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Robert Farquhar

ROBERT FARQUHAR

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Knight Hall Agency Ltd  represented by Charlotte Knight

Robert Farquhar is a member of Big Wow Theatre Company, and scripts and directs all their shows, including extra Happy Happy, Swanky Geezer Nonsense, Dark Grumblings, Insomnobabble, and the Friendship experiment. they have recently been commissioned by Radio Four to develop Insomnobabble into a four-part series.

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         Almost Forever But         Angry Kitchen Sink, The         Art of Falling Apart, The         Bad Jazz         Berliner         Dark Grumblings         Dead Heavy Fantastic         Di Is Dead         Dust To Dust         Eddie Kavanagh's Jacket         Empty the Thought-Bubble         Extra Happy Happy         Friendship Experiment, The         God's Official         How Did We Get Here?         In the Meanwhile Cafe         Insomnobabble         Kissing Sid James         Live Forever         No Place Like         Sink or Swim         Swanky Geezer Nonsense         When I Wake Up I Want To Be Famous         Word Doesn't Exist, A         You Are Here

Almost Forever But

Synopsis:
a fragile, sexy comedy about the relationship of an older woman and a younger man, the perfect moment and the inability to finish a sentence. . .

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Organisations:
Peccadillo Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Angry Kitchen Sink, The

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Art of Falling Apart, The

Synopsis:
An all-new show following a number of out-of-sorts people living out-of-kilter lives against a backdrop of a city on the edge of badly organised chaos. Big Wow bring their trademark ferociously-paced, wilfully-anarchic comic theatre to a piece of intricate storytelling about how we all cope with just being alive.

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Organisations:
BIG WOW in association With Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

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piece

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bad Jazz

Bad Jazz
Bad Jazz chronicles the lives of young artists in pursuit of a shared dream, as an actress takes a role that puts her sanity at risk, an actor struggles to remain true to his artistic ideals, and a director drives his company past the point of reason. When the lines between reality and performance begin to blur, relationships are tested and this group of desperate souls is forced to ask themselves how far they're prepared to go for art's sake.
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
aTC & Theatre Royal Plymouth

1st Published:
Josef Weinberger Ltd (2011) >>>    978-0856762987

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, theme/character, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Berliner

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Part of Miniaturists 16 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dark Grumblings

Synopsis:
From the award-winning makers of 'Insomnobabble', a new full-on comic assault that promises to be the bastard offspring of Japanese horror and 'On the Buses'. Very silly, but genuinely a bit scary. 'Comic genius' (Stage). www.bigwowtheatre.co.uk

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
BIG WOW in association With Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

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Genre:
70 min

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dead Heavy Fantastic

Dead Heavy Fantastic
It's always been mad in Liverpool on a Friday night. You can find sex, drugs and karaoke. Find the world in one city. Find your youth and lose a friend amidst the hens and stags. as he waits for his blind date, lonely heart Frank has no idea of the mad, bad and deadly dangerous rollercoaster ride he's about to get on.

Notes:
originally performed As A rehearsed reading At everyword in May 2010

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Josef Weinberger Ltd (2011) >>>    978-0-85676-318-2

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXXI (2011) Page 0317

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Di Is Dead

Synopsis:
It's September 1997 and Diana, Princess of Wales, is dead - killed in a car crash in a Paris tunnel. the ensuing grief and frenzied meltdown of the British public which followed the tragedy forms the backdrop for Di is Dead, a story about a Brit pop has -been hanger on whose life is in terminal free fall.

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Genre:
solo comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dust To Dust

Synopsis:
Part ghost story, part road movie.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Josef Weinberger Ltd (2011) >>>    978-0-85676-270-3

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXI (2001) Page 0091

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Eddie Kavanagh's Jacket

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Organisations:
everyman Fortieth anniversary gala

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Empty the Thought-Bubble

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Extra Happy Happy

Synopsis:
This tale of West meets east, sees Matt and Tim get the travelling bug (and diarrhoea). A scathing satire of the modern hedonistic traveller, as well as being another exercise in turning pissing about into theatre.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
BIG WOW in association With Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

1st Published:
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Music:
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Friendship Experiment, The

Synopsis:
Two friends. their story. theatre without a safety net. In fact theres not even a tight rope. Whatever happens happens. Its like making it up as you go along. But different. Two mates from way back when. A road trip that unravels their story. A full-throttle ridiculously speedy multi-character playing seventy minutes of comic bravado.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
BIG WOW in association With Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

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Music:
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Genre:
piece

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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God's Official

God's Official
a carefully manic attempt to shatter the illusion of men as strong, silent and in control. Degsy is a hot-head football fanatic so incensed at what he perceives as an unjust decision that he kidnaps the timorous referee greaves. His pal Cliff reluctantly gets hooked into the mad capped scene.
Donald Hutera, Scotsman

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Josef Weinberger Ltd >>>    978-0856762659

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XX (2000) Page 1133

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How Did We Get Here?

