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Charlie Shand

CHARLIE SHAND

  (1984 - )
Nationality:    British
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Charlie Shand's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         10 Seconds 'till Sunrise         Kamichi Plan, The         Modern Love Story, A         Rip, Tear and Recollect         We Will Overcome         When Do We Start Fighting?

10 Seconds 'till Sunrise

Synopsis:
At first the dreams were superficial. . .But as their options of escape thin they become pieces of a puzzle. the puzzle is their own deaths and the room is a void; a place were the three strangers are cast before passing through. As they string together the truth of their demise they begin to realise that there is only one way out. . . but it comes with a heavy price; someone has to be put in their place, the balance must be readdressed, the line must be drawn and they must turn something that has already happened into a future that may never happen.

Notes:
Based on three true stories. Design by Lily Arnold. Music by Roscoe Williamson

1st Produced:
the Pumphouse, Aldeburgh, Suffolk    2006

Organisations:
G.D. Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Post-Modern

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Kamichi Plan, The

Synopsis:
"A Kamichi is a South American bird often domesticated by the natives and kept with livestock. . . Which it defends against birds of prey." the Kamichi Plan follows the tales of three people who all need protecting. United only by the howling winds that are drawing closer; the "Pilot" who is stuck in the eye of a storm, "the Framer" who watches his livestock get ripped up by wild animals and "Riot" a modern day man stuck in a dead end job all have to fight an internal war between desperately trying to fit into the "System" and the undeniable urge to completely destroy it.

Notes:
the part of the "Farmer" can be played by either A male or A female.

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
G.D. Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Post-Modern

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Modern Love Story, A

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
originally written the Alias of "Justin Heley". Music by: Roscoe Williamson

1st Produced:
the Pumphouse Aldeburgh. Suffolk    2005

Organisations:
Global Destruction Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Rip, Tear and Recollect

Synopsis:
A transAtlantic love-story based on the "Jack the Ripper Murders of 1888. . .Set amongst the urban decay of 18th Century London, Rip, Tear and Recollect follows the path of three prostitutes, a police detective, an estranged lover and a mysterious killer all of whom are fighting for survival on the harsh, unforgiving streets of Whitechapel. All of whom are fighting the urge to kill, the urge to destroy and the urge to become. . .Jack the Ripper.

Notes:
Dramatic liberties have been taken throughout And in places names changed, several "Real life" characters have been merged And parts of the story have been Altered. We offer not the truth but An exploration of the significance of the truth.

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
G.D. Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Post-Modern

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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We Will Overcome

Synopsis:
In 1961 an interracial group of 'Freedom Riders' boarded a bus in Washington D.C. their aim? To travel to New Orleans, whilst challenging local segregation laws. they made it as far as Alabama - where the buses were burnt down, and angry KKK mobs were waiting, ready for their 'fifteen minutes' that the local police had promised them. "We Shall Overcome" was their spiritual, a song.

Notes:
An 'ensemble' piece

1st Produced:

Organisations:
TKP

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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When Do We Start Fighting?

Synopsis:
1969. the promise of the sixties turns to the confusion of the early seventies, and the Weatherman organisation gathers. . . their primary aim: To violently overthrow the American government. However, after their first major street-action, 'the Days Of Rage', FBI investigation forces them underground, into a period of organisational chaos which accumulates with a New-York based collective accidently detonating a bomb, killing three members of the cell. When Do We Start Fighting? Charts this period of 'hyper-tension' between the feds and the radicals - how the groups hot-headed, revolutionary ideals manifest in a misguided orgy of bomb-making; whilst the FBI attempt of repression - leads to assassination.

Notes:
by Charlie Shand with Additional material by Steven Dykes

1st Produced:
the Barn Theatre, Rose Bruford College    2008

Organisations:
T.K.P.

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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