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Rachel De-Lahay

RACHEL DE-LAHAY

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Tavistock Wood  

Rachel's second play ROUTES opened Vicky Featherstone's first season at the Royal Court in September. It followed her first play, THE WESTBRIDGE, which was produced in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre and went on to win the 2012 Writers Guild Award for best play as well as coming joint first for the 2011 Alfred Fagon Award. Rachel is currently developing her first feature with Film Four and Independent Films and won the Pearson Award to write for Birmingham Rep. She has also written an afternoon play, CARNIVAL, which was aired on BBC Radio Four this August and is developing brand new content for both Channel Four and BBC drama.

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below is a list of Rachel De-Lahay's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         24 Hour Plays: Heroines         Circles         London - Let's Get Visceral         Peckham: Soap Opera         Routes         SW11         Unusual Unions         Westbridge, The

24 Hour Plays: Heroines

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In a showstopping festival finale, a handful of leading playwrights stay up all night to create short plays based on women in the headlines, written, directed and performed within 24 hours - offering a first glimpse of brand new works by some of the hottest names in theatre.

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part of 24 Hour Plays: Heroines / Women Centre Stage

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Sphinx Theatre Company

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Circles

Circles
Circling the outskirts of Birmingham on the number 11 bus, an unusual and unlikely friendship develops between two teenagers. Meanwhile a young girl witnesses her mother dismantle a violent relationship with the man she thought she loved. Against the backdrop of a changing city these relationships force everyone involved to re-examine all they thought they new about love, trust and friendship. Interweaving and colliding they build to shocking conclusions. Rachel's Delahay's vivid and powerful new play boldly explores cycles of violence and what it takes to break them and is a visceral examination of the effects of such violence on a generation of young women.

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London - Let's Get Visceral

Synopsis:
A showcase of new writing inspired by our capital city.

Notes:
written by Tom Wells, Rachel De-Lahay, Molly Naylor, Lola Stephenson and Roxy Dunn

1st Produced:
The Old Vic Tunnels, London    04 Jun 2012

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Peckham: Soap Opera

Synopsis:
the lives and loves of Peckham locals will be played out in an omnibus of ten 5 minute episodes. Each episode will be performed by actors from the local community. Somewhere between Peckham High Street and Rye Lane: after an immigration raid at Lashanna's underground hair salon, Ravi encourages her to relocate to the basement beneath Amir's corner shop (unbeknownst to Amir of course). Above ground Ed scouts for a job, though Amir puts him off the scent. Across the way Glenda, Job Centre co-worker Elaine and Joey make a discovery which may force them into a morning commute to Lewisham. While over at the station, Linda loses her cat, but falls for a dapper stranger whose pin-striped garms are new to the Rye.

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Part of Royal Court's Open Court season. Author Bola Agbaje (lead writer). Author Rachel De-lahay (lead writer) with Brad Birch, Alice Birch, Adam Brace, Robin French, Lucy Kirkwood, Chloe Moss, David Watson and Roy Williams

1st Produced:
Royal Court, London    02 Sep 2013

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5 min play

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Routes

Routes
Welcome to England. Travelling through Nigeria, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria and the UK, Routes opens up the borders of friendship and family. A cutting new play stood at the cross roads, looking at immigration and exile, and finding where you belong.

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Bloomsbury Methuen Drama   978-1472522610

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SW11

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Joint winner of the 2011 Alfred Fagon Award (under its former title SW11), the Westbridge showcases An Array of multiple voices. Presenting A microcosm of multicultural society, this depiction of London's melting-pot spans ethnicities, religions, generations And outlooks. A very real, convincing Drama of human individuals underpins this Ambitious, far-reaching And relevant play. Picking Apart An intricate tangle of cultures, religions And generations, the Westbridge showcases An Array of voices from modern society with humour, style And bite.

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Unusual Unions

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Five new short plays about the bonds we form with each other, performed in five unusual spaces around our building. Please note that this is a promenade performance and will involve walking, standing and stairs, with no seating available.

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short promenade piece

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Westbridge, The

Westbridge, The
the accusation of a Black teenager sparks disturbance on the South London streets. While tensions rise, a couple from very different backgrounds navigate the minefield between them and their families. the Westbridge explores the intricacies of living side by side, and looks at racial and cultural distinctions with humour and bite.

Notes:
the Westbridge opened in the Jerwood theatre Upstairs At the Royal Court on 25 November 2011

1st Produced:
Theatre Local Peckham, London    03 Nov 2011

Organisations:
Royal Court

1st Published:
Methuen Drama, London   978-1408172018

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Genre:
Play/Drama 110 min

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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