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Jeremy Raison

JEREMY RAISON

  
Nationality:    British
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Jeremy Raison is a writer and director working across film, television and theatre.. Jeremy is the author of more than 30 plays including The Rain Gathering (National Theatre, Traverse, Radio 4), The Sound of My Voice (Citizens, Assembly), Blitz (Traverse), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Sadlers Wells, national touring), Don Juan (Citizens), Heart and Soul (Chester Gateway), Wake Me In the Morning (Oran Mor), Therese Raquin (Citizens), Jumping Jack Flash (Liverpool Everyman), Savage Britannia (National Theatre Studio, Mandela), A Distant Shore (National Theatre Studio), Wee Fairy Tales (Citizens, national touring), Once Upon A Time (Chester Gateway) and A Child of Europe (Theatre Workshop). He was Artistic Director of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre for seven years during which time the company was nominated for seventy three awards and toured work to Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, Germany and the USA, as well as the West End. He also ran Chester Gateway Theatre for which he won the TMA/Stage Award for Outstanding Achievement in Regional Theatre. Other awards and nominations include the Marrakech Film Festival Gold Star, Manchester Evening News Best Touring Production, Liverpool Post and Echo Best Production (twice), BBC Radio 4 Young Playwrights Awards, Plays and Players Best Children's Play Award, Real to Reel Best International Short Film and a CATS Award for Best Production for Children and Young People.

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

         Blitz         Bring Me Sunshine         Candyland         Child of Europe, A         Distant Shore, A         Don Juan         Exiles         Heart And Soul         Jumpin' Jack Flash!         Mephisto         Motel Chronicles         Nightmares         Once Upon A Time         Rain Gathering, The         Savage Britannia         Sound Of My Voice, The         Therese Raquin         Wake Me in the Morning         Wee Fairy Tales         Wuthering Heights

Blitz

Synopsis:
Blitz! looks at the Clydebank Blitz and the evacuation of a group of children. Telling the stories of those who are evacuated to the countryside with mixed results, it also explores the legacy of the bombings which destroyed whole families.

Notes:
A large scale piece for a young cast.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Traverse Theatre/Kirkaldy College

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Community Drama

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  15            Other:  can be adapted for different sizes of cast

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Acc.9454/3

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Bring Me Sunshine

Bring Me Sunshine
Eric isn't feeling well. He feels even worse when he realises Ernie is doing a funeral oration for him. Carol just wants her husband back, but doesn't know how. Angie tries to help as her own life falls apart. A moving comedy full of magic and wonder, about friendship, love and loss, featuring two men who may or may not be Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
13 Publishing; 1 edition (29 Aug. 2014)   978-1909809055

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Candyland

Candyland
Star has turned his back on his former wild life and retreated to an aircraft hangar in the middle of the Nevada desert. From now on he will live in peaceful seclusion with the woman he loves. Then City turns up uninvited. Soon secrets tumble out as it becomes clear that Star's idyllic isolation is not all it seems - and he'll do anything to protect himself.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
13 Publishing; 1 edition (14 May 2014)   978-1909809062

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Child of Europe, A

Synopsis:
The classic tale of Kaspar Hauser which played with great success at the Edinburgh Festival.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Workshop Edinburgh    Aug 1983

Organisations:
English Touring Company/Theatre Workshop

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Distant Shore, A

Synopsis:
A West Indian family fight over whether to come to the UK or not after the war. An epic that covers three generations, devised and co-written with the cast, Wilbert Johnson, Ellen Thomas, Clive Rowe and Joy Richardson.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
National Theatre Studio, London    Oct 1998

Organisations:
National Theatre Studio

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Don Juan

Synopsis:
A modern Don Juan goes back in time to face the consequences of his actions. "A Citizens classic" Sunday Times "A Citizens masterpiece...big, bold, badly behaved, sexy, infuriating, edgy, beautiful, and above all exhilaratingly theatrical" Times

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Citizens Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Exiles

Synopsis:
Three close friends in Czechoslovakia try to make the best of their life behind the iron curtain. But when one goes into exile in London it has far reaching effects for all of them. A tale of betrayal and compromise, in which no one can be trusted, not even those you love.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Soho Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Heart And Soul

Synopsis:
Once they were lovers in a band. Now she's famous and he's been left behind. One weekend she comes back to see the old gang. A play with soul. "I have been waiting for a production like Heart and Soul for many years..it is a non stop tour de force of music, but is also a good play, written and directed by Jeremy Raison. . .the audience were on their feet for a standing ovation." BBC Radio Merseyside

Notes:
music by Akintayo Akinbode

1st Produced:
Gateway, Chester    19 Jul 1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  a play for actor musicians

Further Reference:
-

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Jumpin' Jack Flash!

