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Steve Burbridge

STEVE BURBRIDGE

  (1973 - )
Nationality:    British
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    Richard Cain

Steve graduated from the University of Sunderland with a first-class honours degree in Media, Culture and Communication and a nomination for Best Theoretical Dissertation. As a freelance journalist, specialising in showbiz and entertainment, he regularly contributed to The Chronicle, The Journal, Sunday Sun, The Northern echo, The Shields Gazette, the Sunderland Echo and Metro in his native North east England, as well as being published in local newspapers throughout the UK, including The York Press, The Grimsby Telegraph, The Basingstoke Observer, The Basingstoke Gazette, The South Wales evening Post and The Greenwich News Shopper. He has also written features for local and national magazines including SciFi Now, Accent, Etc, and Out! He has also been a popular regular guest broadcaster for BBC Radio Newcastle and Radio Teesdale, over the past few years, to preview and review theatre productions in his home region. Througout 2009, he wrote a weekly book review for the Sunderland Echo, and during 2012 had his own weekly column in the Sunday Sun, entitled 'Heaven & Hell', in which celebrities discussed their best and worst holiday experiences with him. He was also a regular contributor of TV nostalgia features for The Chronicle's 'Remember When' strand. Once a budding thespian, Steve trained at the Newcastle College Performance academy. His credits while in training include 'Brent Boyd' in The Lounge, 'Nick Bottom' in a Mid-Summer Night's Dream, 'David' in The Rivals, 'Dottore' in Commedia dell'arte and 'Paul' in The Break of Day. Other theatre credits include the RSC's production of Richard III (Theatre Royal, Newcastle), 'Herbert Quale' in South Pacific (Whitley Bay Playhouse), 'John, Duke of Bedford' in Henry V (The People's Theatre, Newcastle), 'Mac' in Annie Get Your Gun (The Jubilee Theatre, Gosforth), 'Harold Crompton' in Spring and Port Wine, 'Fred Dyson' in When We are Married, 'The Waiter' in Strangers on a Train and 'Ed Cleckner' in The Golden Girls: T'was The Nightmare Before Christmas (all for Tynemouth Priory Theatre). As a successful press and media relations consultant, Steve has handled publicity for a range of theatre productions such as Over The Rainbow: The Eva Cassidy Story by Brian Langtry (2011 &2012 UK Tours) for Theatremaster Ltd, Guilty Pleasures by Ron Aldridge (Theatre 1st Ltd), Cirque du Ciel: Shanghi (Cirque du Theatre Ltd), Dirty Dating.Com by Pauline Fleming (PFP), and Peter Pan and Dick Whittington (Blue Genie Entertainments). He was delighted when, in summer 2014, he was asked to take responsibility for the tenth anniversary UK tour of Over The Rainbow: The Eva Cassidy Story by Brian Langtry (World on Stage Ltd). Steve began 2015 by continuing his association with World on Stage, promoting the spring tour of Magical Mozart by Candlelight.

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

         Gee, But It's Good To Be Here! An Audience With Ethel Merman         Role To Die For, A         Testing Times

Gee, But It's Good To Be Here! An Audience With Ethel Merman

Synopsis:
From her sensational debut in 1930's Girl Crazy to her final bow as the seventh Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! in 1970, Ethel Merman powerhoused her way to the undisputed title of First Lady of Broadway. As leading lady in a whopping thirteen original musicals, she dumped the notion that musical-comedy heroines had to be all sweetness and light. Instead, she introduced theatre-goers to a string of gutsy dames and brassy broads - each with a heart of pure gold. Among the roles she created were Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, Sally Adams in Call Me Madam, and 'Mama' Rose Hovick in Gypsy. So often satirised, sent up and imitated, we all know the legend that was Ethel Merman - but what was she really like? This brand new production, billed as the greatest 'Audience With' that never was, lifts the lid on the career of the larger-than-life Broadway star: the triumphs and tragedies; the feuds and the friendships, and everything in between!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Trent House, Newcastle Upon Tyne     07 Oct 2013

Organisations:
Steve Burbridge

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Biopic

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Role To Die For, A

Synopsis:
The perfectly manicured claws are sharpened when five fading celebrities accept a mysterious invitation to attend an audition at the remote country mansion of a renowned but reclusive movie producer. The promise of a role that will catapult one lucky actress back to super-stardom only intensifies the rivalry between them but, with the movie mogul nowhere to be found, a dark figure glimpsed roaming the grounds and the mansion inhabited by only an ageing butler and a religiously devout housekeeper, the weekend quickly takes a more sinister turn. Soon, two in the house will be dead and those remaining will have to sweep aside their suspicions of one another and overcome paranoia in a bid to survive their terrifying ordeal and discover who has brought them together and the reason why. A Role To Die For is a taut thriller exploring the cult of celebrity, the fickleness of fame and the temptations of notoriety in today's media driven world. These attention-starved stars may be desperate to revive even the most flagging of careers. . .but what price are they prepared to pay for it?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
To Be Confirmed     Spring 2016

Organisations:
talking Scarlet

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Psychological Thriller

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Testing Times

Synopsis:
Based on interviews conducted with HIV+ young men from around the region, this new play explores the life-changing impact of being diagnosed HIV+ from the perspective of a young gay man, his partner and his mother. Frank and funny, poignant and provocative, Testing Times chronicles the journey from anger, fear and despair to acceptance, strength and hope.

Notes:
A second production was staged at The People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne (17-20 November 2014)

1st Produced:
The Trent House, Newcastle Upon Tyne     22 Apr 2013

Organisations:
Steve Burbridge

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
AIDS, full length play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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