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Paul Charlton

PAUL CHARLTON

  
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Berlin Associates  represented by Alexandra Cory

Paul is a Refuweegee: having moved to Glasgow from his native Co Durham to train as an actor at RCS. He lives with partner Shona, son Zander and their imaginary dog Santiago.He also loves real dogs, however Shona won't let him have one. Ever! Even though Santiago is old and going to die soon! It also doesn't help that Zander is allergic to Santiago. Paul's thinking about getting an imaginary pet rabbit when Santiago dies, but it's quite a commitment and Rabbits are for life, not just for stew. Plus the price of imaginary carrots is extortionate these days!As well as being an imaginary animal lover, Paul was also the co-creator, co-writer and co-star of BBC2 sketch show The Ginge, the Geordie and The Geek. He has won two Fringe First Awards for his plays 'Love, Sex and Cider' (2003) and 'Crush' (2009)- the latter was also nominated for the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award before embarking on a sell out national tour. The former was toured by Jacuzzi theatre to venues including the Traverse, The Tron and Contact Theatre, Manchester. Other plays include Moving Family, Butterfly and Little Fish which was longlisted for the Bruntwood prize and short listed for the George Devine award 2012.

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

         Black on White Shorts         Butterfly         Crush         Dark Woods, Deep Snow - A Grimm Tale for Christmas         Devil's Chains, The         Ignition 1         Little Fish         Love Is Playing Cards         Love, Sex And Cider         Moving Families         On the Line Of Fire         Other Side Of the Street, The         Second Hand

Black on White Shorts

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An unmissable opportunity to catch some of the most exciting, funniest, life-enhancing short plays written this year, commissioned from the sharpest young playwrights from Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Tyneside and Teeside.

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Butterfly

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A young mother lies alone in a hospital bed unable to see her child. As her family come to terms with the events that put her there, we discover why what should be the happiest time in a new mother's life is anything but. Can we forgive the actions of someone when they are unwell? More importantly, can they forgive themselves? A heartfelt drama about one woman's craving for understanding

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Northern Nomads and Bridging the Gap

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Crush

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Sam loves anna, football and gambling. But when the spark disappears, how much is he prepared to risk to recapture the thrill?

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fringe first winner

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Underbelly (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)     Aug 2009

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Iron Shoes in association with the Tristan Bates Theatre

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One act

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Dark Woods, Deep Snow - A Grimm Tale for Christmas

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This Christmas all the best and grisliest tales will be told as if our lives depend on it. At the darkest time, on the longest night, as the real winter starts to close in, something is happening. In the Extremely Secret House in the Woods a rag-tag band of superheroic outcasts are ready to do battle with the gathering darkness. Like the Grimms before them, their quest is to rescue stories and bring them home. An attempt to save the world. But they may need your help. . . A story of friendship, betrayal, light and dark in a raucous Christmas adventure full of songs, snow and more than little bit of festive chaos.

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written by Paul Charlton and Gary Kitching

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Devil's Chains, The

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Ignition 1

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Your chance to see sparks fly between actors and writers and new work fired up by their dynamic collaborations. Last year we piloted a brand-new formula for kickstarting new work by asking writers which actors they most wanted to write for and then giving them time and space to see what happened when those partnerships were realised. The artists who took part ranged from established playwrights and star actors to breakthrough talent in an amazing array of combinations. This year Ignition is back, bigger and better, following a season at the Royal Court, with a special buzz around its unique potential to make the unexpected happen. Three separate Ignitions every night for a week: some will be mad gambles, some will be brilliant improvisations, every one of them will be an event.

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written by Matthew Dunster, Jeremy Swift, Nirjay Mahindru, Paul Charlton, Nick Payne, David Dipper, Katie Douglas and Anders Lustgarten

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collaborative piece

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Little Fish

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longlisted for the Bruntwood prize and short listed for the George Devine award 2012.

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Love Is Playing Cards

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Love, Sex And Cider

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introduces us to four fourteen-year-olds drinking White Lightening cider and Lambrini in the local park. Jonnie is sensitive and holds a candle for Rachel. Rachel is concerned about her chest size and being made to go further with a boy than she wants to. the strutting macho Connor is very likely to try it on very early in their courtship. Meanwhile the sluttish Jill has her own plans for Connor. . .. a comedy of adolescent sexual modern manners, the play shows that all the insecurities, betrayals, jealousies and longings which haunt us in adulthood take root at a very early age.

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Comedy

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Moving Families

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An honest look at prejudice in modern Britain through the eyes and words of its future generation. Set in the back of a moving removal van two sets of siblings must sort their differences before they start their life together as a step family. A play full of laughs and hope.

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New Writing Studio Sessions

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On the Line Of Fire

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Other Side Of the Street, The

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In Newcastle city centre, two groups of young people are on a mission - one to save the world and the other to raise enough money for a new strip for their football team. What will happen when the students and the charvas clash?

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Second Hand

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Seventy one year old Jim lives alone in the back room of his low-end antique shop that barely makes ends meet. Without any family around, and only the occasional visits from homecare worker Lorna, Jim lives a lonely and grumpy existence; that is, until the young Ash - who has been secretly squatting in Jim's loft - comes, literally, crashing into his life.Second Hand is a gentle, feel good comedy following two men from very different generations as they try to navigate the modern world as members of the 'next' and 'last' generations.A funny and sometimes touching allegory for modern living.

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A Play, a Pie and a Pint

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Genre:
short comedy

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