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Chantal Schaul

CHANTAL SCHAUL  (1973 - )

 Nationality:    Luxembourg
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Born in Luxembourg in 1973, Chantal Schaul grew up in a remote northern village, surrounded by steep wooded hills sitting atop an ancient antimony mine. She was raised on a steady diet of Grimm's tales and began spinning her own at the age of six, at the encouragement of the village priest, who often regaled the local children with his ghost stories. When 20, Chantal fled her idyllic but claustrophobic surroundings to drink in the centuries of English history and tradition across the Channel and studied Media Arts at Royal Holloway University. There she wrote and directed the short film "Dwarves", starring Evie Garratt (Little Britain). After a brief stint working in the Luxembourg film industry, she returned to the UK to study the prestigious Creative Writing Masters Program at UEA. Chantal has completed a play, two novels, a full-length, and a number of short, screenplays, as well as a multitude of short stories. Her story "Of Noses and Feet" was selected for the UEA Creative Writing Anthology 2003. She has written two three-act plays and a shorter, one-act play. Currently, she is working on a play involving a gay time-machine, to be performed at the Norwich Pride 2011.

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

 Gay Play         Mince Pie Murder         Mirror Magic Market Tales

Gay Play

Synopsis:
'Gay Play' irreverently explores the possibility of a gay cure. This "camp, medieval romp" (as described by Norwich Pride Poet Laureate Vince Laws) takes us on a journey from doctor's surgery to erotic garden and on to medieval torture dungeon.

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1st Produced:
St Gregory's Centre for the Arts, Norwich    23 Jul 2010

Organisations:
Crude Apache

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy One Act. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mince Pie Murder

Chantal Schaul
Following only some of the usual conventions of the murder mystery, Chantal Schaul's new play comes with a twist. It infuses Agatha Christie-style sleuthing with a dash of Victorian ghost story and sprinkles some curiously customised carols into the mix. Fed up with their rich and eccentric Aunt Myrtle's Christmas antics, the Grobbenthwaites don't bat an eyelid when she is suddenly killed by a poisoned mince pie. They don't expect, for a moment, that the overbearing but inept Inspector Fumblequinn will solve the mystery. And who cares? However, things start to spiral out of control when Aunt Myrtle returns as a ghost to solve her own murder case!

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1st Produced:
St Gregory's Centre for the Arts    16 Dec 2010

Organisations:
Crude Apache

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy; Murder Mystery

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Mirror Magic Market Tales

Synopsis:
through the doors of the Riverside Studios you'll find a magical world where a lady gives away gingerbread from a house made of sweets and a market stall that sells smelly-feet flavoured jam. This is the land of Mirror Magic Market Tales, a fantasy world in which mirrors are far more than a reflective surface to look at. Visually this world is stunning, as you wander amongst the stalls, you literally do feel like a child in a candy store, taking in the multi coloured jams for sale, and a strange array of bric-a-brac. The characters that inhabit this world are just as unusual with their interesting approach to selling.
- Rachel Sheridan , British Theatre Guide

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Love & Madness

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Magic Realism

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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