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Martin Murphy

MARTIN MURPHY

  (1981 - )
Nationality:    English
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Martin Murphy is a London playwright and performer. As well as his written work for stage Martin is one half of the musical character comedy act "Pistol and Jack" alongside the writer Megan Ford. Pistol and Jack have performed at the Soho Theatre, Assembly (Edinburgh Fringe) and the NuWrite Festival in Zagreb Croatia as well as numerous London comedy venues and the Secret Garden Party festival. Martin is the Grandson of the well loved British comedy actor Brian Murphy star of Man About the House, George and Mildred, Last of the Summer Wine and numerous other credits for TV and stage.

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         After the Flood         Barren         Damaged         Heads         Manor         MonkeyInWell         Monster         Pistol & Jack: SMASH*GLAM*SEX*MUSIC         Settled         Usher         Villain         Worlds

After the Flood

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Cesar Abella, Alex Christofi, Megan Ford, Joyce Lee, Martin Murphy, Mwewa Sumbwanyambe, And Jennifer Tuckett

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Old Vic New Voices

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short Play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Barren

Synopsis:
Barren was performed as part of the Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays. Martin Murphy's piece was considered the most controversial of the evening not least for the line "I forgot your laugh it's like. . . When a rapist comes."

Notes:
Cast included Edward Dede, Alison O'Donnell, Rebecca Stevenson, Lachlan Chapman

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Organisations:
Old Vic New Voices

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Damaged

Synopsis:
It's alright. . . Even if we'd always stayed together one of us would have died'

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
EveryWord Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Heads

Synopsis:
A cappella musical set loosely on Easter Island. This musical looked at the fall of a people as a result of their Kings desire for greater power.

Notes:
All words by Martin Murphy Music by Matt Fishel

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Stopped Clock

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Manor

Synopsis:
A brutal, black comedy about London's underworld. Three men are thrown together by violence and love under the canopied lights of a pool hall. A modern gangster story, Manor transforms the language of city's grimy underbelly into a fast-moving, lyrical experience. Writer Martin Murphy scratches deep beneath the surface of this world, showing the humanity in those who horrify us and transforming the most minor infidelity into an unforgivable sin.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Bruised Sky Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Black Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Vol XXX (2010) Page 0284

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MonkeyInWell

Synopsis:
Short comedy looking at the problems of an employee trying to combat his disintegrating roof by working 21 hours a day 7 days a week.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Write/Cycle

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Monster

Synopsis:
Modern reworking of Frankenstein set at a house party in Camden Town

Notes:
You need the canvas stretched tight across the frame before you start painting.

1st Produced:
Drayton Theatre     01 Oct 2013

Organisations:
Write/Cycle

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
short horror

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  chorus

Further Reference:
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Pistol & Jack: SMASH*GLAM*SEX*MUSIC

Synopsis:
She's an American pop princess. He's a depraved Cockney rocker. Preaching the filth and mashing up hits from Beyonce to Bowie, Pistol & Jack will grope your soul and bring you to your knees. . . Making their Edinburgh Fringe debut in SMASH*GLAM*SEX*MUSIC, cabaret artists Pistol & Jack perform their own special brand of mashed-up pop songs and share stories of the super-injunctions, Jewish pop groups, ex-Presidents, jackals, and stage dads they've encountered clawing their way towards celebrity as the world's only Anglo-American Male-Female Pop-Rock Mash-Up Cabaret-Comedy Double-Act. Pistol & Jack's, twisted co-dependent relationship might seethe with hurt and betrayal, but their shared religion of zeitgeist idols and a cut-throat desperation for superstardom keeps them together. This Is Spinal Tap meets Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, SMASH*GLAM*SEX*MUSIC explores the ruins left behind when the glitter and champagne run out. Most light entertainment is just a blow job in an alley. Pistol and Jack are proper sex with cuddling and crying. Tonight, you'll get lucky and experience both. "the maestros of meaningful mash-up. Hilarious. Solid characterisation. . . Big laughs. . . Impressive musicality. . ." (Time Out, Critics' Choice) "If there's a better and funnier live mash-up act, we haven't seen them" (Londonist) "Sublime talent, humour, and intelligence" (Fringe Report)

Notes:
Written and performed by Martin Murphy and Megan Ford

1st Produced:
Assembly @ George Square (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)     01 Aug 2011

Organisations:
Racked

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy/Cabaret

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Settled

Synopsis:
Festival interspersing new written monologues with filmed interviews with the writers. theme was men writing monologues for female performers.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Bud Opens

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Usher

Synopsis:
Site specific piece which took place in the ice cream kiosk of the Liverpool Everyman theatre as part of their new writing festival. A lotharios male usher tries his luck with a female counterpart only to discover he is way out of his depth.

Notes:
Pete :it's a great job, where else are most of the staff pretty young girls?. . . And to top it off. the fancy ribbon on the present, when you start. You get all their phone numbers on a list. . . the shaglist challenge'

1st Produced:

Organisations:
EveryWord Festival

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Site Specific

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Villain

Synopsis:
Tired of her highly paid sales job, Rachel makes a move into social work only to find herself involved in a controversial case bringing her into the media's unforgiving gaze. Villain tells the story of a woman who wants to make a difference, a tragedy of trying to help innocent victims but ending up looking like the villain.

Notes:
Villain sold out Soho Theatre then Underbelly during the Edinburgh Fringe, received a range of 5 & 4 star reviews from publications including the Stage. The London transfer received an Offie nomination for Best Female Performance.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Bruised Sky Productions

1st Published:
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Worlds

Synopsis:
A comedy in which two actors play a range of roles. Set in a guest house in the middle of nowhere, Worlds looks at why people choose to leave or remain in relationships, friendships and locations.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
VAULT Festival     Jan 2017

Organisations:
Bruised Sky Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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