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Adrian Hornsby

ADRIAN HORNSBY  (1977 - )

 Nationality:    British
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Since graduating from Oxford in 1999, adrian Hornsby has written and devised temporal work for both theatre and performance art. His pieces often involve film, poetic narrative structures, and a musical treatment of language. Works have been shown in London, Paris, New York, Beijing, and amsterdam, and have been aired on radio in London and New York. He wrote a string of short stories for the PLR. He is currrently working on a study of flash-urbanization in China, and writes non-fiction on sustainable architecture and ethical enterprises.

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 Marion Davies & The Moon         Three Parts         Until I Get My Gorgeous Wings

Marion Davies & The Moon

Synopsis:
a love triangle; murderous fantasies; old warped records; a sense of grace or belief such as comes with a true sense of powerlessness. We tell stories to divest ourselves of something else.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sudden Theatre, Paris    2003

Organisations:
Kilometer Zero

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Mixed-media / avant-garde Piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Three Parts

Synopsis:
an exploration into the act of remembering in which voices are used like the parts of a string quartet.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Espace Createur, Paris    2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Kilometer Zero, 2003   -

Music:
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Genre:
avant-garde Piece

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Until I Get My Gorgeous Wings

Synopsis:
a young woman returns to her home by the sea after a dislocating period in London. a man sits in the kitchen of his ground floor maisonette, wondering where his wife has gone. Passing connections between the two stories reveal a shadowy portrait of the capital, composed of assumed names and lost pasts.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Kilometer Zero for Shortcuts 2006

1st Published:
Kilometer Zero, 2006   -

Music:
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Genre:
Mixed-media / avant-garde Piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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