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Kieran Lynn

KIERAN LYNN

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Berlin Associates  represented by Julia Mills

Kieran Lynn trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish academy of Music and Drama, and works as a director and playwright. He has been a member of the Royal Court Young Writers programme, the Playwrights Studio Scotland mentoring programme, the BBC Sparks Residential Course and the Old Vic 24 Hour Plays. He recently completed a year-long attachment at Hampstead Theatre. Kieran's plays include the Recurring Rise and Fall (Hampstead Theatre), an advert for the army (Oran Mor, Glasgow), a Volunteer from the audience (everyman Theatre, Liverpool) and Pushing Up Poppies (Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh, and Theatre503 London). Bunnies, another new play by Lynn, soon to be published by Oberon Books, was produced by the Bike Shed Theatre, the winners of the 2012 Peter Brook empty Space award.

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

         Advert For the Army, An         Bread For the Table         Breaking The Ice         Bunnies         Cameo, The         Fishwrap         Gravedigger's Son, The         I See Myself As A Bit Of An Indiana Jones Figure         Incident At the Border, An         Last Dictator, The         Pushing Up Poppies         Recurring Rise And Fall, The         Stranger From the Sea, The         these Memories Must Go         Trap, The         Volunteer From the Audience, A         Wild Fish

Advert For the Army, An

Synopsis:
a struggling filmmaker unwillingly begins his latest project, to direct a television advertisement encouraging young people to join the armed Forces.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bread For the Table

Synopsis:
an adapted extract from Kieran Lynn's Bread for the Table formed part of an evening is called Can't Stop the Beat featuring more than 25 performers acting, improvising, and singing.

Notes:
Bread for the Table, which was recently given A rehearsed reading At the Citizens theatre, As part of the Close encounters Play readings Season.

1st Produced:
Contemporary Urban Centre, Novas, Liverpool     08 Aug 2009

Organisations:
http://www.torridstarproductions.co.uk/6.php

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Genre:
one act play

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Breaking The Ice

Breaking The Ice
The Arctic is in danger and the only thing that can save it is bureaucracy. Frank Montgomery is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chief Scientific Advisor to the Arctic Council. Hes in Barrow, Alaska, at the biannual meeting of the Council in Barrow, Alaska to give the speech that will tilt the scales. The only problem is he has spilt yogurt on his suit, left his speech at the breakfast buffet and been kidnapped by militant activists. Can he make it to the back to the podium before its too late?

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1st Produced:
Glasgow, Oran Mor     26 Sep 2016

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bunnies

Bunnies
Growing frustrated at the destruction of his rural idyll, a farmer picks up a pamphlet that encourages him on a dangerous path. . .. He has a great idea to secure the future of the native animals on his land - to kill all of the non-natives. With his daughter against him, and his son on the fence, his idea looks equally brilliant and insane. His goal may be achieved, but at what cost? A dark comedy pondering the effects of extremism

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a short version of this play was presented As part of the Bike Shed theatre's New Blood Festival in June.

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Genre:
dark comedy

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Cameo, The

Synopsis:
John Dumfries MP has lost his seat and he's hoping a walk on part on Scotland's top soap Gallus Palace will rehabilitate his tarnished public image. Angela Laing is Gallus Palace's Grande Dame  she's a hard drinking, hard smoking national treasure who has political ambitions of her own. Stuck in between them is Kate Harper; the over worked, under valued producer trying to keep the show on time, on budget and on air. The Cameo is a comedy about politics, show business and the thin membrane that separates the two.

Notes:
written by Kieran Lynn and D C Jackson

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fishwrap

Synopsis:
When graduate journalist Caroline Berkshire is given the editorial reigns of a small town newspaper by its new conglomerate owner, she believes that she has found the perfect start to her journalistic career. However, when the owner seeks repayment for the opportunity that they have given her Caroline finds that the first hurdle is often the most difficult.

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a Play, a Pie and a Pint

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Gravedigger's Son, The

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part of New Writing/New Worlds - Festival of New Writing. "Scripts should be As minimalist As possible: sets consisting of A few easily movable pieces, no more than six characters, And A running time of 25-30 minutes maximum"

1st Produced:
G12 Gilmorehill Studio Theatre, Edinburgh     09 Jun 2006

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Genre:
short play

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I See Myself As A Bit Of An Indiana Jones Figure

Synopsis:
a short comedy showing the differing nature of meetings, relationships and partings.

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part of Bare Bones. Six directors each select An original play. they must then rehearse the play to performance-ready standard with professional Actors using only the 'bare bones' necessary - essential props, costume And set - in two weeks

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Incident At the Border, An

Incident At the Border, An
"When we came for a romantic walk in the park, we didnt think we would be involved in aninternational crisis. . .This side of the line, that side of the line. Does it really make that much of a difference which side I am from?" When a country's new border is drawn, a couple are divided by the line. Under the rigorouseyes of a brand new border guard, they are trapped in an increasingly absurd nightmare, stuck in between two aggressive nations on the verge of war. a comic new play exploring the imaginary lines that divide us and the severe penalties for breaking them. . .

Notes:
Recorded for Radio by BBC Radio 4. Performed As part of the Last Frontier theatre Conference, in Valdez, Alaska. To be performed At Finborough theatre, London And edgemar Centre for the Arts, Los Angeles, California

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Genre:
80 min one act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Last Dictator, The

Synopsis:
at the top of a tall tower an aging dictator writes the story of his life. the only chapter remaining is the final one. When a young soldier arrives, that chapter is ready to begin, though whether it will go exactly the way he has planned remains to be seen.

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Organisations:
a play, a pie and a pint

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Pushing Up Poppies

Synopsis:
Pushing up Poppies is a dark comedy set in the trenches during the First World War.Four men are left standing. Men who are weary and traumatised. Men on the brink of insanity. Men who can hardly remember their own names.as one day merges into another, they try to find new topics of conversation, in an attempt to distract themselves from the living hell they are trapped in.

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theatre 503, London 2011

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atlas Company

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Recurring Rise And Fall, The

Synopsis:
a group of young people struggle to create a society that works. . .for everyone.

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Heat & Light Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  10            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Stranger From the Sea, The

Synopsis:
When Luke is rescued after floating for days in a lifeboat he becomes a minor media celebrity

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these Memories Must Go

Synopsis:
Observes five siblings at the graveside of their parents. they bicker rather than remember, as each vies to achieve ascendancy for their own talent.

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part of the 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices

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Genre:
15 min comedy Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Trap, The

Trap, The
Tom and Clem are deep in debt. Alan, Tom's boss, owes big bucks. Meryl, Alan's manager, is mortgaged to the hilt. When The Debt Duck's owner liquidates the company and retires to his luxury chalet, Tom, Clem, Alan and Meryl each decide to crack the safe, steal some cash and put an end to their financial woes. But will they break the cycle of debt? Or is this just another terrible trap? A biting new topical comedy about the perils of a capitalist world from one of the UK's top contemporary playwrights.

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1st Produced:
Fort Worth, TX     28 Apr 2017

Organisations:
Amphian Stage Productions

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Play/Drama

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Volunteer From the Audience, A

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Wild Fish

Synopsis:
Wild Fish, concerns the fallout of commercial fishing company owner Jakob Halvard's decision to stop catching for the benefit of fish stock levels

Notes:
won the 2012 Nick Darke Award

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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