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Angel
Synopsis:
Syria, 2014: there's a siege as fierce as Stalingrad. ISIS, having steam-rollered through Iraq, expect to take the town easily. But the citizens have found a heroine: a crackshot sniper, with 100 kills to her name. And she appears indestructible. She's the Angel of Kobane.
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1st Produced:
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
03 Aug 2016
Organisations:
Gilded Balloon Productions and Henry Naylor
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Borders
Synopsis:
The Mediterranean, 2017, rough seas. An ageing fishing boat is sinking fast, under the weight of refugees. As it dips lower in the water, one young Syrian is panicking. She can't swim. And she's six months pregnant. . .
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1st Produced:
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
02 Aug 2017
Organisations:
Pipeline Productions
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Play/Drama
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Collector, The
Synopsis:
2003, Mazrat Gaol. One of Saddam's most notorious torture houses. More than 10,000 people died here. Now, under Allied command, Nassir works here. He's a local, translating for the American interrogators. He's pro-Western, determined to bring liberal values to his country. And he's about to get married to his sweetheart. But when he is recognized by a psychotic prisoner, his life becomes a living hell. . .The Collector is a timely tale of murder, evil and betrayal set in occupied Iraq.
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1st Produced:
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
01 Aug 2014
Organisations:
Henry Naylor / Gilded Balloon
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Genre:
Satire, Horror, 1 hour
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Echoes
Synopsis:
Two British women, 175 years apart. One is a bright, Islamist schoolgirl; the other a Victorian colonial pioneer. The former would build a caliphate; the latter an Empire. Both are idealists; intelligent adventurers, with strong religious beliefs. Both are frustrated by societies which offer them few opportunities. And both would travel to the East, to impose their ideals upon unwilling peoples. . .
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1st Produced:
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
08 Aug 2015
Organisations:
Pipeline Productions
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: - Female: 2 Other: -
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Finding Bin Laden
Synopsis:
Chasing the CIA's $25m for capturing Bin Laden, an Afghan War reporter uncovers murder, ghosts and espionage. . .
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1st Produced:
Metro Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh Festival
2003
Organisations:
Gilded Balloon Productions and Henry Naylor
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Genre:
Dark Comedy Comedy
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Two Giddy Kippers
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written by Henry Naylor and Andy Parsons
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Pacific Rim
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