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Jane McNulty

JANE MCNULTY

  
Nationality:    British
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Jane McNulty is a playwright. Her last full-length play, Our Lady of the Goldfinches, an examination of the case of Jean McConville, a widowed mother of 10 who was murdered by the IRA in 1972, toured in May 2012. She has also had several shorter plays produced in Ireland and the UK, including Sit, Stay, Roll Over for the popular JB Shorts series in Manchester and Hard Water for the Bo Leichtreach festival in County Offaly, Ireland. Jane has also written for various long-running TV drama series including EastEnders, Doctors, Crossroads, Heartbeat, The Bill and Peak Practice. Her short stories, poetry and screenplays have won prizes in various competitions. She currently teaches (scriptwriting) part-time at the University of Salford and mentors novelists for the Literary Consultancy. Jane has also taught at Liverpool John Moore's University, Edge Hill University and Manchester Metropolitan University. She has more than 20 years' experience of teaching creative writing to adults and children, including by distance learning through her creation the Writers' Ark, a web-based co-operative of published and broadcast writer/tutors. For her company, Small Mercies Productions, she is writing a new piece of physical theatre with plans to take it on tour. She is also involved with organising a festival of new short plays for performance. Jane lives in Salford with her husband and devotes her spare time to volunteering for dog-rescue organisations.

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         Hairline Crack, A         Our Lady of the Goldfinches         Sit, Stay, Roll Over         Sunk
Hairline Crack, A

Synopsis:
A story of power, betrayal. . .and teapots.

Notes:
First presented as part of JB Shorts 12, directed by Paul Blinkhorn. Subsequently selected to feature as part of the Re:play Festival 2015 as HOME in Manchester.

1st Produced:
Joshua Brooks, 106 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6Ng     07 Oct 2014

Organisations:
JB Shorts

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Music:
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Genre:
15 min play

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Our Lady of the Goldfinches

Synopsis:
On an anonymous beach, where sea gives way to land, three characters meet. This radical new play examines sacrifice, martyrdom and the redemptive quality of love. This is the story of Jean McConville's murder by the IRA and of her daughter Helen's attempt to make sense of her death. After 30 years of searching, the Good Friday agreement prompted the IRA to disclose the location of Jean's grave. This physical production incorporates a bold multi-media score to animate the fog of war'. From the sounds and images of the Troubles' to the felling of the watchtowers, from traditional music to live mixed samples, this haunting play evokes a lonely beach in County Louth as a holy place in a Last Rites of Reconciliation.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rose Theatre Of Edge Hill University, Ormskirk     34/2012

Organisations:
Small Mercies

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Music:
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Genre:
full length play

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Sit, Stay, Roll Over

Synopsis:
as the economic downturn bites, it's a dog's life.

Notes:
part of JB Shorts

1st Produced:
Joshua Brooks, Manchester     23/2012

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Music:
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Sunk

Synopsis:
We're all in it together. The picnic is going well until the rowing boat hits stormy waters. A satire on the economic crisis.

Notes:
part of "contact compacts"

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
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