Synopsis:
a comic satire of sex, fame and expensive aftershave. Tabloid nightmare, sham marriage, knee-deep in naked truths. Has nothing whatsoever to do with Michael Barrymore or Jeffrey archer.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Big Wow

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Music:
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Genre:
comic satire

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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In the Meanwhile Cafe

Synopsis:
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Insomnobabble

Synopsis:
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Part of Anthology. Join us At the everyman where each night we take you on A different Adventure onstage, backstage, inside And outside, up And Around Hope Street. Working with one of the UK's most groundbreaking theatre companies, Slung Low, some of our most innovative writers have been creating seven new stories inspired by the city And 'Tis Pity She's A Whore. But which story will you encounter, where will you see it And how will it be told? Take A chance, book your ticket And fate will decide.

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Kissing Sid James

Kissing Sid James
an hilarious adult comedy of fumbling passion. Eddie's an aspiring stationery salesman with a flash car and a moustache he adores. Crystal's a croupier with a bit of a thing for Sean Connery. Together these two would-be lovers spend a wet weekend in a shabby seaside hotel attempting to spark romance. But will opposites attract or should Eddie have stayed at home with his Mum?

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Richard Jordan Productions

1st Published:
Josef Weinberger Ltd (2011) >>>    978-0-85676-266-6

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXXI (2011) Page 0014

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Live Forever

Synopsis:
'Im sure most of you remember this, but in case any of you were wandering about in some sort of self-induced coma&' September 1997. Where were you? A burnt-out Britpop hanger-on finds himself embroiled in the grief frenzy meltdown of a nation in mourning. A full throttle story of sex, drugs and the people's princess that is: hugely funny, deeply scurrilous, and yet strangely affectionate. Written and directed by Robert Farquhar (Bad Jazz, Gods Official and Insomnobabble). Performed by Francis Tucker. Direct from Liverpool Playhouse Studio. 'Mini-masterpiece of comic writing &rude, irreverent and very, very funny' (Liverpool Echo).

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1st Produced:
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe Festival    30 Jul 2014

Organisations:
Liverpool Playhouse and Richard Jordan Productions in association with Pleasance

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
New writing, Comedy, 1 hour 10 minutes

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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No Place Like

Synopsis:
shows how one womans seemingly idyllic existence is compromised by the creeping obsession of her husband with death and disease until he disappears, only to return months later and silently at the kitchen window

Notes:
Writers reinventing Grang Guignol for the 21st Century in 2012 include Robert Farquhar, Alex Jones, Mike McShane and Darren Ormandy. the UKs only annual season of horror theatre returns for its ninth year. A controversial event that has consistently sold out and divided critics, prepare to be both terrified and thrilled by an evening of twisted tales, chilling cabaret and Halloween oddities.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Sticking Place

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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sink or Swim

Synopsis:
Taking inspiration from tales of the 18th century 'bedlam ships' the company will tour to venues in both the North West and South east of england on the show's maiden voyage with support from new venue partners Liverpool everyman and Playhouse and the Lowry. Sink or Swim is a tale of three men's maddening struggles at sea. en-route to America the hapless victims find themselves running for the lifeboats when they come under attack and their ship - the Sea Venture - is sunk. As dawn breaks, and with only a single oar, they find themselves alone and going around in circles.

Notes:
Directed by Spikes artistic director Mark Smith, the devised play will be scripted by Robert Farquhar while Spymonkeys Toby Park will co-direct and compose music for the piece.

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Organisations:
Spike Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Swanky Geezer Nonsense

Synopsis:
Swanky Geezer Nonsense is a biting comic satire about violence as entertainment. But with quite a bit of violence. And swearing. Not to mention the psychedelic drugs. Swanky Geezer Nonsense follows the fall of flashy bloke gangster, Eddie Mohair. Eddie used to be top dog in his manor, but things have gone seriously pear-shaped. Somebody has slashed the tyres on his motor, burnt his nightclub-stroke-jellied gaffe to the ground, and poisoned his old Mum. Still the hardest man in his own head, Eddie sets about trying to find out who's behind it all, and in so doing runs up against a variety of old mates, enemies and informants. these include his mentor, legendary hard man, Harry the Bastard, his former cell mate, Kenny and Mince, a seriously crazy Russian hit man, a grass called Weasel, and a taxi driver who is writing a screenplay about gangsters because he thinks there's a gap in the market.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
BIG WOW in association With Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

1st Published:
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Music:
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When I Wake Up I Want To Be Famous

Synopsis:
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Fuse theatre    -

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Word Doesn't Exist, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Anthology, A series of seven plays, by Liverpool writers All inspired by themes from 'Tis Pity She's A Whore

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Slung Low

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  4 voices

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXX (2010) Page 1143

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You Are Here

Synopsis:
a serious comedy about the niggling feeling that most of us aren't living the life we should. Chris has a breakdown and burns everything he owns in a vain attempt to start all over again. Only problem is he has nothing to sleep on. as a result, he has to go home and live with his sister and figure out what it all means.

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Genre:
comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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