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Jon Haynes

JON HAYNES

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  

Since meeting at London's Poor School in 1992, Ridiculismus duo Jon Haynes and David Woods have created and presented a substantial body of work in the UK and throughout the world. the work has always been the expression of their artistic urges at the time rather than being the pursuit of any particular agendA. Though individual pieces often offer particular provocations or philosophies. their working method is about creating the nothingness where expression can take place. Ridiculismus have won awards from Time Out, Total Theatre, Adelaide Festival, the Herald angel and have twice been nominated for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Barry award.

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         All About H Hatter         As Bad As It Gets         At Swim Two Birds         Dada         Dada Music         Dive         Exhibitionists, The         Finn Maccool         Give Me Your Love         How To Be Funny         Ideas Men         Importance Of Being Earnest, The         Lung         Musical Bicycle Ride, The         Omnium         Overcoat And the Nose, The         Paranoid Household         Poof Downstairs, The         Raw Sushi         Ridiculusmus         Say Nothing         Sketch Show         Speiccherrung (Saved As In Computer )         Things To Do         Third Policeman, The         Three Men In A Boat         Total Football         Tough Time, Nice Time         Yes Yes Yes         Yes, Mrhatter

All About H Hatter

Synopsis:
adaptation of the novel by G.V.Desani.
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1996

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As Bad As It Gets

Synopsis:
4 hander expansion of Yes Yes Yes for Schaubuhne im Lindenfels, Leipzig
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1999

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At Swim Two Birds

Synopsis:
adaptation of Flann O'Brien novel
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1994

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Dada

Synopsis:
Recreations and new sketches from the original dadaists Ball, Zara, Schwitters etc.
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1998

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Dada Music

Synopsis:
Noise, rant and beautiful accapellas
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     2000

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Dive

Synopsis:
David diving into the Thames
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     2001

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Exhibitionists, The

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

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Genre:
Mime

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Finn Maccool

Synopsis:
Storytelling and porridge
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1993

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Give Me Your Love

Give Me Your Love
Welcome to the world of war veteran Zach. As the last man standing, he has retreated into a tiny dugout under a barrage of hostile fire. His enemies are cunning, using every trick in the book to mess with his mind. Even the landscape is weird& it's a cardboard box, in Zach's kitchen. His wife whispers, kindly, that it's safe to come out. But is it a trap? For if the real enemy is Zach then who will win if he loses? Informed by the latest scientific research into the use of MDMA to treat Post Traumatic Stress,Give Me Your Love uses wit, warmth and black comedy to explore the healing potential of altered states of consciousness.

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough. Give Me Your Love is the second instalment of Ridiculusmuss three-pronged investigation into innovative approaches to mental health. Informed by the latest scientific research, it explores the healing potential in altered states of consciousness.

1st Produced:
Arts house, Melbourne, Australia     18 Nov 2015

Organisations:
Ridiculusmus

1st Published:
Oberon Books (2016) >>>    978-1783193448

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How To Be Funny

Synopsis:
Originally 'scratched' at London International Mime Festival in 2004 and eternally a work in progress. It is something in the nature of a hoax, a parody of pretentious concept performance with glossy production values but no content. already offending the right sort of people - it is, in fact, a serious look at the mechanics of comedy and infers the amalgamated theories of humour and laughter of pretty much everyone from Freud to Scruton.
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

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Ideas Men

Synopsis:
everyone wants the idea, the concept, the story. they want it simple and they want it now. a new show for the 'masters of comic invention' Telegraph. 'their writing is brilliantly surreal' Melbourne age. Commissioned by Bite:03 Barbican.

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough. Part of Arches Festival Of New Scottish theatre - 2003

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Importance Of Being Earnest, The

Synopsis:
deconstruction of Oscar Wilde.

