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Katherine Chandler

KATHERINE CHANDLER

  
Nationality:    Welsh
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  represented by Joe Phillips

Katherine Chandler is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter. Her play Before It Rainswon the Writers Guild Playwright award at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Katherine also won the BBC and National Theatre Wales inaugural Wales Drama Award. She has recently been on attachment at the NT Studio and is under commission to Sherman Cymru, whilst developing scripts with BBC and BBC Radio. The Silly Kings, Katherine's adaptation of Terry Jones' book of Fairy tales, was produced in Cardiff Castle by National Theatre Wales. Her play Bird won a Judges Prize at the Bruntwood Prize, her new play Parallel Lines is being produced by Dirty Protest and her script Tag has been selected as part of the iplayer shorts scheme for BBC.

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

         Aretes Mundi         Bankrupt Bride, The         Before It Rains         Bird         Hood         Leaves on the Line         Parallel Lines         Princess and the Pea, The         Silly Kings         Ugly Duckling, The

Aretes Mundi

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1st Produced:
Porters Bar, Cardiff     10 Jan 2013

Organisations:
Dirty Protest

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short play

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Bankrupt Bride, The

Synopsis:
Claire's life is all about getting brides ready for their big day. But she secretly believes she will never be a bride, her life is on a downward spiral, her business is failing, and she has a stalker for a boyfriend.But when a strange man enters the bridal shop looking for a size 18 dress her life is turned upside down!
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book by Kath Chandler, with music by Dyfan Jones,and lyrics by Jeremi Cockram

1st Produced:
Wales Millennium Centre - Weston Studio     26 Oct 2009

Organisations:
theatr na n'Og

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Genre:
Musical comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Before It Rains

Before It Rains
Before It Rains is set on a proud, forgotten Cardiff estate. Gloria is a single mum who enjoys sitting in her deckchair drinking her troubles away on her allotment, while her gentle son, Michael, digs the soil and makes sure everything is in order. From a relocated, troubled home, Carl  wild, unpredictable and near feral watches both the mother and son with interest, bouncing his ball. It's a play about what a mother would do to protect her son and how complicated friendship can be when you haven't been taught to love. Funny, brave and beautifully told, Katherine Chandler's tale of parenthood, protection and provocation looks at how we all develop our own ways of coping with the world, our craving for companionship and the consequences of having either threatened.

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Sherman Cymru

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bird

Bird
Ava and Tash are up on a cliff. Looking out at the flocking birds. And at their future. On the cusp of adulthood and leaving the care home they've always known, the friends test their freedoms and practise living in the world. Ava confronts the mother she left behind. Tash looks for a home. And both girls live dangerously with the men who surround them. Raw, delicate and bold. This is a story about growing up outside a family but inside the fiercest of friendships.

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runner up of the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

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Genre:
Poetic play

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Hood

Hood
a modern re-telling of the classic Robin Hood tale. Robin is a girl who must get inventive to help her family survive lean times.

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National Theatre Connections

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  8            Female:  1            Other:  extras

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Leaves on the Line

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The piece is more of a duologue than a monologue, with Rebecca Harries playing both Stace and Ange, co-workers in a care home for senior citizens, with admirable skill and stage-craft.

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"Plays In A Bag" night Dirty Protest/Royal Court "Surprise Theatre" Season

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Genre:
short play

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Parallel Lines

Parallel Lines
Steph is 15 years old. Simon is her teacher. Both live in Cardiff but their parallel lives couldn't be more different. When an accusation is made and their worlds collide, things aren't as simple as they might seem.

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Dirty Protest

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Princess and the Pea, The

Synopsis:
In a magical Kingdom far, far away lived a Prince. A Prince whose one true wish was to marry a Princess. One night, in the flash and crash of lightning, in the howl and whine of the wind there was a knock at the castle door and a girl was blown in... but surely she couldn't be a Princess? There was only way to find out. . .FETCH THE ROYAL PEA and hide it under the mattress! Only a real Princess would be able to feel such a tiny thing hiding there!

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adapted from story by Hans Christian Andersen. Translator Ceri Elen

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Sherman Cymru and Theatr Iolo

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Genre:
Christmas adaptation

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Silly Kings

Synopsis:
Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away lived a princess, four crazy knights, an angry fairy, a dragon (of sorts) and a very Silly King. The award-winning National Theatre Wales roll into the magical grounds of Cardiff Castle for a Christmas feast of family fun, adapted from the Fairy Tales of Monty Python's Terry Jones. Fly away with a cast of extraordinary characters and madcap musicians, telling tall tales from a kingdom east of the moon and west of the sun. Lovingly made for children and very, very silly adults. . .

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Adapted by Katherine Chandler from the book Fairy Tales by Monty Python's Terry Jones and Michael Foreman and features live music from Groove Armada's Patrick Dawes.

1st Produced:
Cardiff Castle, Wales     19 Dec 2013

Organisations:
National Theatre Wales

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Genre:
adaptation

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Ugly Duckling, The

Synopsis:
A tender and playful tale of belonging and friendship. Join the Ugly Duckling waddling and honking through a blossoming Spring, a glorious Summer, a swirling Autumn and a cold snowy Winter on an exciting journey of discovery. Our hero meets a host of farmyard friends on a big adventure to find a true home. With imaginative storytelling and delightful music, this is a must-see show for all little ones and their families this Christmas.

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Sherman Cymru

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Genre:
Pantomime for 3 - 6 year olds 60 min

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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