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Amy Nostbakken

AMY NOSTBAKKEN

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Quote Unquote Collective info@quoteunquotecollective.com

Co-artistic director of Quote Unquote Collective and core member of Theatre Ad Infinitum UK. An award-winning playwright, performer, and musician, Amy graduated from Concordia University with a degree in Theatre Studies in 2005 and then trained for two years at L'Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She has co-created and composed numerous award-winning productions including Theatre Ad lnfinitum's First Class (2011 ), Ballad of the Burning Star (2013) and the one-woman show The Big Smoke, winner of a 2011 Argus Angel Award, a 2012 Manchester Theatre Award, and 2015 Solo United Festival award in NYC. Most recently Amy composed, performed, and acted as musical director for Theatre Ad lnfinitum's highly acclaimed Bucket List, which premiered at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, and is currently developing Quote Unquote Collective's Now You See Her, an all-female rock opera. Amy teaches theatre to adults and young people and runs Quote Unquote Collective's workshops for both amateurs and industry professionals.

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

         Big Smoke, The         Mouthpiece
Big Smoke, The

Synopsis:
In a courageous physical performance with a completely original text and score sung a cappella, Amy Nostbakken tells the story of a brilliant young artist from Toronto given the opportunity of a lifetime: a solo exhibit at London's Tate Modern Art Gallery. Nathalie has everything to live for: good looks, talent, a loving family, amazing scholarships and a career just waiting to take off. But just as she is rising to the heights of her potential, she begins to spiral down into the depths of depression. Through swanky gallery parties and grim pub toilets, ex-boyfriends and meddling aunts, mauled dogs and crashed cyclists, her descent into madness unfolds. the Big Smoke is a stunning experience that walks the fine line between sanity and psychosis.

Notes:
devised by Amy Nostbakken And Nir Paldi. the Big Smoke winner of the Argus Angel Award At the 2011 Brighton Festival Fringe. Nostbakken was Also nominated for Best Female Performer in the Latest 7 Awards, Brighton And is nominated for A Mancehster theatre Award for best studio performance. the production premiered to rave reviews At the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, leading to A national tour of Britain in spring/summer 2011 that included stops in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford And Leeds And A run At Factory theatre in Toronto Canada. the Big Smoke is A co-devised piece directed by Nir Paldi, with music And performance by Amy Nostbakken.

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Organisations:
Theatre Ad Infinitum

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Genre:
60 min Drama

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Mouthpiece

Mouthpiece
Two performers express the inner conflict that exists within a modern womans head: the push and the pull, the past and the present, the progress and the regression. Interweaving a cappella harmony, dissonance, text and physicality, Mouthpiece is a harrowing, humorous, and heart-wrenching journey into the female psyche.

Notes:
conceived by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava

1st Produced:
Why Not Theatre's Riser Project in Toronto     2015

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1st Published:
Coach House Books, Canada (2017)
Oberon Books (2018) >>>    

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Genre:
piece

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