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Christopher Dunkley

CHRISTOPHER DUNKLEY  

 Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  


Playwright Chris Dunkley's previous productions at the Finborough Theatre include Mirita which was named Time Out Critics' Choice, and transferred Off Broadway to the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, alongside his short play Lisa Says. The Soft of Her Palm is being produced at the Finborough Theatre in October 2012. Chris is currently commissioned by the Arts Council to research and write The Precariat, a new play that will premiere as part of this festival. Other theatre includes Almost Blue (Riverside Studios), How to Tell the Truth (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough), Lucy is a Minger (Spinney Hill Theatre, Northampton) and The Festival (Wimbledon Studio Theatre). Radio includes The All Colour Vegetarian Cookbook and The Architects, both for the BBC. Chris has been Writer in Residence at Royal and Derngate Theatres, Northampton, and Writer on Attachment at the Royal Court Theatre. He was the 2002 winner of the International Student Playscript Competition and winner of the PMA Writers' Award in 2001.

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 Almost Blue         Festival, The         How To Tell The Truth         Lisa Says         Lucy Is A Minger         Mirita         No 1         Precariat, The         Soft Of Her Palm, The         Velvet

Almost Blue

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combines sophiticated sound technology, modern dance and drama in a detective thriller with a difference. - alice Jones, Independent

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from novel by Carlo Lucarelli. Winner of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Award.

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Experimental Theatre

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Festival, The

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Theatre Exchange National Young Playwright Award

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Wimbledon Studio Theatre    2000

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How To Tell The Truth

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Beneath the rubble of lies somewhere there's the truth. But is it good enough to make the newspaper headlines? With a married couple firing shots at each other outside the door, Milos and Shota hide in the old bar along with Marko. Daring only to venture outside when a ceasefire is called for mealtimes, they are trapped. Perhaps a Western journalist could be their salvation. If only people knew the real story maybe it would make a difference. But can an outside onlooker really understand what is happening until they have lived through it themselves?
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Lisa Says

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Theatre Exchange National Young Playwright award

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Riverside Studios    1999

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short play

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Lucy Is A Minger

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Mirita

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Mirita is a young Kosovar albainian. She lives in a small village next to an old Serb who is busy dismantling his own house, stone by stone. Their friendship fuels Mirita's desire to understand the senselessness of ancient ethnic divides. In the pogram unleashed by occupying Serbian soldiers, it is this friendship which saves Mirita's life. But will it be enough to save the life of the old Serb, when the freedom fighters return?
http://www.arts-archive.com/index.php?pg=12&action=work&genre=P&gname=Play&wid=S05730383

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No 1

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Exeter Phoenix arts Centre    2000

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Precariat, The

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In amongst the flying debris, the semi-distant crackle of burning shops and chanting rioters, Bethan freezes, staring at the chicken. Pecking inscrutably at the cracked pavement and calmly dodging sprinting looters, it crosses the high street towards the video shop. Bethan realises the chicken, so sure of its place in the world, has outranked her. She shouldn't be here. Neither should her unborn child. As she confronts her situation and struggles to find a foothold, the pressures of poverty and single parenthood force her to face an uncomfortable truth.

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Vibrant 2012  A Festival of Finborough Playwrights

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Soft Of Her Palm, The

Christopher Dunkley
"Isn't it funny? The thoughts your brain is capable of having even while you're lying there, bleeding on the carpet?..." The Soft of Her Palm is a devastating exploration of domestic violence, telling the story of Phil and Sarah's troubled and complex relationship. It begins in the present day, moments after Sarah has crashed her car outside Phil's house - by accident or on purpose? As we return to the past and the horrifying story unfolds, our allegiances shift as the truth is slowly revealed. Jumping from moments of sheer joy to volcanic ferocity and underscored with a vein of sharp, brutal humour, the shadow of violence creeps insidiously across the landscape of Chris Dunkley's painfully honest new play.

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Oberon Books (2012) >>>    978-1849433938

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90 min one act

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Velvet

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Exeter Phoenix arts Centre    2000

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