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Sarah Henley

SARAH HENLEY

  (1983 - )
Nationality:    British
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Since graduating from the London School of Musical Theatre in 2006, Sarah has developed a passion for writing and her first one act comedy play, Getting Out, was produced in April 2009 at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. Sarah then went on to co-write an outdoor version of CinderElla which she directed and was produced in December 2009 in North London. Getting away was Sarah's first full length play, produced by the Giant Olive Theatre Company in 2010. Sarah was subsequently brought in as a co-writer on Zip:Gun and Knife Crime, with Ray Shell and James Kenward, choreographed by Gary Lloyd. She was heavily involved in workshops with young people as well as writing a lot of the music and and lightening a heavy topic with a sassy 'greek chorus' of ghosts.

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

         From Where I'm Standing         Getting Away         Getting Out         Muted         Zip - A Streetdance Musical
From Where I'm Standing

Synopsis:
Returning to Edinburgh following five star success with Go To Your God Like A Soldier, 'strong narrative, excellent performances and truly inventive staging' (Scotsman). An urgent search to reveal a hidden past. the clues: secrets, lies, and fragments of a looped memory. A breathtaking story that needs to be told before it disappears forever. From Where I'm Standing is a sharp and witty new play by Sarah Henley and Kate Robson-Stuart brought to life by :DELIRIUM:'s unique blend of explosive physicality, cinematic music and technology. 'Innovative, stimulating theatrical risk-takers' (Kevin Spacey).

Notes:
devised by company with writers Sarah Henley and Kate Robson-Stuart

1st Produced:
Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     01 Aug 2013

Organisations:
:DELIRIUM:

1st Published:
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Music:
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new writing 1 hour

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Getting Away

Synopsis:
Getting away is Henley's first two act play. It tells the story of a graphic artist who has been commissioned to produce a graphic novel that will be suitable for commuters, containing tag lines for key sponsors. the trouble is, he is more at home with superheroes and evil villains. He draws on real life experience, painting in his unrequited love, Claire into the story. He also tries to reform his old superhero characters into a corporate state. In the comic he creates, a team of work colleagues go on a spa break - much awkwardness and infidelity ensues. the artist works through the night, struggling to find an ending. In the end, he rewinds the story and allows the superheroes back in for a huge, comic book fight finale. Buoyed with the confidence of finishing, the real Claire knocks on the door - the artist plucks up the courage to ask her out.

Notes:
all Actors play two roles, Apart from the highly physical part of the Artist.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Giant Olive

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Getting Out

Synopsis:
Sarah Henley gives this, her first play, a setting she is familiar with, a private practice law firm. It is not a tale of corporate clients and financial skulduggery but a 'below-stairs' picture, as it were, of what's going on among the staff. It takes place 'at the height of the credit crunch,' and concerns itself largely with the sex lives of its characters. these assorted office types, based perhaps on Henley's own time in such a practice, are broadly played to emphasise their comic potential.
- Howard loxton, British theatre Guide

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Giant Olive

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Muted

Synopsis:
A young musician looses the power of speech after the death of his mother

Notes:
Music and lyrics Tori Allen-Martin; Tim Prottery Jones; book by Sarah Henley. Originally entitled "After The Turn"

1st Produced:
The Bunker, London     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Zip - A Streetdance Musical

Synopsis:
Giant Olive organised a series of workshops with people in Camden affected by Gun & Knife Crime and using the material gathered, produced 'ZIP' which will be staged in the Camden Fringe Festival and beyond. With top level choreography from Gary Lloyd; experienced street dancers, rappers, beat boxers and actors, ZIP will be a haunting night at the theatre.

Notes:
Written by Ray Shell, Sarah Henley And James Kenward, music by Anthony Warnes, WarrenWilson, Shell, Henley And Kenward

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Giant Olive

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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