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Steven Canny

STEVEN CANNY  

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Steven Canny is a two-time Sony Gold-winning executive producer, writer and director. As writer and adapter, his work includes No Wise Men (Liverpool Playhouse); Origins (Pleasance and Theatre Severn); Foor/Mourh (Soho Theatre); Spyski (Lyric Hammersmith and national tour); The Hound of the Baskervilles (West Yorkshire Playhouse, national tour and West End): A Dulditch Angel (national tour); A Shropshire Lad (National Theatre, London, and Radio 4): Humble Boy (Radio 4); Mnemonic (Radio 3): The Virtuous Burglar by Dario Fo (World Service). Directing includes Brian Gulliver's Travels by Bill Dare; Beataifid Dreamers by James Lever and Nat Segnit; Rik Mayan's Bedside Tales; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (with Simon Russell Beale); Hum by Laura Wade; People Snagging in Public Places by Jack Thorne; Donation by Sean Buckley; Burglar Beware by Matthew Broughton (Union Chapel); Eleven Lessons for the Paranoid. The Observed (BAC). As executive producer he has worked on Just a Minute. The Now Show, The News Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Work as an Associate Director and Dramaturg with Complicite includes Measure for Measure, The Elephant Vanishes, Mnemonic. The Noise of lime. Light, Genoa 01. He was also Associate Director of Al Pacino's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.

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 Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society, The         Dulditch Angel, A         Foot/Mouth         Hound Of The Baskervilles, The         No Wise Men         Origins         Shropshire Lad, A         Spyski!

Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society, The

Synopsis:
Just because you don't believe in ghosts, Holmes, doesn't mean they don't exist. Who, really, was the man behind Sherlock Holmes? This December, we are gathering for a very special presentation about Arthur Conan Doyle - one of Edinburgh's most famous authors, from the experts. Well they are meant to be experts, but the highland tour has been a disaster and now strange things are happening at the Traverse. The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society is a riotous comedy that hurtles from particle physics to fairies and the supernatural. Expect something truly different at the Traverse this Christmas.

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Peepolykus: Steven Canny and John Nicholson

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Traverse Theatre Company and Peepolykus

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Dulditch Angel, A

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National tour    -

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Foot/Mouth

Synopsis:
black comedy from dismembered washed up feet to a world where language is censored. If you have ever royally put your foot in it in this increasingly puritan age, then this is the show for you!

Notes:
written John Nicholson And Steven Canny

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Organisations:
National Youth Theatre

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double bill

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Hound Of The Baskervilles, The

Steven Canny
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles...Packed full of the verbal and visual ingenuity that hit comedy team Peepolykus is known for, and offering abundant opportunities for silly comedy and slapstick, this version will suit any theatre company or drama group looking for a sublimely funny adaptation of a classic tale.

Notes:
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by Steven Canny And John Nicholson - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover.

1st Produced:
Leeds, WYP Courtyard    19 Jan 2007

Organisations:
Peepolykus

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Genre:
adaptation

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No Wise Men

Synopsis:
Featuring a giant toothy reindeer, a distracted fairy godmother, a warehouse full of pants, a mischievous Elf with a strange Spanish accent and a seasonal nod to some of our best-loved Christmas stories from It's a Wonderful Life to a Christmas Carol, No Wise Men is an hilarious, magical and absurd Christmas cracker of a show that follows in the best traditions of the Playhouse during the festive period

Notes:
written by Steven Canny And John Nicholson

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Organisations:
Peepolykus

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Origins

Synopsis:
an inspirational comedy about Darwin's early life. Warm your heart and fire your imagination whilst considering burning questions concerning bugs, big bangs and body-snatchers. a joyful, visual spectacular from award-winning Pentabus Theatre.

Notes:
written by Steven Canny And John Nicholson

1st Produced:
Pleasance Dome (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)    2009

Organisations:
Pentabus Theatre

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Shropshire Lad, A

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National Theatre, London and Radio 4    -

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Spyski!

Synopsis:
Legal Theatrical Disclaimer  Peepolykus (people-like-us)absolutely deny all allegations that they might be about to unleash a completely fictitious, untrue comedy about the poisoning of a Russian dissident in London. There is no way they are working on a fast-paced thriller of international espionage and global politics that contains any shocking revelations about events which are absolutely not true.

Notes:
By Steven Canny And John Nicholson

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Organisations:
Peepolykus and the Lyric Hammermsith in association with Warwick arts Centre and WYP

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Genre:
Thriller

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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