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Alice Nutter

ALICE NUTTER

  (1962 - )
Nationality:    British
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Alice Nutter (born 10 July 1962) joined the anarchist music group Chumbawamba in 1982, not long after the band formed, and took up residence in their squat in Armley. With her music and politics closely integrated, Nutter picketed during the 1984-85 miners' strike and the 1986 Wapping dispute. Nutter left Chumbawamba in 2006 to start a new career as a playwright

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

         Barnbow Canaries         Foxes         My Generation         Where's Vietnam

Barnbow Canaries

Barnbow Canaries
As the Great War gathers pace, Agnes and her sister Edith revel in their new-found independence and prosperity as Barnbow lasses. Not only does their danger money buy them a new life of confidence, men, work and politics but the thrill of a new future, full of fun, friendship and freedom. In the wake of the catastrophic 1916 explosion, the women discover the true cost of the cry for More Shells!

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Alice Nutter (My Generation) brings her unique voice to this incredible story of Yorkshire grit, determination and solidarity, marking 100 years since the largest ever single loss of life in the history of Leeds.

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1st Published:
Oberon Books (2016) >>>    978-1783197750

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Foxes

Synopsis:
Set in the Little London area of Leeds, Foxes is a tender, heart-warming modern day romance. Living in a Little London tower block, hard-working Loretta lives with her brother Garth who is more interested in filling the living room walls with comic book characters than going to school. Eric lives next door with his Father and three other asylum seekers, desperately trying to evade deportation and survive on low-paid, menial jobs, Foxes tells the human story of the meeting of these worlds and how ignorance, bitterness and lack of empathy and understanding can be a dangerous combination.

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BBC Northern Exposure

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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My Generation

Synopsis:
Passionate and willing to fight, Mick, Cath, Ben and Emma are a family living in Leeds. Mostly they fight for what they believe in; sometimes they fight with each other. Political tensions, family relationships and social responsibility are set against a backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper, radical feminism, the miners' strike and music festivals. MY GENERATION is the portrait of a city, a family and an exploration of how oppositional politics has changed in Britain over the last 40 years all played out to an explosive soundtrack.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  1 boy 1 girl

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Where's Vietnam

Where's Vietnam
1968 and the sexual revolution is stuck in a traffic jam just outside Leeds, but two brothers are about to see beyond the city's narrow perimeters. A fan of the Kray twins, Banks proudly models himself on Reggie Kray and pushes his gentle giant of a brother, Arthur, into the subservient role of Ronnie. As they hitch their way down the M1 they find a shifting cast of characters, offering everything from fish paste sandwiches to balloon based sex.

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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of this Leeds-based company Where's Vietnam?, written by Alice Nutter (Foxes), has a soundtrack of sixties soul and dirty funk played live on stage. This is a black comedy about love, loyalty and not letting disability stand in the way of extreme violence.

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Organisations:
Red Ladder Theatre Company

1st Published:
Oberon Books (2008) >>>    978-1840028706

Music:
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Genre:
black comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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