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Jon Conway

JON CONWAY

  
Nationality:    British
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JON CONWAY was the co-founder of QDOS ENTERTAINMENT group over twenty years ago, helping steer it to be one of the UKS major light entertainment companies. In his role as creative director, he produced over 400 pantomimes and devised shows for BBC TV, Celebrity cruise lines, Las Vegas showrooms, and concert tours all over the world. At one time Jon headed the companys talent agency , not to mention being a director of HQ theatres.

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

         Aladdin         All the Fun Of the Fair         Boogie Nights         Cinderella         Eternal Flame         Goldilocks And the Three Bears         Jack And the Beanstalk         Last Night A DJ Saved My Life         Little Mermaid, The         Peter Pan         Snow White And the Seven Dwarfs         Truth, Lies, Diana

Aladdin

Synopsis:
mazing circus acts within the production, encompassing juggling, plate-spinning and acrobatics

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1st Produced:
Darlington Civic Theatre     2009

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Genre:
Pantomime

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All the Fun Of the Fair

Synopsis:
David essex stars in a brand new musical 'inspired by' his 1975 album of the same title featuring many of his hits from this and other albums with a story based on his Irish traveller roots on his mother's side. essex plays Levi, the owner of a travelling fun fair, struggling to survive in the 1970s. Levi, whose wife was killed in an accident on the motor cycle wall of death, has an on-off relationship with the fair's fortune teller Rosa, just as Levi's son Jack has with Rosa's daughter Mary, but Jack falls for alice, the daughter of local gangster Harvey, in one of the towns they visit. although Levi and Harvey find they have a great deal in common, prejudice on both sides forces the young couple to carry on their affair in secret, ultimately with tragic consequences.
- David Chadderton, British theatre Guide

Notes:
Music And lyrics by David essex, book by Jon Conway

1st Produced:
Churchill Theatre, Bromley, Kent     12 Sep 2008

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Boogie Nights

Synopsis:
enter the boogie wonderland of disco inferno! Fling on your flares, pop into your platforms and join Roddy O'Neil and his friends in a story of love, loss and growing up in the disco decade, the decade that taste forgot.

Notes:
written by Jon Conway with Shane Richie And Terry Morrison.

1st Produced:
Churchill Theatre, Bromley, Kent     05 Nov 1997

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Genre:
Musical

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Cinderella

Synopsis:
The magical pantomime including Prince Charming, Buttons, the Ugly Sisters and, of course, the Fairy Godmother who turns a pumpkin and mice into a carriage and horses ... but why doesn't the glass slipper disappear at midnight?

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1st Produced:
Opera House, Manchester, Greater Manchester     12 Dec 2003

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Eternal Flame

Synopsis:
Based on the fifteenth century morality play everyman, the story is updated to the greed and materialism of the 1980's.

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1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, West Midlands     06 Sep 2000

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Goldilocks And the Three Bears

Synopsis:
A traditional panto set around the story of Goldilocks, the hungry, sleepy girl, and the three bears who lived in the wood.

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1st Produced:
Civic Theatre, Darlington, County Durham     04 Dec 2003

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Jack And the Beanstalk

Synopsis:
Jack, a dim boy, sells the family's cow, their last remaining possession, for some 'magic beans', his mother is furious and throws them out of the window. Next morning there is a magic beanstalk, which Jack climbs to the land of the giant. There he rescues the love interest, and the goose that lays the golden eggs and runs away as the giant returns booming 'fee, fie, foe, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman!' and occasionally 'Be he alive or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread' depending on how bloodthirsty the panto is! As the giant follows Jack down the beanstalk Jack grabs an axe and chops it down thus killing him.

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1st Produced:
The Hexagon, Reading, Berkshire     07 Dec 2002

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

Synopsis:
The Hoff, plays Ross, a hilarious hedonist. He's Ibiza's top 80's DJ who doesn't realize a new decade has dawned, disco is out, the club scene is in. He tries to keep up with the times. . .and with Mandy, his new younger girl-friend (Kim Tiddy, from 'The Bill' , ''Hollyoaks'), but matters are complicated when his teenage daughter Penny (Stephanie Webber From tv's 'The Voice') arrives to stay. Father and daughter haven't seen each other for three years, since a messy divorce. No longer a demure school girl, but a wild child who quickly falls for Rik, the holiday rep (Shane Richie Junior). It's the story of two generations colliding, as a badly behaved parent, tries to control a wild child teenager... telling her, 'Do as I ay, not as I did!'! This hilarious hit fest is also a touching father and daughter drama, set against a background of sun, sea, sex, drugs and rock and roll& taking us back to the 80's and 90's when we wore denim overalls, girls had hair scrunchies, and guys played Nintendo game boy. Think 'Mamma Mia' on speed! 'Friends' meets 'Ibiza Uncovered', with the soundtrack of our lives.

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1st Produced:
Blackpool Opera House     16 Oct 2015

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  boys and girls

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Little Mermaid, The

Synopsis:
a mermaid is in love with a mortal, which brings about many complications whilst he embarks on a seafaring voyage in search of treasure

Notes:
By Jon Conway, with original music by Olly Ashmore

1st Produced:
The Alban Arena, St Albans     2009

Organisations:
Qdos entertainment

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Genre:
Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Peter Pan

Synopsis:
A swashbuckling pantomime adventure. Join Wendy Darling, and her brother Michael and John, as the boy-who-wouldn't-grow-up, PETER PAN, flies them over the rooftops to Never Land, with its Indian braves who honour the beautiful Princess Tiger Lily; its ticking crocodile, its singing mermaids; its chaotic family of Lost Boys; and the final climactic battle with the crew of the pirate ship Jolly Roger, ruled by the dastardly Captain Hook.

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1st Produced:
Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshir     08 Dec 2006

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Snow White And the Seven Dwarfs

Synopsis:
Hiss at the Wicked Queen, laugh at the comic Seven Dwarfs and fall in love with the beautiful and innocent Snow White.

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Truth, Lies, Diana

Synopsis:
Some secrets are best left unsaid, and we all have secrets we'd rather other people not know about. A playwright uncovers secrets about Diana and her death, that the establishment have tried to keep hidden. As he does, his own life starts to unravel and he becomes paranoid, suspecting the wife he is devoted to, of being unfaithful. Is Ray being manipulated by the 'men in grey' that Diana had always maintained existed, or does no-one in their right mind believe Diana was murdered? Ray finds similarities with Diana's inquest, to the cover up with the Hillsborough inquest. Then disturbingly links events surrounding Savile, Stephen Lawrence, the hacking trails, Edward Snowden and MI5 involvement in the MP child abuse scandal, into the same pattern. With meticulous forensic research, revelations from previously silent sources and access to Police witness statements and court transcripts, the nine handed play uses the actual words spoken by a cast of characters including the inquest judge and barristers, James Hewitt, Piers Morgan, Paul Burrell, Mohammed Al Fayed, senior Met officers, members of MI6, witnesses to Diana's crash, and the Royal Family.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  with doubling

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