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Lisa Parry

LISA PARRY

  
Nationality:    British
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Lisa Parry is a Cardiff-based writer and a graduate of David Edgar's playwriting course at the University of Birmingham. Her theatre work has been staged across Wales, London as well as in the English regions, Glasgow and New York City. Her poetry and prose has also been extensively published in national new writing magazines. Lisa previously read English at Oxford University, after which she worked in journalism for several years, her work appearing in regional and national newspapers. In 2011, Lisa founded Agent 160 Theatre Company. For further information, visit www.lisaparry.com.

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         2023         Angel in the Pub         Being Visible         Butterfly Fugue         Carpet and Floorboards         Dark Frequencies         Fairy Steps         First Incision         From Brum to Manhattan         Giving of Flowers, The         Going Nova         Happy Birthday Luke         Happy Birthday Ruth         Inside A Grave         March, SW3         Mother's Heart, A         Nancy         Not A Deathknock         Second Life         Throwing Oranges to the Ducks         Untitled         Waterbaby         White Roses

2023

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finalist in the King's Cross Award for New Writing 2009

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Angel in the Pub

Synopsis:
A drunken woman emerges from the toilets to find herself face-to-face with an angel waiting for the descent of Jacob's ladder.

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A winning entry in Pub Scripts 2008, part of the Word Market Festival. the piece was performed in Kendal, Ulvester And later At Forum Twenty Eight in Barrow-in-Furness.

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Pubs in Kendal and Ulvester    2008

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Word Market

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Short play

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Being Visible

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Short monologue, performed As A winning entry in the national Body Gossip competition. the piece was directed by Zoe Waterman And performed by Donnaleigh Bailey.

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the Hub, London    2009

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Butterfly Fugue

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One violin. One butterfly. One concert dress. Two women. But whose is the intruding voice? And why is one of the women desperate to play Bach? A haunting study of loss, stifled ambition and mental disintegration.

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part of Sherman Cymru'st third Egin:SpringBoard, our bilingual festival celebrating new writing And new voices.

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Carpet and Floorboards

Synopsis:
A duologue exploring one couple's failing marriage

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directed by Kate Budgen.

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Tara Studio    2008

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Blank Thorn Apprenticeship in association with Tara Arts

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Dark Frequencies

Synopsis:
Alexis is a superhero stuck in Sydney who desperately needs to travel to New York City to prevent a rupture in the space-time continuum. But she can't get there without the help of the audience.

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This piece was performed in Sydney And watched in New York via Skype (by one Audience member At A time) As part of the Internationalists' event Long Distance Affair.

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TACT Studio, Broadway, NYC    12 Nov 2011

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the Internationalists

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Fairy Steps

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Divorcee Charlotte finally agrees to go on a date with Rob, but the evening doesn't go as either had planned.

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part of snapshots

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the Legion @ Salisbury    05 Nov 2010

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Bootleg Theatre Company

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Short play

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First Incision

Synopsis:
An historical play looking at the origins of widespread human dissection in British medicine.

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An extract from the play was performed As A rehearsed reading, directed by Alison Sutcliffe.

1st Produced:
Allardyce Nicoll Studio, University of Birmingham    2006

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From Brum to Manhattan

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A young twenty-something in Selly Oak is once again awoken by a stranger on the telephone trying to order pizza. Unable to sleep, she ponders leaving the Midlands and joining her boyfriend in NYC.

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A short monologue for A female Actress in her early to mid-twenties; the piece was originally directed by Mukul Ahmed And in February 2007 was A winning entry in Pomegranate theatre's "curtain warmers" competition in Chesterfield.

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Mixed Company Productions

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Short monologue

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Giving of Flowers, The

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A twenty-something journalist visits her mother's grave, pregnancy test in hand.

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A short play for two Actresses - one in her late fifties And Another in her mid to late twenties. the piece was originally directed by Zoe Waterman And was later revived As part of Script Slam At the Sherman theatre, Cardiff, winning the January 2008 heat.

