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Sam Gayton

SAM GAYTON

  
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Sam Gayton's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Clockheart Boy         Moon         Pearl, The         Roar         To The End of The World

Clockheart Boy

Synopsis:
Wound up by the Professor, Clockheart Boy dances with a ballerina, meets the moon, loses his heart and sees the world through new eyes. Join Dumbshow for puppetry, piano playing and Plato. Sell-out Scotsman Hot Show 2007. www.dumbshow.org

Notes:
Created by Hester Bond, Nicola Cutcher and Sam Gayton. The show has a long and successful history. It began as a macabre fairytale at Warwick Arts Centre in 2007, transformed for a colourful world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008, toured to Londons Cochrane theatre as a family christmas show that year, went on to the Manchester Royal Exchange in Easter 2009 and revived for the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Dumbshow

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
macabre fairytale

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Moon

Synopsis:
Acclaimed young company Dumbshow present a brand new piece of theatre for family audiences. MOON is a story about what it means to feel different, and the moment in life when you realise you are part of a much bigger universe. It tells the story of a young boy, Edwin Moon, who discovers he is an alien when he turns different colours one day on the school playing field. An original idea conceived by author Sam Gayton and director Michael Bryher, the Dumbshow ensemble will create a weird, wonderful and colourful world of characters including; Edwin Moon's neurotic new-age Mother, his sister Trude who is part of a militant version of the Brownies and Babooshka, the old lady that lives next door - who knows about his past and may hold the key to his future. The story will explore big ideas and small details about how we all find our way through life and how difficult, messy and beautiful this journey can be. MOON will be entertaining, thought-provoking and ultimately uplifting. Through an R&D period funded by Arts Council England, we aim to build on the success of our previous piece Clockheart Boy, which toured in 2012, to make a new show for family audiences (particularly for children aged 8-12 but with a universal appeal), with a view to touring in 2014.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Shoreditch Town Hall, London     14 Mar 2014

Organisations:
Dumbshow

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
work in progress

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pearl, The

Synopsis:
When impoverished pearl-diver Kino finds the pearl of the world he believes his family's life will be transformed. Seduced by the pearl's beauty and promise of riches, he's blind to the danger of possessing something that everyone else wants. A timeless fable about the allure of greed, the confines of class, and the transforming power of love. It asks us to consider what we value most in the world. Dumbshow bring John Steinbeck's novel to life with their trademark visual inventiveness and playful theatricality. Past productions: 'Pick of the Day' (Guardian), 'Hot Show' **** (Scotsman).

Notes:
adapted from book by John Steinbeck

1st Produced:
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     Aug 2013

Organisations:
Dumbshow

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation, storytelling 1 hour 10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  with doubling

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Roar

Synopsis:
London is in trouble. Greed, debauchery and excess are dancing like fire through the streets. A young woman is stolen from the arms of her husband on their wedding night and spirited away by the riotous Moll Cutpurse. Doused in gin, Moll will lead the women to devour, seduce and consume until there is nothing left. Can anyone contain them? A lusty tale of 16th century London starring love and revenge, rampant Judges and raucous women, chaos and the darkest of desires.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe     03 Aug 2011

Organisations:
Dumbshow

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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To The End of The World

Synopsis:
When the prosperity of Sous L'Eglise is threatened, fruit seller Philippe Sidel is sent on a journey across the globe to the furthest reaches of the world. His wife Ava remains at home and continues to lead an uncomplicated life of simple routines and small pleasures. Meanwhile Philippe's encounters with an enigmatic merchant and his seductive courtesan weave into a love story filled with trains, dramatic shipwrecks, migrating geese, war and coffee on a Sunday. A story of seduction and love, as Philippe suddenly finds himself on the edge of the map. Will he turn back or throw himself off?

Notes:
In 2007 Dumbshow donated all profits from To The End of The World toActionAid. We are proud that we gifted over £4000 to the charity. Thank you very much to everyone who came to see us! As Dumbshow weaved its magic on the Royal Mile everyday, good word-of-mouth spread. Every performance saw the audience expanding until we were selling out every performance. We performed in C Soco every day at 3:45pm. We received a wonderful audience response and consistently excellent reviews. We were featured on the front page of The Scotsman as a Hot Show and Mark Radcliffe reviewed the show on BBC Radio 2 and interviewed the company. Even Richard and Judy featured us pitching our show on the Royal Mile. We couldn't have hoped for a better fringe debut.

1st Produced:
C Soco, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     Aug 2007

Organisations:
Dumbshow

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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