Notes:
adapted by Jon Hough And David Woods from play by Oscar Wilde

1st Produced:
The Pit, London     2005

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Lung

Synopsis:
about oxygen and the collapse of Jon's lung
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     2001

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Musical Bicycle Ride, The

Synopsis:
Street act
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1994

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Omnium

Synopsis:
a Gigeral for Gavin the muck
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1997

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Overcoat And the Nose, The

Synopsis:
adaptation of the two Gogol stories intertwined
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1995

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Paranoid Household

Synopsis:
Life after communication in a shared house. We are experimenting with a radio version of this.
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     2001

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Poof Downstairs, The

Synopsis:
Jeremy has never learned to kick a football. He is dominated by his mother Pam and bewildered by Bill, an absent Father who dreams of going fishing at Rhyl. an urban gay fairytale about ambition and frustrated desire, it is the ultimate feel-good play.

Notes:
part of Queer Up North International Festival

1st Produced:
John Thaw Theatre, Manchester     2009

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Genre:
60 min One act. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Raw Sushi

Synopsis:
Cabaret with Frank Chickens and Murphy no Geisha
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     2001

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Ridiculusmus

Synopsis:
a broken comedy show about double acts and competitive entertainment - we are possessed by Brendan and Pat. Brendan kills himself with an iron but it might be Dave inside him. Pat gets made famous by a fairy.
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

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Say Nothing

Synopsis:
the lack of real communication in Northern Ireland and the fakery of assumed reconcilliation

Notes:
written And performed by David Woods And Jon Hough

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  1 m extra

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Sketch Show

Synopsis:
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written by David Woods And Jon Hough. Part of Arches Festival Of New Scottish theatre - 2003

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Work in progress

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Speiccherrung (Saved As In Computer )

Synopsis:
Site specific performance at the Socialist era book warehouse for forbidden books in Leipzig. Part of euroscene festival directed by Rene Reinhardt
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     2000

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Things To Do

Synopsis:
Jon reading his unpublished novel about unpublished novels
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     2001

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Third Policeman, The

Synopsis:
adaptation of the Flann O'Brien novel promenade style.
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1992

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Three Men In A Boat

Synopsis:
adaptation of the novel with 20s and 30s banjulele songs
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1992

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Total Football

Total Football
Football systems, changing room banter and a couple of mops solve the big questions of life - immortality, happiness and why england always lose, in a new play tackling the beautiful game. after several years of embedded research in the football darklands, a failed attempt to create a UK football team for the 2012 games and pathetic efforts at understanding the offside rule, Ridiculusmus is patching up its metatarsals to examine the melting pot of what it means to be British today.

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

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Genre:
comedy 90 min

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Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 10 Page 522

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Tough Time, Nice Time

Tough Time, Nice Time
a secret, a spa in Bangkok and two naked Germans. . .In a world where anything can be indulged in and everything is permissible, Martin, a disturbed ex-pat, offers to share his tales of misfortune with Stefan, a jaded hack writer on a junket. Together they engage in an intricate exchange of complicated stories, weaving through movies, sex, celebrity and genocide in the hope that they will transform themselves, and, possibly the world.

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written by David Woods And Jon Hough

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Ridiculusmus for Barbicanbite08

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London (2008) >>>, 2008   1840028319

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Yes Yes Yes

Synopsis:
Ridiculusmus's anarchic style of comedy is certainly not for the faint-stomached. Set in an asylum, it puts a tightly anal character next to a character with no inhibitions about genitals, dribbling, or leopard-spotted swimming costumes - so if you can't cope with ping-pong balls popping out of a pair of tumescent Y-fronts, or a man who seems unable to check the torrent of saliva flowing down his chin, maybe this is not the show for you.
Rachel Haliburton, Independent

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written And performed by David Woods And Jon Hough

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Genre:
Comedy

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Yes, Mrhatter

Synopsis:
Next phase of all about H Hatter
http://www.ridiculusmus.com/

Notes:
written by David Woods And Jon Hough

1st Produced:
-     1997

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Devised Piece

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