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Arzhang Luke Pezhman

ARZHANG LUKE PEZHMAN  (1977 - )

 Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  


Arzhang Luke Pezhman is a writer for both film and stage. Previous stage writing credits include Local,Come Around, Tics, Blood at the Root, Bolt-Hole, Intervention, and Soul Seekers. Feature film script credits include; Kirigami(Script/Small Screen Visions/Claire Ingham, 2002) and Our Home (RezaShirazi/Media Art, 2011). Arzhang was Writer-in-Residence at Soho Theatre in 2006 and also works extensively as a Dramaturge and writing tutor. He is currently developing a new play for stage, a six-part television series and a short story for children/teenagers which he also hopes to develop into a stage play.

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below is a list of Arzhang Luke Pezhman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Blood at the Root         Bolt-Hole         Borderland         Come Around         Gravity         Harborne Herald         Intervention         Local         Mother's Day         Soul Seekers         Tics

Blood at the Root

Synopsis:
From the anti-fascist riots on Cable Street in 1936, to the dirty secrets of a small Caribbean parish in the 1970's, to an unexpected Cornish birth in the 1950's, to a meeting of all these worlds on a Brighton beach in the present day . . .a play that tells the story of the strength of women in the face of oppression throughout recent histroy.

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1st Produced:
London Metropolitan University    2004

Organisations:
London Metropolitan University

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Political/Historic

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Bolt-Hole

Synopsis:
In a run-down youth club in Birmingham, 16 year-old Asif and Nick are good mates, drawn together by a love of pool. As they prepare for the national youth championships, the sudden arrival of Somali brother and sister Asad and Deka challenges both their attitudes and their friendship. As George, the long-suffering club leader tries to keep everyone onside, Asif and Nick s sense of loyalty, identity and right and wrong are pulled in all directions and their relationship is put to the test. Is Asif and Nick s friendship finished, or can something still survive?

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Organisations:
Birmingham Reparatory Youth Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Community

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Borderland

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1st Produced:
Fairfield High School    2010

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Music:
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Come Around

Synopsis:
Life and love can be a battleground, especially for a group of teenagers in a West London Hairdressers.

Notes:
A short piece As part of the 'Rampage' project

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Royal Court

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Youth theatre

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Gravity

Gravity
the Hadron Collider - expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature and our existence, but sparking fears that the particle collisions might produce a black hole - the end of life as we know it David is a good teacher. Struggling to stay afloat in the modern day stressful world of secondary education and doing his best to keep his life on track, he immerses himself in his work. He has a passion for physics and he's desperate for his students to share his enthusiasm. there's just one boy, Kyle - the school loner, who takes an interest in science and shares David's thirst for knowledge. But when Kyle is picked on by his troublemaking class mates, Reece and Chantay, all of David's good work starts to unravel. their disruptive behaviour is a catalyst for colliding personalities, resulting in an explosive reaction. A contemporary and dynamic new play about provocation, Gravity is a fictional story with roots in the real-life newspaper headlines of today's society.

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1st Produced:
Birmingham mac    26 Feb 2012

Organisations:
Birmingham REP's off-site season

1st Published:
Oberon Books (2012) >>>    978-1849431545

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Harborne Herald

Synopsis:
Erica, Lani, Rin, Izzy and KUSA are thirteen year olds studying at Harborne Academy in Birmingham . they believed there was little to learn from or connect to in their local area's history. Especially as their local area is Harborne! However, after reading a copy of an old newspaper from 1882 called the Harborne Herald, a compelling story starts to unfold, a Dramatic story of love, romance, passion and betrayal that makes their local history seem more exciting and relevant than any current soap opera or reality TV programme! With the help of Harborne Library's Local History group and playwright Arzhang Pezhman, students of Harborne Academy delve into the past to write and perform an original play inspired by stories and letters published in the Harborne Herald. Harborne Herald is part of Neighbourhood REP - a project which sees the REP bringing theatre to six local libraries across the city.

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1st Produced:
Harborne Academy, Birmingham    20 Jun 2012

Organisations:
Birmingham Repertory theatr

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Intervention

Synopsis:
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Notes:
an off site production by Birmingham Rep

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Organisations:
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Music:
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Local

Synopsis:
Set in a Wolverhampton newsagent's, the play focused on Merdod, an Iranian immigrant left by his British wife to bring up his son Darius alone.

Notes:
part of Exposure, Young Writers 2000

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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mother's Day

Synopsis:
A mother abandons her three teenager children and husband without so much as a 'Dear John'. the kids all come up with different theories about her departure, but which one is the truth and which of the children are merely entertaining their own plans for escape.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Wolverhampton Grammar School    2003

Organisations:
Wolverhampton Grammar School

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Kitchen sink

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Soul Seekers

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Central Youth theatre    2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
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Tics

Synopsis:
the Monastery is a maximum security rehabilitation unit for young people with 'social problems'. the Judge watches over all of them, and the Keepers put them in their place. Anyone steps out of line and they are sent for immediate conditioning in the Drain. However, when a small group decides to break out they discover that the problem with escape is that you might end up somewhere even worse.

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1st Produced:
the Old Rep, Birmingham    2005

Organisations:
Birmingham Reparatory Youth Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Fantasy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  7            Other:  5-6

Further Reference:
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