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Esther O'Toole

ESTHER O'TOOLE

  
Nationality:    British
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Trained as an actor and studied Theatre history before developing her passion for writing. She has been an associate artist at Hall for Cornwall in Truro from 2006 - 2009 during which time she also managed the Arvon New Writing centre, Totleigh Barton. She has had work showcased at Hall for Cornwall, Theatre 503 and the Soho Theatre. Now writing full time she is working on a new play and two screen projects. Drawn to stories with challenging themes and settings, historical or socio-political origins her writing has a strong global focus.

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below is a list of Esther O'Toole's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Crossing, The         Strange Divide         Trinity

Crossing, The

Synopsis:
Leave it all behind: friends, family, lovers. Drop all your hopes and gamble everything for the chance of a brighter future. Have you the money, the strength, the willpower to make the final crossing? the Crossing is a riveting story of three Ghanaian men who journey thousands of miles across Africa in search of the new EUtopia

Notes:
Original Cast - Michael Offei, Michael Kofi, Kwaku Boateng

1st Produced:
Neat11, Exeter Bikeshed Theatre And Theatre 503    Jun 2011

Organisations:
Tangle, Nottingham Playhouse, Theatre 503 - it was a co-production

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Strange Divide

Synopsis:
It's all coming together for Alice Dawes. The mind-bogglingly rich founder of DAWES BioTech has everything she could want on Earth but, she's not interested in most of it and her ambitions reach far beyond our little blue dot. Biological augmentation has increased her lifespan, technology removed all drudgery from her daily existence and there is nothing, nothing, to curtail her imagination. She is free, to live as she chooses and to&create. Or so she thought. But when her cutting edge research turns out to have a mind of its own, and the shareholders start asking questions, she comes to see making the future is a tricky business. For Beth, everything's a mess. The climate change fixes haven't reached her suburban backwater yet, her boyfriend, Dave, is lovely but lacks ambition; she's happy but anxious. Constantly. Like the apocalypse is nigh but she can't see which direction it's approaching from. Is she looking for meaning or escapism? And does she have time to look for either?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Het Amsterdams Theaterhuis, Amsterdam    03 Sep 2015

Organisations:
Orange Tea Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Sci-Rom-Fi-Com

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  Some male parts might be played by females.

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Trinity

Synopsis:
Writing in response to Renaissance texts Trinity is the story of an Elizabethan woman who hides a family friend, a Catholic priest, in her house; unbeknownst to the authorities and even her husband.

Notes:
part of Responses

1st Produced:
Extracts Produced At Hall For Cornwall    2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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