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Andy Moseley

ANDY MOSELEY

  
Nationality:    British
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Andy Moseley is an author and playwright based in Surrey. His performed plays as at April 2012, are Are You Lonesome Tonight? A Bridge Game Too Far, Heart Shaped Box, and Mistaken for Strangers (co-written with Howie Ripley). He also collaborated with 8 other writers on Summers Gone, a new writing project for KDC Theatre in 2011. He has written one non-fiction book Around the States in 90 Days, which was published in 2009, and is currently taking the Creative Writing Scriptwriting MA course at University of East AngliA.

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

         After We Danced         Are You Lonesome Tonight?         Boxes         Bridge Game Too Far, A         Heart Shaped Box         Mistaken For Strangers

After We Danced

Synopsis:
Fran and Finn met in 1952. He had just completed his national service, she was living with her overly protective father. They spent one glorious summer together then never saw each other again. Sixty years later they are getting married. What are the secrets that kept them apart?

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1st Produced:
theSpace on the Mile " 80 High Street, EH1 1TH (Space 3) B0131 510 2382 V39 GE5, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     06 Aug 2015

Organisations:
NoLogo Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama, New writing

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Synopsis:
Dwight and Leanne Carter, are an American couple about to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary. their marriage has been going through a rocky patch and Dwight decides the best way to save it is by taking his wife to see all twelve dates of a tour by the man who brought them together - Elvis Preseley. His wife is no longer such a big fan of the King, but that turns out to be the least of his problems because it's August 1977 and Elvis will leave the building before Dwight can find out whether this really was the solution to their problems. When the news of Elvis' death breaks, Dwight and Leanne are already a long way from home on their way to the first show in Portland, Maine. Denied the chance to see him live, they have to decide whether to do the tour without Elvis, or go home to an uncertain future. Whatever they decide, one thing is clear - even though he's left the building, Elvis still holds the key to their future.

Notes:
Are You Lonesome Tonight? is A one-act play of Approximately 50 minutes. It is Available for Amateur production. For information About scripts And performance rights please contact the playwright. the play was performed At Buxton And Edinburgh Fringe festivals in 2010 And Brighton And Camden Fringe Festivals in 2011. Review comments included; 'the life And death of Elvis informs the Drama in A fascinating way. A very interesting performance' On the Fringe (Camden); 'A relevant look At fanaticism And the loss of one's idols' Three Weeks (Edinburgh); 'A warm-hearted And thoughtful play' Buxton Fringe'; 'Filled with wit And pathos' Fringe Report. A shorter version of the play was performed At the CornerHouse, Surbiton in 2009, And Oxfringe in 2010.

1st Produced:
The Paupers Room, Underground Venues, Buxton, Derbyshire     21 Jul 2010

Organisations:
NoLogoProductions

1st Published:
Cyberpress   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Boxes

Synopsis:
Josh and Steph live down the corridor from Dave and Gemma in rented studio apartments. Josh works in property, setting up deals for overseas buyers looking to bury their money in a city where prices continue to rise. Steph is a solicitor, drawing up paperwork for his clients. Josh and Steph are thinking big. This is just a stopping place for them. Dave wants to escape the world of local newspapers by exposing the truth about the money the London property bubble is built on. Gemma is a supply teacher who moved to London to be with him. Dave and Gemma aren't thinking big. They're just trying to survive. Boxes is a play about London's booming property market and what it really means for people here and abroad.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
NoLogo Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bridge Game Too Far, A

Synopsis:
For the residents of a local retirement home, the weekly bridge game is more than just a way of life, it's a way of staying alive, so when Mabel Shepherd announces she's sitting the game out for the night, the news travels fast as her fellow bridge partners plan their next moves and play their cards a little too far from their chests. A Bridge Game Too Far was inspired by a New York Times article reprinted in the Observer on 7 June 2009. the article focused on bridge players at the retirement community of Laguna Woods, California. Playing contract bridge was seen as helpful in preventing dementia, but slipping up in games may lead to people having to drop out, and to quote one resident 'when they stop playing, they don't live much longer.'

Notes:
the play is A one Act play Approximately 30 minutes in length. All characters Are over 65. the play won the 2011 Roy Purdue Trophy for new writing At the Roy Purdue New Playwriting Festival At the Orange Tree theatre, Richmond, And was subsequently performed At Hampton Hill Playhouse, Teddington, Surrey. Prior to this A seven minute version of the play was one of 12 finalists in the 2010 Ovation theatre Awards, At the Pavilion theatre, Whitby. the play is Available for Amateur production. For information About scripts And performance rights please contact the playwright

1st Produced:
Walton On Thames Playhouse, Walton-On-Thames, Surrey.     02 Mar 2011

Organisations:
OHADS

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama/Comedy one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Heart Shaped Box

Synopsis:
It is 2000, Kurt Cobain has been dead for six years, but the legacy of his life and death, still loom large in the memories of Diana and Lawrence, because of the university suicide of Richie, Diana's ex-boyfriend and Lawrence's best friend, shortly after Cobain's death. Diana has recently met Lawrence for the first time since she left university, and they are due to attend the wedding of two of their old friends. It will be the first time she has seen them since his death. As the morning of the wedding progresses, she discovers that people have different ways of coping with loss, and forgetting about lives not lived.

Notes:
the play is A one Act play Approximately 30 minutes in length. It was performed At Oxfringe in 2010. Fringe Report.com described the play As 'perfectly pitched in performance, direction And script. Andy Moseley manages to shift between comedy And tragedy seamlessly.the script is particularly successful in taking twists which could feel cliched And making them feel fresh. As the characters' back story is revealed through these twists they become more three-dimensional And true to life.' the play is Available for Amateur production. For information About scripts And performance rights please contact the playwright.

1st Produced:
Old Fire Station, Oxford For Oxfringe 2010.     06 Apr 2010

Organisations:
NoLogoProductions in association with Teddington Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mistaken For Strangers

Synopsis:
December 31st 1999 and the class of '89 are gathered for a reunion to celebrate their post-university lives and the end of the Millennium. At least, that was the plan. Most of them either can't be bothered, or have better things to do, leaving just a lecturer, a former welfare officer, the Bursar's wife, a handful of students, and a couple of people who weren't even at the University, to see in the new century in each other's company. Peter's Friends with acrimony and bile, and without Stephen Fry and Kenneth Branagh.

Notes:
Mistaken for Strangers is A full length (2 Act) play with A running time of 2 hours (including interval). It was co-written by Andy Moseley And Howie Ripley. the play is Available for Amateur production. For information About scripts And performance rights please contact the playwright

1st Produced:
Network Theatre, Waterloo, London     09 Jun 2010

Organisations:
NoLogoProductions and Westminster Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  1 (non-speaking)

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