traverse Fifty. In January, these 50 plays were premiered all together, in one epic performance. This August, in the midst of our Festival Fever, we are re-staging these extraordinary plays, over two thrilling nights. This is your chance to see the future.

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Genre:
5 min play

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News Just In

Synopsis:
A nightly roundup of all things Commonwealth Games, with a brand new story every night. Featuring a cast of six of Scotland's top comedy actors with a dynamic team of fantastic writers, anything can (and probably will) happen! Follow the TV-tastic, tantalizing soap opera whilst hearing all the up to date Games news and gossip from Tom Daley to Tom Foolery with views from Tom, Dick and Harry. A fast paced, raucous romp of a theatre show!

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part of Culture 2014 at the Arches. Written by Colin Bell, Danny Brown, Julie Brown, Mary Gapinski, Lesley Hart, Lewis Hetherington, Lisa Keddie, Martin McCormick, Johnny McKnight, Douglas Maxwell, Morna Pearson, Lynda Radley, Stef Smith and Anita Vettesse.

1st Produced:
Arches, Glasgow, UK >>>    22 Jul 2014

Organisations:
Random Accomplice

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Genre:
piece

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Pigeons

Synopsis:
a Wee Dose: readings and barebones productions of new work by Northern Irish writers. . . Will, lives in London and has written a book: an expose of his life as a gay teenager in Northern Ireland. No one cares. Tommy stayed in Bangor and got married. He is the only person to show up to Will's homecoming and book signing. . . and he turns up with a gun.

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Play/Drama

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Process, The

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1st Produced:
Churchill Theatre, Bromley    2007

Organisations:
Write Right Now

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Samson

Synopsis:
Samson inherits the family butcher shop. He converts it into a display place for phalluses. He needs just one more specimen to make the collection complete

Notes:
Part of Glasgay 2014

1st Produced:
Rose and Grant's, Glasgow    07 Nov 2014

Organisations:
Village Pub Theatre

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Genre:
Gay one act

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Terry

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1st Produced:
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow    2010

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Thicker Than Blood

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre, London    2010

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