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Laura McCluskey

LAURA MCCLUSKEY

  
Nationality:    British
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Laura McCluskey is a playwright and director. She has directed her own work: Cake and Congo (Theatre 503) and Nina and Shaz (Brockley Jack) followed by a London tour for Black History Month ( Rich Mix, Drill Hall and Tara Arts). She was assistant director at The Young Vic on Been So Long by Che Walker and at The Royal Court on Gone Too Far by Bola Agbaje, where she was also education manager. Other productions include The Wing by Clara Brennan as part of Theatre Uncut. Laura is also education manager at Clean Break, a theatre company that works with women affected by the criminal justice system, where she recently worked with playwright Stacey Gregg on an ensemble piece.

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

         Cake And Congo         Nina and Shaz

Cake And Congo

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If boys are gonna grab your arse for free, why not get paid for it? When Amba dances, shes in control. Since she and her aunty fled the Congo as refugees, theyre certainly far safer, but there isnt much cash about. Aunt Leonie may be happy with a cleaning job and a slice of cake after work, but Ambas looking for more . . .Will she follow her dream to become a dancer or get caught up in the pursuit of easy money in the dark world of lap dancing . . ?

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Nina and Shaz

Synopsis:
In Nina and Shaz the life-story of Nina Simone is played out jointly with that of fictional contemporary counterpart Shazne. As a strategy it is more than moderately successful in contrasting their lives: the puritanical and poverty-stricken background of Simone's youth is compared to the consumerist have-it-all society in which Shazne is raised, and it also serves to highlight the point that, whilst Simone had a prodigious "God-given" natural talent, Shaz is a product fabricated by a pushy single mum with the aid of Nike and D&G. Shaz is our society's wannabe egotistical youth - we feel for the rail-roaded teenager as she inveighs against her mum - "Do you even know what I want?" - but the injustices in her life are trivial when put against those of Simone in racist pre-war North Carolina.
- Sandra Giorgetti, British theatre Guide

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