Synopsis:
A rock and roll Jack and the Beanstalk, told in riotous fashion, which broke all box office records when first produced.

Notes:
written by Frank Jones And Jeremy Raison

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
rock & Roll Christmas panto

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  An actor/musician show

Further Reference:
-

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Mephisto

Synopsis:
Klaus Mann's story was based on the real rise of his brother in law, Gustaf Grundgrens, a Laurence Oliver like actor/manager whose most famous role was Mephistopheles in Faust and who ended up heading the German National Theatre under the Nazis. This stage version is a minimal cast staging of Mann's epic and brilliant tale. "Original and inspired" The Times

Notes:
The play was originally performed with two live musicians.

1st Produced:
Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh    1982

Organisations:
English Touring Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Period drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Motel Chronicles

Synopsis:
Based on Sam Shepard's autobiographical tales, this show was brilliantly performed by Gary Parker with live music from Jonathan Whitehead and design by Naomi Wilkinson.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe    Aug 1981

Organisations:
English Touring Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Solo show

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Nightmares

Synopsis:
A man reveals a terrifying story to a pub landlady, not knowing that she may have her own secret to tell.

Notes:
Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's thriller The Bodysnatcher

1st Produced:
Gateway, Chester    Feb 1996

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Once Upon A Time

Synopsis:
Six tales by the Brothers Grimm told with minimal props and all coming alive out of a suitcase.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gateway, Chester    Dec 1995

Organisations:
Chester Gateway Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Christmas show/fairy tales

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Rain Gathering, The

Rain Gathering, The
A twenty something man and woman meet at the tail end of their relationship. The story of their doomed love affair is revealed in flashbacks. This award-winning experimental play was a big hit when first performed with Ralph Fiennes at the National Theatre, the Traverse Theatre and on Radio 4.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
National Theatre

1st Published:
13 Publishing; 1 edition (31 Aug. 2014)   978-1909809093

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Acc.9454/12

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Savage Britannia

Synopsis:
A bomb has been planted. The bomber has lost his memory. Told in flashback, this highly successful physical theatre piece which transferred to the National Theatre Studio.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Mandela Theatre Edinburgh    1983

Organisations:
English Touring Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Sound Of My Voice, The

Sound Of My Voice, The
Morris Magellan is a successful executive, but he has a problem. He is a chronic alcoholic. Ron Butlin's classic novel was adapted with great success for the Citizens Theatre and subsequently chosen by Made In Scotland to represent the best of Scottish work at the Edinburgh Festival, receiving 4 awards and seven 5 star reviews. Actor Billy Mack won the Stage Best Actor Award for his performance. "The power of theatre at its best" Onstage Scotland. "one of the most timely and significant pieces Scotland has seen" Scotsman

Notes:
From Novel By Ron Butlin

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Borderfix

1st Published:
13 Publishing; 1 edition (29 Aug. 2014)   978-1909809116

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Therese Raquin

Therese Raquin
Zola's classic tale given thrillingly theatrical treatment in a version that was acclaimed on its premiere at Glasgow Citizens Theatre in 2004. Therese is already married to her sickly cousin, Camille, when worldly Laurent is invited into her home. Murder brings Laurent and Therese together. It also tears them apart. Zola's novel has been much imitated, but never bettered.

Notes:
from novel by Emile Zola

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
13 Publishing; 1 edition (28 Aug. 2014)   978-1909809079

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  optional chorus

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Wake Me in the Morning

Wake Me in the Morning
The most famous actress in the world. The most powerful man. A brutal battle of the sexes leads to tragedy. Shades of Marilyn Monroe and J. F. Kennedy in this acclaimed stage play premiered in Glasgow at Oran Mor's A Play, A Pie and a Pint in 2014. "A fierce, sexy tragi-comedy... sassy, clever and poetic" Scotsman

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
a Play, a Pie and a Pint

1st Published:
13 Publishing (29 Aug. 2014)   978-1909809086

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Wee Fairy Tales

Synopsis:
Scots language versions of fairy tales from Matthew Fitt and James Robertson's book which toured primary schools all over Scotland. The tales were Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, Snaw White, The Billy Goats Gruff, The Three Wee Pigs and Wee Reid Ridin Hood.

Notes:

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Citizens Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Wuthering Heights

Synopsis:
An adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic which was a massive hit and a box office sell out.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gateway, Chester    Apr 1994

Organisations:
Chester Gateway Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:

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