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Jesse Briton

JESSE BRITON

  
Nationality:    English
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Jesse Briton grew up in Somerset and trained on east 15 acting School's Contemporary Theatre course under Uri Roodner. His work as an actor has included performances at Bristol Old Vic, Finborough Theatre and the ICA. as founder and artistic director of Bear Trap Theatre Company, he has written and directed two original works for the company, Bound and enduring Song, and directed a third, Hiraeth. Commissioned work includes Movere for Curious Directive. Bound is his first play, and in 2011 he was nominated for the evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright award. alongside his performance work he regularly teaches in Somerset and London, and is a visiting director at east 15 acting School.

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

         Bound         Enduring Song         Hiraeth         Movere         Muddy Choir, The

Bound

Bound
a tragedy of maritime decline, Bound follows the fortunes of six trawlermen from Devon as they embark on one final voyage. Compelled by the threat of bankruptcy, the ageing fishing trawler the Violet is forced out into treacherous weather. Risking storms, friendships and relationships ashore, will the crew lose more than a way of life?

Notes:
first performed as a student production as part of East 15 Acting School's Debut festival on 06 May 2010

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Bear Trap Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
physical theatre, storytelling

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Enduring Song

Enduring Song
France. 1096. Matthew, a young French Knight, sets out on the First Crusade. Behind him he leaves a broken family, crumbling ancestral farm and teenage sister who must save it all from ruin. From the fields of France to the churches of Antioch and the siege of Jerusalem, Enduring Song is an historical epic about love, hope and family.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Bear Trap

1st Published:
Faber & Faber, London   978-0571321179

Music:
-

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Genre:
historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Hiraeth

Synopsis:
In the summer of 1989, a farmer's wife gives birth to a baby girl named Buddug James Jones. In this moment she became heir to the familys three hundred year old farming dynasty. Desperate to leave, Bud wrestles with the knowledge that her departure sounds the death knell for the family farm. Leaving five generations of tradition behind her as she sets out alone into the big smoke. . . With live music and Welsh cakes, Hiraeth explores the decline of Welsh tradition and identity through one woman's struggle to escape and let go. Winner - IdeasTap Underbelly Award.

Notes:
written by Jesse Briton, Buddug James Jones and Max Mackintosh

1st Produced:
Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh Fringe Festival    31 Jul 2014

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Devised, Comedy, 1 hour

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Movere

Synopsis:
the commons bar. Adrift in the ministers, members and marginals, Tom has one night to get it right,. enter Beth.

Notes:
written by Jesse Briton devised by the company

1st Produced:
-    16 May 2011

Organisations:
curious directive / Watford Palace Theatre / escalator east to edinburgh

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
devised, multimedia

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Muddy Choir, The

Muddy Choir, The
It's November 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres is lurching towards its bloody conclusion. Young soldiers Will, Robbie and Jumbo are thrust into a landscape starkly different to the playing fields and estates of their Sunderland home. When the trios singing causes a disturbance up the line they face unwelcome attention from their commanding officers. Is music their ticket away from the front, as Robbie dreams, or will the passion it brings about prove more dangerous than bullets and gas? The Muddy Choir is a story about boys growing up and the humanising power of music. Commissioned and produced by Theatre Centre, the play has been written by Jesse Briton to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The play, which includes period songs, tells the story of three young boys serving with the Durham Light Infantry in 1917.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Centre

1st Published:
Faber and Faber 2014   978-0571322886

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA 60 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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