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Helen Monks

HELEN MONKS

  
Nationality:    British
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Helen Monks's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Dolly Wants to Die         E15         PussyFooting

Dolly Wants to Die

Synopsis:
Meet Dolly: a potty-mouth, chain-smoking toy doll. She can sing, dance, throw a tea party like a bitch literally, anything! Except, that is, the one thing she wants most in the world. Dolly can't die. A victim of Cameron's Britain, this doll is done playing nice. Presenting first world problems in an imaginary world this offbeat comedy - through music, storytelling and stand-up - explores the peril of entering adulthood and the absolute ball ache of being alive.

Notes:
written by Helen Monks

1st Produced:
Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     04 Aug 2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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E15

Synopsis:
'We want social housing, not social cleansing'. On the 19th October 2013, 29 single mums at Stratford's Focus E15 hostel received eviction notices. Faced with the choice between skyrocketing rent or being forcibly relocated from their children, the mothers united to take action. And so began a campaign that placed these young women on the frontline and forced housing back onto the national agenda. From the Houses of Parliament, to the streets of Newham, this piece of documentary theatre is adapted solely from the real-life testimonies of the most prominent and marginalized voices of the political spectrum - providing a truthful retelling of the most prominent yet sidelined issue in the UK. As Britain faces ever-increasing cuts to welfare and social benefits, E15 explores our relationship with housing in 2015 and how one group of young mothers refused to be marginalized. This is the beginning of the end of the social housing crisis.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Guilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival fringe     16 Aug 2015

Organisations:
FYSA Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
political piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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PussyFooting

Synopsis:
A world in which our feet control us, PussyFooting is a new play from award-winning writer, Helen Monks. Follows five friends as their feet take over and lead them into a topsy-turvy world. This dark comedy sets out to uncover who is really in control of our inner most desires, and explores a universe through which the characters travel, quite literally, feet first. A free pair of socks with every ticket!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
C Venues - C Aquila, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     01 Aug 2013

Organisations:
SleepyWells Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
absurdist, new writing 50 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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