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Kim Selody

KIM SELODY  

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Kim Selody has written and directed many plays for young audiences for companies like Axis Theatre, Green Thumb Theatre, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Carousel Theatre and Dynamo Theatre in Montreal. From 1991 to 1996, Kim served as the Artistic Director of the Playwrights Theatre Centre (formerly The New Play Centre). For seven years he toured as an actor and writer with Axis Theatre. He has directed more than 50 professional productions, most being new work by Canadian playwrights. Kim was Artistic Director of Carousel Players in Ontario from 1999 to 2006, He spent 5 years as a Theatre Officer for the Canada Council until 2011. Recently Kim became Artistic Director of Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver.

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

 Fool's Angel         Hobbit , The         Ingenious Speculations         Jelly Belly Makes Garbage Delight of Alligator Pie         Last Drop , The         Lovers and Liars         Murmel, Murmel, Mortimer Munsch         Only Birds and Fools Fly         Silverwing         Suddenly Shakespeare

Fool's Angel

Synopsis:
Two men used to their routine on a small island, have their world disrupted when an angelic aviator falls from the sky with a broken wing.

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    978-1-55155-748-9

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One act

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Hobbit , The

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Ingenious Speculations

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written by Bozi, Rita; Derbyshire, Jan; Selody, Kim; Surette, Roy

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Play/Drama

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Jelly Belly Makes Garbage Delight of Alligator Pie

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Last Drop , The

Synopsis:
The tale of a man, a fish and the last glass of water. Hugh and his companion fish, Oscar, live in an enclosed environment with one glass of water. the glass of water is used to keep the fish alive, to grow the food for Hugh and the fish need to live, to shower and bathe in, to drink and to play with. Every last drop of water must be accounted for. the story is told from the fish's point of view, who must decide if Hugh is worth keeping alive.

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Nominated for a Dora Award - Outstanding TYA Production, 2001.

1st Produced:
Carousel Players, St. Catharines, Ontario    2000

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    978-1-55290-138-0

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Genre:
Comedy 50 min TYA

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lovers and Liars

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Murmel, Murmel, Mortimer Munsch

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Genre:
Comedy

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Only Birds and Fools Fly

Synopsis:
In this unusual look at the history of flight, two clowns--Professor Ingenious C. Flight and his bird-watching assistant, Dodo--attempt to show the audience how to fly. Their hilarious efforts closely parallel man's first quest for the skies

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written by Peter Anderson, Kim Selody And Peter hall

1st Produced:
Axis Mime Theatre, school tour    1983

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Comedic Drama One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 m/w, 1 bird puppet

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Silverwing

Silverwing
Shade is a young silverwing bat. Whilst on migration he is swept out to sea away from family and friends

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Based on the novel "Silverwing" by Kenneth Oppel

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Playwrights Canada Press 2007   978-0887547454

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Suddenly Shakespeare

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written by Selody, Kim And Shakespeare, W.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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