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Ray Shell

RAY SHELL

  

Nationality:    British
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Ray Shell's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

        Devil Has Quentin's Heart, The         Iced         White Folks - the Trial Of the Century         Zip - a Streetdance Musical



Devil Has Quentin's Heart, The

Synopsis:
modern-day tragedy presented as a "twisted, funky and perverse musical that explodes the nature of performance, storytelling and dance"

Notes:
Devised And written by Benji Reid, Peader Kirk And Ray Shell. Based on characters from the novel 'Iced' by Ray Shell

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Iced

Synopsis:
Set in the USA between the 1960's and now - a powerful and moving story of Cornelius Washington JR., a crack addict in his mid 40's. He is no poor black ghetto cliche: Cornelius Washington is the product of a stable, middle-class black American family. The drama takes us through a life full of material successes, sex, love, betrayal, drugs and death

Notes:
written by Ray Shell, music by Felix Cross

1st Produced:
Nottingham Playhouse >>>    13 Nov 1997

Organisations:
Black Theatre Co-Op

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Play/Drama

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White Folks - the Trial Of the Century

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1st Produced:
Pleasance, London    2002

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Zip - a Streetdance Musical

Synopsis:
Giant Olive organised a series of workshops with people in Camden affected by Gun & Knife Crime and using the material gathered, produced 'ZIP' which will be staged in the Camden Fringe Festival and beyond. With top level choreography from Gary Lloyd; experienced street dancers, rappers, beat boxers and actors, ZIP will be a haunting night at the theatre.

Notes:
Written by Ray Shell, Sarah Henley And James Kenward, music by Anthony Warnes, WarrenWilson, Shell, Henley And Kenward

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Organisations:
Giant Olive Theatre Company

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Genre:
Musical

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