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Alex Oates

ALEX OATES

  
Nationality:    British
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Alex Oates grew up in the North East of England and studied theatre and playwriting at Middlesex University and S.U.N.Y New Paltz. On graduating he was selected to be part of the team who would write the Webby award winning TV series and online drama E20 for the BBC, Alex wrote the first episode and then for every subsequent series of the show. Alex took part in the Old Vic New Voices 24 hour plays and Time Warner Ignite program. His first play Fan Fiction was workshopped with Russell Tovey, Iwan Rheon and Rebekah Ryan. Alex's play Silk Road, the first play to be funded by virtual currency 'Bitcoin', was a critical success at Assembly venues in Edinburgh, as was his third play Pig written for Silent Uproar at Hull Truck/New Diorama. Alex is currently developing a screenplay with Constant Productions.

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

         Fan Fiction         Old Vic New Voices         Pig         Rules For Being A Man         Silk Road (How To Buy Drugs Online)
Fan Fiction

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first play Fan Fiction was workshopped with Russell Tovey, Iwan Rheon and Rebekah Ryan.

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Old Vic New Voices

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part of Old Vic New Voices (OVNV) Aims to support emerging talent, inspire young people And open up the Old Vic theatre to new And diverse Audiences.

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short play

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Pig

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Hull Truck    

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Silent Uproar

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Rules For Being A Man

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Rules For Being a Man depicts the everyday battle of masculinity, whilst these men go about their lives and struggle to hold on. Three different generations of men come to terms with love, life and other peoples expectations. Living in a society where the scars of toxic masculinity are becoming more and more visible on the cultural landscape, Rules For Being A Man looks at the marks men create in themselves, and others. Following three generations of a family centred around one pivotal action, this honest new play attempts to try to come to terms with the different pressures men face going through life trying to be a man and the damaging toll they take on their mental health. Inspired by interviews with survivors of suicide and The Samaritans.

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Silk Road (How To Buy Drugs Online)

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Buying drugs on the internet is simple, anyone can do it'. Meet Bruce, 19, unemployed and living with his nan. When Bruce discovers how easy it is to buy narcotics on the internet, his life and his nan's eBay account change forever. From Old Vic New Voices playwright Alex Oates, achingly funny and devastatingly sad' (AYoungerTheatre.com), comes a ground-breaking and pitch black view of the dark web and the threat it poses to a generation without identity in a world of shifting values.

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he first play to be funded by virtual currency 'Bitcoin'

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Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     01 Aug 2014

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EH Productions

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Bloomsbury Publishing   

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New writing, Drama, 1 hour

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