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Armchair UK
Synopsis:
consists of three very short plays set around an armchair and a television set acting as a focus to explore blighted lives.
Dominic Shaw, Time Out
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Riverside Studios, May 2000. Dunedin, N.Z, 1999, White Bear, July 2000
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Dunedin, N.Z.
1999
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25 min One Act
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Between the Fourth and the Fifth
Synopsis:
A mugger attacks a man in a lift. then the lift gets stuck between two floors. trapped together, the men reveal their pasts - but mutual knowledge doesn't lead to sympathy and the play ends in another act of violence.
Dominic Shaw, Time Out
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White Bear theatre, July 2000. Bratislava, Slovakia, June 2000
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50 mins One Act
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Couch Potatoes
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1st Produced:
Goldsmiths College, London
1999
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20 min One Act
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Game?
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Young Vic Studio, May 2003
1st Produced:
Goldsmiths College, London
2003
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20 min One Act
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Gotcha!
Synopsis:
A brother and sister loose their ball and enter a spooky house to retrieve it. there they meet an old man who believes that when he is struck by lightning he will become a young man again.
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Half Moon Ypt And National Tour
2002
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Genre:
50 mins in length, for ages 5 - 10. One Act
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Just Do It/Like Chicken Tonight
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1st Produced:
Goldsmiths College, London
2003
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1st Published:
Just Do It Published in Monologues for Men; Heinemann, 2003
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Genre:
Monologues for M or F. 15 mins in length.
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Male: - Female: - Other: 1 m or f
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Mudplay
Synopsis:
the social revolution of the sixties
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subVERSE, A new writing theatre company with An Ambitious programme reflecting the ongoing global political situation, presents ten new pieces At theatre 503 (the Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road London SW11 3BW)
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Genre:
short play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
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in Goldsmiths MA Anthology; Silbro, 2003
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Schtum
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Winner - Best Play, Best Actor
1st Produced:
Lost Theatre
1997
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50 mins One Act
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Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
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Subterfuge
Synopsis:
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Winner - Best Play
1st Produced:
Lost Theatre
1998
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Genre:
45 min One Act
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Who Wants to be the Disco King ?
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C Venue 34, Edinburgh Fringe, August 2004. Diorama Studio theatre, London August - September 2004.
1st Produced:
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
2000
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Genre:
One hour play
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Male: 5 Female: 5 Other: -
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