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Chris Larner

CHRIS LARNER

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    SWA  

Chris has written extensively for theatre, most notably for THE RIGHT SIZE (THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE), and in collaboration with Lee Hall (THE BARBER OF SEVILLE). His musicals, THE TRANSLUCENT FROGS OF QUUUP and ON THE ISLAND OF AARS, were both Edinburgh Festival Fringe hits. He is currently commissioned to write a screenplay about a Status Quo Tribute Band. For radio he has written THE FRIDA KAHLO OF PENGE WEST and, with David Gilbert, the SciFi comedy series THE LAXIAN KEY (BBC Radio 7). Chris has written songs for a variety of performers, including Nina Conti, Will Young, and Peepolykus. His one-man show AN INSTINCT FOR KINDNESS won a Fringe First and multiple accolades at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011 and is coming to the end of a UK-wide tour (see www.aifk.co.uk).

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

         Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves         Frida Kahlo Of Penge West, The         Instinct For Kindness, An         On the Island Of Aars         Road Rage         Translucent Frogs Of Quuup, The

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Synopsis:
The Baghdad Panto. As temperatures soar and water rationing breaks out, Vera's Casbah Bar is threatened with closure. When was the last time anyone saw a rain cloud? And what is that mysterious rumbling sound that can be heard in the ancient salt mines beneath the Blackheath desert? Can Ali Baba, aided by a love struck dame and a sand-dancing camel, find the key to the cave and save the day in this meteorological melodrama? A colourful reinvention of a famous story, original live music and criminally difficult audience participation add up to make this one of the most enjoyable family Christmas shows in London.

Notes:
written by Jonathan Petherbridge, music by Chris Larner

1st Produced:
Albany, London    1997

Organisations:
London Bubble

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Pantomime

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Frida Kahlo Of Penge West, The

Synopsis:
When quiet, unassertive Zoe agrees to let an old university chum sleep on her sofa for "just a couple of nights", little does she imagine how much her life will be taken over and then blown apart. Ruth - vain, driven, and totally narcissistic, is an unemployed actor and extraordinarily cross about it. Then, her muse strikes and she decides to show the World a thing or two by writing and starring in a play of her own, with the hapless Zoe dragged unwillingly into playing a supporting role or eight. Wickedly funny, caustic and absurd, this new comedy brilliantly performed by Laura Kirman and Cecily Nash has a surprising twist of a happy ending. Well, happy-ish. The Odd Couple meets Reservoir Dogs, but with bigger laughs and more bad, Mexican accents.

Notes:
A two-women play about one woman's struggle to stage a one-woman play about Frida Kahlo, with two women in it. . .

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Organisations:
KPS Productions

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Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

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Instinct For Kindness, An

Synopsis:
Last year, Chris Larner accompanied his terminally ill ex-wife to Switzerlands Dignitas clinic. This moving, bittersweet show reflects on the circumstances, morality and humanity surrounding the journey.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Fringe    Aug 2011

Organisations:
-

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Music:
-

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Genre:
political, true-life

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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On the Island Of Aars

Synopsis:
Musical comedy from writers of 'Translucent Frogs of Quuup' (Guardian Best Musical). 'Delightful' (Independent). On a remote rock, love blossoms despite a bad haggis harvest, draconian eU regulations and a double helping of Calvinist ministers.

Notes:
written by Chris Larner, music by Mark Stevens

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Organisations:
Festival Highlights - Quuup Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Road Rage

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Translucent Frogs Of Quuup, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
songs by Chris Larner & Mark Stevens

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe    2004

Organisations:
Cahoots Theatre Company and Quuup Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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