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Ian Kershaw

IAN KERSHAW

  
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    The Agency (London) Ltd  

Ian Kershaw was born in Oldham and trained as an actor at the Welsh College of Music and Drama and has worked as an actor in Theatre and television. as a writer his plays include UNION STReeT (2007, Oldham Coliseum) and GeT KeN BaRLOW (2005, Watford Palace Theatre). His work for television includes SHaMeLeSS (2010-2011, series 6-8), HOLBY CITY, CaSUaLTY, DOCTORS and eaSTeNDeRS. His writing for radio includes, PICK UPS (2008-9, BBC Radio 4), RaFT TO BONDI (2009, BBC Radio 4), Alan aND JeaN's INCReDIBLe JOURNeY (2008, BBC Radio 4) and the aUTOBIOGRaPHY OF a NOBODY (2006, BBC Radio 4) He has been shortlisted for the BBC's Two-Timing' in 2004 and for Contact Theatre and the BBC's Dangerous Comedy' in 2003. Between 2001 and 2002 he won Contact Theatre's Flip the Script' six times.

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

         By Far The Greatest Team         Candyland         Christmas Carol, A         Cinderella         Get Ken Barlow         Mist in the Mirror, The         Mr Blue Sky         Northern Sky         Star-Cross'd         Union Street

By Far The Greatest Team

Synopsis:
We're by far the greatest team, the world has ever seen. . . One City. Two Teams. In BY FAR THE GREATEST TEAM, four outstanding Mancunian writers explore what it is to be a football fan in four brand new plays. Told in a game of two halves, BY FAR THE GREATEST TEAM tells new stories about Manchester City, Manchester United, identity, community, belonging and asks why the beautiful game has such an impact on our lives, season after season.

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written by Ian Kershaw, Lindsay Williams, Andrew Sheridan and Sarah McDonald Hughes

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Monkeywood Theatre

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Play/Drama 90 min

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Candyland

Synopsis:
dark comedy set on the roof top of a condemned Manchester Tower block.

Notes:
won the North West prize At the Royal exchange / Bruntwood Playwriting Competition

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Christmas Carol, A

Synopsis:
A broken man and a single woman drunkenly fall in lust and go back home for a night to remember.

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1st Produced:
Joshua Brooks, 106 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6Ng    09 Oct 2012

Organisations:
JB Shorts 8

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15 min play

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Cinderella

Synopsis:
Performed in The Round, this new version of Cinderella has been adapted by writer Ian Kershaw. Set on a northern farm, it tells the story of gutsy teenager Ella whose family has recently relocated from Essex. With live music and songs plus puppets

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Genre:
pantomime

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Get Ken Barlow

Synopsis:
hooliganish Mancunian brothers decide that the best way to relaunch their ailing model village is to target the longest surviving character in Coronation Street - Ken Barlow - for a celebnapping.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mist in the Mirror, The

Synopsis:
Adapted from the novel by Susan Hill author of The Woman in Black, this tense and atmospheric new production is an otherworldly mystery that leaves a terrifying eeriness suspended in the air. A ghostly chill falls over the New Wolsey this autumn with a traveller's strange tale of threats from beyond the grave. The Mist in the Mirror is a gothic fireside story which the audience is invited to eavesdrop on. Visual theatre innovators imitating the dog will once again be on hand to create an unnerving ethereal atmosphere before the show even begins and an unsettling feeling that might just follow you home at the end of the night too. . .

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adapted from book by Susan Hill

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Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Imitating the Dog

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mr Blue Sky

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Part of Miniaturists 4 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Genre:
short play

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Northern Sky

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part of JB Shorts Five

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Joshua Brooks, Manchester    Mar 2011

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Genre:
15 min play

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Star-Cross'd

Synopsis:
Star - Cross'd - Oldham's very own take on Romeo and Juliet. Robbie O, a typical tracksuit wearing Oldham lad, and Judy, a beautiful Bengali student of Oldham College, come from very different backgrounds and live very different lives. When the star-crossed pair meet and fall in love, their relationship is faced with conflict from all sides.

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Genre:
open air production

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Union Street

Synopsis:
a bitter sweet comedy about young love, broken dreams and the changing face of a Northern town

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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