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Paddy Cunneen

PADDY CUNNEEN

  
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Literary Agent:    Macnaughton Lord Representation (Theatrical and Literary Agents)  

Paddy Cunneen is a theatre director, playwright and composer. In addition to being Artistic Director of Tumult In The Clouds, he is an associate director of Cheek by Jowl Theatre. As a composer he worked on some 200 productions for many theatre companies in the UK, Ireland and on Broadway, among them a long list of productions at National Theatre, RSC, Donmar Warehouse and with Cheek by Jowl. He is a recipient of the Christopher Whelen Award for Music in Theatre, two Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, and a Music Industry Award for Best Cast Album for the Donmar Warehouse production of Company. He composes for radio, TV and film - his score for the Channel 4 film Boy A was BAFTA nominated. As a writer he has had two plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and has written five stage plays which have performed throughout Scotland and abroad. Within the past year his plays Fleeto and Wee Andy won awards at the Edinburgh, Adelaide and an Brighton Fringe festivals. His play Watching The Detective saw its performer, Stuart Bowman, nominated for best actor in the 2012 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland. He lectures in playwriting at Glasgow University and is a regular tutor with South Australian Film Corporation, working on its award winning Film Lab scheme. He set up and ran The Sirens Of Titan community choir in Glasgow, regularly commissioning new works from Scottish-based composers and writers.

Research:    http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/playwrights/paddy-cunneen.aspx

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         Duckin' and Divin'         Fleeto         Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon         Grave Undertaking         Mummy!         Slippery Mountain         Sunburst Finish         Transform         Watching the Detective         Wee Andy         Wind In the Pines (Matsukaze) By Kanami

Duckin' and Divin'

Synopsis:
a musical about 1980's London housing estate and its inhabitants

Notes:
Book by Tunde Ikoli. Music by Paddy Cunneen. Songs and lyrics by Bob Eaton

1st Produced:
London Bubble Theatre    1984

Organisations:
London Bubble Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Fleeto

Fleeto
Acclaimed, stylised production about a fatal Glasgow stabbing and its consequences. When his friend is stabbed, a young lad from a housing scheme falls in with a gang. the terrible revenge he takes at random brings disaster on himself and the family of his victim.

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Organisations:
A Play, A Pie and A Pint

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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  1 female voice over

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Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon

Synopsis:
A writer with a limited understanding of Japanese culture goes on a foolhardy journey to Kyoto to study Japanese Noh theatre. During his numerous adventures, misadventures, and cultural faux pas, he meets a woman who experienced the Tsunami disaster of 2011. Through this contact with contemporary Japan he learns something essential to the ancient art of Noh. Flower, bird, wind, moon is a Japanese saying which means "observe nature and discover yourself". Presented in English (with outbreaks of poorly spoken Japanese!)

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Organisations:
A Play, A Pie and A Pint

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Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
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Grave Undertaking

Synopsis:
In the bowels of McCaber's Funeral Parlour our hero, Jim McCaber, has a reputation for being the very best at presenting the deceased for family viewings. But one day he has to prepare the body of someone which sets him off on an exploration of mortality and loss. Absurd and poignant, Grave Undertaking is a bittersweet tale with jaunty songs - sung by one of Jim's most successfully embalmed corpses. In the bowels of McCaber's Funeral Parlour our hero, Jim McCaber, has a reputation for being the very best at presenting the deceased for family viewings.

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Organisations:
A Play, A Pie and a Pint

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mummy!

Synopsis:
1920's Egypt. Tourists on a Nile steamer, Egyptian independence activists and British secret service skullduggery, a mysterious mummy, and lots of songs and dancing.

Notes:
written by Bob Eaton; Music by Paddy Cunneen

1st Produced:
London Bubble Theatre    1985

Organisations:
London Bubble Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Slippery Mountain

Synopsis:
retelling of an ancient Chinese fable about the efforts of the monk Mulian to save his mother from hell

Notes:
Based On A Text By Qi Zhixiang And Yang Xiaoxong; Adapted by Paddy Cunneen, Jo Townsend And Tom Hope from A translation by Martin Merz (Not So Loud Tc)

1st Produced:
New World Restaurant W1, London    2008

Organisations:
Not So Loud TC

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sunburst Finish

Sunburst Finish
Note to self - You are dying' .as a young man's depression turns to despair, suicide seems the only way out - the only way to take control . . . In spite of the bleakness of its subject, Sunburst Finish is filled with strong and vibrant voices, a rich mosaic of music, wit, warmth, insight, feeling, and a remarkable lack of sentimentality. the central character's struggle to come to terms with himself and the world around him is one that all young (and not so young) people will relate strongly to.

Notes:
written by Andrea Gibb And Paddy Cunneen

1st Produced:
Bbc Radio 4    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Capercaillie Books, Edinburgh    978-0954520656

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Transform

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Touring Scotland    -

Organisations:
National Theatre of Scotland

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
epic

Parts:
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Watching the Detective

Synopsis:
another day, another dolour for our forensic detective. Who was she? What's the story? Where were you? and why, with his epicurean dreams of being a gourmet chef, does he spend his life filleting so much human misery. . .See you? Why so obsessed with detectives anyway? Your TV's full of them! He's seen it all before, you've seen it all before. Move along now. . ..

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
a Play, a Pie and a Pint

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Wee Andy

Synopsis:
Wee Andy' follows on from the events of the highly acclaimed 'Fleeto' - 'a gripping portrait of inner-city violence- (the Guardian). 'Wee andy' examines what happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang. It is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets - where empathy and care are hard to come by.

Notes:
part of A Play, A Pie And A Pint

1st Produced:

Organisations:
a Play, a Pie and a Pint

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wind In the Pines (Matsukaze) By Kanami

Synopsis:
Matsukaze means "Wind in the Pines", and is the title of a Noh play written by Kanami and revised by the great Noh master, Zeami. along with "the Well Stone" it is considered one of the greatest plays in the tradition. the story revolves around two women who die of grief at the loss of their lover. as with many Noh plays, the story is told in retrospect and the characters themselves are ghosts who, even after death, pine endlessly for their lost lover. all Noh plays are highly stylised and feature music, mask, singing, chanting and dance; through which they slow the flow of time and so allow an intense engagement with the sensibilities of the suffering characters. these characters are ghostly apparition and therefore 'exist' outside time. although Noh plays can run to several hours in performance this Classic Cut will bring the same heightened aesthetic to bear in a 45minute version!

Notes:
part of A Play, A Pie And A Pint classic cuts season

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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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