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Sonia Hughes

SONIA HUGHES  

 Nationality:    British
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During her years as a performer Sonia Hughes built a reputation for her powerful stage energy and storytelling talents

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

         0.0008         Entitled         My Young And Foolish Heart         Old People, Children And Animals         Song Of Songs         Susan & Darren         Weeding Cane

0.0008

Synopsis:
How many times a day are you remembered and what is remembered - if anything - about you?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Royal Exchange, Manchester    08 Jul 2009

Organisations:
Royal exchange Theatre and Weeding Cane

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Entitled

Synopsis:
eNTITLeD is a piece of theatre about hope, privilege and disappointment. It's about rights, and the wrongs that can deny them. It takes the form of a get-in and a get-out: the usually hidden process of transforming a theatre from an empty space into a stage for a show - and back again. eNTITLeD is Quarantine's second collaboration with philosopher Dr Michael Brady.

Notes:
Text by Sonia Hughes

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Quarantine and the Royal exchange Theatre.

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Piece

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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My Young And Foolish Heart

Synopsis:
What's it like to be young? What's it like to be old? and what happens to your heart in between? Connie (18) wants to be happy, Debra (50) is just beginning to understand what happiness is. Ben (15) has got a lot of questions he wants to ask, like 'how would you like to die?'. Christine met her Mr Darcy in her teens, lost him and found love with him again in her 60s. Hannah (18) is going to wait for the right guy. Dean (19) just wants to act and Riziki (16) hasn't a clue what she wants. Join a group of teenagers and grandparents as they try and explain what life looks like from where they're standing - celebrating their hopes, mistakes, dreams and passions, in one enormous party that is slowly getting out of control.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Part of the Truth about Youth Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Old People, Children And Animals

Synopsis:
WHeReVeR they Quarantine of Salford tend to put up a marquee, and create the feeling of a community get-together; and the result is a unique and delightful form of theatre that sits right on the cutting-edge of debate about what we mean by performance, but is still as unpretentious and accessible as a good community show. So this time around, Quarantine assemble a cast of four elderly women from Salford with stories to tell and wisdom to transmit, and three teenage girls who form a loud, metallic rock band. they're assisted by alive parrot, a giant pile of soft toys and a bagful of toy furry rabbits that squeak and hop around the floor. and for 80 minutes, in a deceptively informal but in fact tightly-structured sequence, they reflect on their lives, ask searching questions, lash out a few songs and share a cup of tea with the audience.
- Joyce McMillan, Scotsman

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Quarantine

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  children

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Song Of Songs

Synopsis:
the wedding table is set, the guests have arrived, the song for the first dance is playing but where is the beloved?

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Weeding Cake

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Susan & Darren

Synopsis:
Susan Pritchard is Darren Pritchard's mother. She is 52 and he is 28. Darren lives at home with Susan, in the house he grew up in. Darren is a dancer and Susan is a cleaner. they dance together at home to althea and Donna, John Holt and Diana Ross. You'd spot that they were mother and son instantly. You are invited to help Susan and Darren prepare for one of their famous parties. along the way there will be devastation, intimate conversation and a lovely buffet. Friends and neighbours might pop in. Come and join the party. Susan & Darren is an event with dancing created with and performed by Darren Pritchard and his mum, Susan. Quarantine and Company Fierce join forces with writer Sonia Hughes and choreographer Jane Mason to invent a kind of performance where real life doesn't stop when the show starts.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Company Fierce & Quarantine

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dance Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Weeding Cane

Synopsis:
story of young West Indian girl whose mother emigrates to england leaving her to be brougt up by her beloved Nen Nen back home

Notes:
Return (revised)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
60 min One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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