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Alan Gilmour

ALAN GILMOUR

  (1972 - )
Nationality:    Scottish
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After winning the Orange Playwriting award with the Piano Lesson, a play inspired by the Matisse painting, Alan has written for Theatre (the Bard ambition, the Truth & the Mirror), cinema (the Picture of Dorian Gray, Ghosts) and opera (the Australian Constitution). His work is drawn from a place where art and history cross, where unspoken thoughts are spoken and where poetry and music mingle with the everyday. Born in Scotland, Alan divides his time between Australia and the United Kingdom where he works as a writer and lectures in Drama and playwriting.

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         Australian Constitution, The         Gyntish Self, The         London Excite!         Piano Lesson, The         Truth, The & the Mirror

Australian Constitution, The

Synopsis:
Ten small operas, one huge country. One musician and six singers tell ten stories, each a thread in the fabric of Australia. From the people to the wide land under the great Southern Sky, all of Australia is here.

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Genre:
opera

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Gyntish Self, The

Synopsis:
a fantastically imaginative retelling of Ibsen's Peer Gynt by a team of up-and-coming Scottish playwrights. Peer's going to have to face up to himself. He's a selfish, cheating loser and no amount of lying will change that. "Timed to coincide with this year's centenary of Ibsen's death, the baby-faced Measureless Liars company have set themselves the ultimate challenge of updating the Norwegian's most audacious epic to a bite-sized 55 minutes. What they've come up with in this soap-opera-style treatment remains pretty faithful, as crotch-led tearaway Peer does a runner as an errant Father to enter a class-bound world of golf playing, Chris de Burgh-loving toffs." - the Herald; "a fun mix of surrealism and naturalism, this play deals with themes of deceit and death, as we follow Peer Gynt around his world of polygamy and bad deeds. . .the piece provokes interesting reactions, causing us to sympathise with the evil protagonist as we start to see elements of him in our daily subconscious and dream lives." - Three Weeks; "a fast-paced piece with a large dose of humour" Scottishtheatre.co.uk

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written by Robert Drummond, Alan Gilmour And ewen Glass.

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Measureless Liars

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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London Excite!

Synopsis:
a work in word, text and music to describe London, the world city. the ever-changing city is captured through the Alan Gilmour's poetry and the music of the London Philharmonic Orchestra; the LPO Renga ensemble, the London Philharmonic Choir; the London adventist Chorale; and Voicelab SWeLL. Commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the re-opening of the Royal Festival Hall, this work is a celebration of the sights, sounds, rhythms and people of London. www.lpoexcite.org.uk

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1st Produced:
Royal Festival Hall, London    2008

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London Philharmonic Orchestra

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London Philharmonic Orchestra, 2008   -

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Genre:
symphony

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Piano Lesson, The

Synopsis:
This is a piece for one, young female actor and traces a teenage girl's growing infatuation with her piano teacher, the unseen Greg, as she stands on the bring of womanhood and deals with her parents' bitter divorce. the play's direct and gossipy style takes the audience on an intimate journey through Hannah's spiralling fantasies, particularly in relation to magical afternoons which will one day be (mis)spent with Greg. However, as the story progresses, these tales of blossoming emotions, budding romance and the redemptive power of music develop into questions. We start to doubt the truth of Hannah's account and her breezy, gossipy manner could be manipulative, a way to mask the truth rather than expose it. "Lovely writing about the joys of music as experienced by an intense teenager on the brink of life and love" - the Scotsman; "eloquent" - the Herald; "the writing captures the joy, folly and frustrations of young womanhood" - Metro

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This play was based on the Matisse painting "the Piano Lesson" ["La lecon de piano"], if possible production And design elements should suggest the painting.

1st Produced:
Oran Mor, Glasgow    2005

Organisations:
Oran Mor/ the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland

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Genre:
monologue Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Truth, The & the Mirror

Synopsis:
a true story. In 1943 William Dobell painted a portrait of his friend and lover Joshua Smith, who convinced him to enter it for the archibald Prize: the richest portrait prize in the world. Reluctantly, Dobell agrees, condemning himself and Smith to a terrible fate.

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written by Alan Gilmour And John Kelly. This play makes great use of A narrator And was written to be suitable for outdoor And festival performance.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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