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Going Nova

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Fran, an astronomy-obsessed doctor, with a crush on Patrick Moore, looks down at her body, trying to ignore her husband and Father until she can depart this life. But who exactly is this spiritual guide beside her? And why does the radio keep playing Sinead O'Connor?

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Rehearsed reading As part of the theatre's New Year, New Futures project with RSAMD. Directed by Cheryl Martin. This piece was Also in the final three of Stellar Network's international plays in progress competition in New York.

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Play/Drama

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Happy Birthday Luke

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A mother is visited by her dead son on the anniversary of his birthday

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directed by Kate Budgen.

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Tara Studio    2008

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Blank Thorn Apprenticeship in association with Tara Arts

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Happy Birthday Ruth

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Ruth is Ian's wife, David's grandmother and Mary's long-term secret lover. For years she has juggled all three roles, keeping her own life in a delicate equilibrium. But her deceit has consequences, not just for herself.

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Work-in-progress reading As part of Travelling Light II. Directed by Gilly Adams And Dramaturged by Kaite O'Reilly

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Inside A Grave

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A girl wakes up following a car crash in a space already inhabited by a woman from 200 years ago - and she's not welcome.

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Produced by Total Beast theatre Company As part of Six Minute theatre.

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March, SW3

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Chelsea, London. A couple, a new baby, a naming crisis, an older child who believes his Father is Santa and wants him to leave immediately for the North Pole.

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Part of Miniaturists 23 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Mother's Heart, A

Synopsis:
A mother reveals the story of her heart and how she came to be at the Millennium Centre, waiting for her son.

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A10-minute monologue performed as part of Agent 160's Fun Palace in Cardiff; dir. Julia Thomas.

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Wales Millennium Centre    04 Oct 2014

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Agent 160 Theatre Company

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Nancy

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Nancy is shooting bunnies and spearing moles in her garden, waiting for her daughter Rebecca to arrive. But when she does, Nancy knows she will have to be honest about her late husband's financial mismanagement - and what this means for both of them.

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This piece was performed At Chapter And then At theatre503, London And the Arches, Glasgow As part of Agent 160 Presents Agent 160. It was directed by Abigail Graham.

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Agent 160 Theatre Company

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Not A Deathknock

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Tabloid journalist Heather is back from maternity leave and interviewing Caroline and Simon about the death of their daughter from cancer. Heather needs a picture but Simon refuses. And Caroline, Secretary of State for Defence, is struggling to balance loyalty to her family with orders from Number 10 to secure public sympathy and stay in her job.

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Milgi's Yurt, Cardiff    18 Aug 2011

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Dirty Protest

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Second Life

Synopsis:
A suburban family's superficial harmony is threatened by the secret online activities of Father and daughter.

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directed by Kate Budgen.

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Tara Studio    2008

Organisations:
Blank Thorn Apprenticeship in association with Tara Arts

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Throwing Oranges to the Ducks

Synopsis:
A weekend dad takes his child to feed the ducks, only he's run out of bread.

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A winning entry in Practicum theatre's One Page Play competition; the piece was directed by Zoe Waterman.

1st Produced:
the Shakespearean Globe Theatre, the Bedford, Balham    2007

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Practicum Theatre

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Untitled

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A short play written overnight as part of Sherman Swingers; dir. Simon Harris.

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Sherman Cymru

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Waterbaby

Synopsis:
A woman who grew from a sea creature in a shell tells us her story.This monologue was inspired by the work of the late American photographer Francesca Woodman.

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Piece performed As part of Ecouter - space 7, the Francsca Woodman Project. Directed by Allison Troup-Jensen.

1st Produced:
Martin E. Segal Theatre, New York City    2009

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short Monologue

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White Roses

Synopsis:
A journalist grieving her mother struggles to cope when reporting a drink-drive case.

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Reheased reading, directed by Zoe Waterman.

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