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Ben Ockrent

BEN OCKRENT

  
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         Bedrooms, Dens And Other Forms Of Magic         Breeders         Carrot         Hacktivists         Honey         Other Side of the Fence, The         Playlist: Festival Edition         Pleasure Principle, The

Bedrooms, Dens And Other Forms Of Magic

Synopsis:
theatre503 present a series of short plays which riff on the theme of "Coalition" - both in that they are all products of collaborations between playwrights and artists of other disciplines, and in that they all address in one way or another the new age of coalition government in which we find ourselves. You might say that a theatrical exploration of the current political situation could have come a little sooner; but coinciding as it does with the student riots and the general reaction to the October cuts, this project feels incredibly vital. there are ten pieces of work, split into a Blue Group and a Yellow Group (for Tories and Lib Dems, of course), which perform on alternate nights.

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Breeders

Synopsis:
The path to parenthood isn't always straight. Andrea and her wife Caroline have it all: great jobs, a loving relationship and a new home. There's just one thing missing: a baby. Amidst the drink-sodden traditions of a family Christmas, they have an idea: if nature can't give them a child that shares both their genes, perhaps Andrea's under-achieving brother Jimmy can? When he and his girlfriend Sharon agree, the four are forced closer than any family expects to be. Will this be the perfect solution? Or a recipe for disaster? This hilarious new comedy offers a fresh take on family, tradition and procreation, questioning not only why we have children, but how.

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Vicky Graham Productions

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Carrot

Synopsis:
It's Eleanor and Alex's engagement party, and everyone is delighted to share their joy. Everyone except for Leanie. She's not interested in other people's pretenses of happiness. In fact, she's not sure she believes in happiness at all. When her friends try to help her see sense, it turns everything they thought they knew about each other upside down. What they'll discover when the dust settles is something none of them knew was there. It might not be happiness exactly, but it might be something better

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Theatre503

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Hacktivists

Hacktivists
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Organisations:
National Theatre Connections

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Honey

Honey
Following a long early dinner break, the evening took time to get going. Honey features a series of diplomatic negotiations between an Afghan Defence Minister, Masood Khalili and CIA agent Schroen, played by Vincent Ebrahim and Michael Cochrane. This is used as a means to show that the USA had provided weapons that ended up on both sides leading to the War on Terror. It also strongly implies that with greater will and more trust for their allies, the warning given by the World Trade Center attack in 1996 should have been enough to prevent the devastation there five years later. .
- British theatre Guide

Notes:
part of A three month long festival About the culture And history of Afghanistan. Entitled the Great Game: Afghanistan. the festival will be divided into three parts, each focusing on A period of Afghan history: 1996 - 2009 : Enduring Freedom

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Genre:
Historical

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Other Side of the Fence, The

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Part of Playlist. Nine new plays by: Danny Kanaber, Tom Morton Smith, Hannah Mulder, Ben Ockrent, Sian Owen, Lola Stephenson, Colin Teevan, Jack Thorne And Rosalind Wyllie. the Festival edition of theatre503's regular sell-out event. Inspired by the music of Artists playing At Latitude, we present nine new plays by A selection of established, emerging And As yet undiscovered writers. the perfect theatrical mixtape: Some writers you know, some you don't, but All writers you'll end up loving. Playful, poignant, or A puzzle to be solved, the only rule is that each play is no longer than the piece of music that inspired it. A feast of fearless new writing in beautiful, bite-size chunks.

1st Produced:
Latitude Festival     18 Jul 2010

Organisations:
Theatre 503

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Playlist: Festival Edition

Synopsis:
The Festival edition of Theatre503s regular sell-out event. Inspired by the music of artists playing at Latitude, we present nine new plays by a selection of established, emerging and as yet undiscovered writers. The perfect theatrical mix-tape: some writers you know, some you dont, but all writers you'll end up loving. Playful, poignant, or a puzzle to be solved, the only rule is that each play is no longer than the piece of music that inspired it. A feast of fearless new writing in beautiful, bite-size chunks. The plays are:At the Candy Shop/Foreground/Geese of Berverley Road/I'm Thinking I Was Wrong/Waiting for the Heartaches/A Hundred Years or More/Been Up All Night/Arse/The Other Side of the Fence

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Genre:
short play

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Pleasure Principle, The

Synopsis:
Well I'd like to beat you up, George, believe me. I'd like to smash your head in. But we don't all act on impulse, now do we? When it comes to it, we check ourselves. It's called self-control, George, you should try it some time. Four grown-ups who should know better stumble into a minefield of flirtation, lust and friendship, bored by their best intentions and bewildered by their own desires. Ben Ockrent's debut play is a razor-sharp satire on sex and settling down, with a bittersweet edge.

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Actors Centre Ensemble

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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