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Robin Soans

ROBIN SOANS

  (1947 - )
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    The Agency (London) Ltd  represented by Nick Quin

Robin Soans wrote 'A State Affair' (2000) for Out of Joint Theatre Co., which played two successful runs at Soho Theatre and was invited to be performed at the House of Lords. In 2004 he wrote 'the Arab Israeli Cookbook'.

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

         Across the Divide         Arab-Israeli Cookbook, The         Bet Noir         Breaking Barriers In Burnley         Crouch Touch Pause Engage         Deep Heat         Life After Scandal         Mixed Up North         One Turbulent Ambassador         Perseverance Drive         Sinners and Saints         State Affair, A         Talking To Terrorists         Will And Testament

Across the Divide

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Arab-Israeli Cookbook, The

Arab-Israeli Cookbook, The
the Arab-Israeli Cookbookis a Drama created from the everyday realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. the project began when the Caird Company sent the writer Robin Soans and directors Rima Brihi and Tim Roseman to Israel, Gaza and the West Bank in 2003. there they sampled a variety of dishes in homes, restaurants, shops and cafes and met dozens of people with different cultures, backgrounds and beliefs. Each person had a story to tell and a recipe to cook. Robin Soans has constructed a verbatim play from the words he collected. Arab and Israeli voices come together to bring insight and understanding to the melting pot of Middle Eastern affairs

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Bet Noir

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Breaking Barriers In Burnley

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Crouch Touch Pause Engage

Crouch Touch Pause Engage
On the eve of one of the most important games of his career, Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas received a warning: The Sun newspaper was going to out him as gay.This is the story of two Welsh names bruised, but not beaten, by media speculation: Gareth Alfie Thomas,100 caps for Wales, now one of the worlds most prominent gay sportsmen; and his hometown,Bridgend, itself a victim of tabloid intrusion following the deaths ofseveral young residents.Working with Alfie himself, and young people in Bridgend, Robin Soans joins forces with some of the UKs most exciting theatre companies to tell a great story about sport, politics, secrets, life and learning to be yourself.

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National Theatre Wales, Out of Joint & Arcola Theatre with Sherman Cymru

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Oberon Books (2015) >>>    978-1783192106

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Deep Heat

Deep Heat
the verbatim monologues in Deep Heat are drawn from conversations Robin Soans has had or overheard, or are edited versions of interviews he has conducted in the course of research for his plays. Subjects range from people who have held high office to those who have blown them up; from those who live in large country houses to others whose home is two blankets and a pile of leaves in the corner of a disused garage. So much of what is passed on as historical fact is the version of events that those with an ulterior motive choose to project. This book doesn't seek to judge, nor provide solutions; it seeks to redress the balance by giving a fair hearing even to those who may not share the same views as ours. Useful as audition pieces for actors, but equally of interest to the historian and sociologist in all of us. We are after all human, full of contradictions, and we can never inch our way towards greater self-knowledge if we don't see more of the picture than is traditionally the case.

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Life After Scandal

Life After Scandal
Life After Scandal takes you behind the closed curtains and beyond the reach of the telephoto lenses to explore our paparazzi-infested world from the other side, as those implicated in some of the most notorious scandals of recent years talk frankly about the events which transformed their lives. This new verbatim play from the writer of Talking To Terrorists and the Arab-Israeli Cookbook uses the subjects' own words to take an entertaining, compassionate and deeply moving look at the different people, from scorned politicians to powerful PRs, expensive prostitutes to disgraced aristocrats, who find themselves caught up in the modern machinery of scandal.

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shortened version on BBC Radio 4 on 3 August 2007

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Hamstead Theatre and Drum Theatre Plymouth

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Oberon Books (2007) >>>    978-1840028058

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Mixed Up North

Mixed Up North
A Burnley youth group are about to rehearse a show on mixed relationships. But the star walks out and instead the company convene a Q & A session. A portrait emerges of Burnley since the 2001 riots. - Paul Taylor, Independant

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Macowan, London    2008

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LAMDA

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Oberon Books, London >>>    978-1840029604

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One Turbulent Ambassador

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Perseverance Drive

Perseverance Drive
Against the rising Bajan sun, the Gillard family gathers to lay their mother Grace to rest. Eli, devout follower of the Church of God of Providence and Father to three, reluctantly welcomes his wayward son, Josh, back into the fold. London, 5 years later. The table is set for another family reunion. Tiger Malt for the men, Juiceys for the women and lashings of Madeira cake are washed down with a familiar dose of holy water. But past shadows illuminate old passions and these fragile relationships are tested for the last time. From the vibrant colours of Barbados to the grey skies of Leytonstone, this bittersweet play follows one family's struggle to reconcile their faith in God with faith in one another.

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Sinners and Saints

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State Affair, A

State Affair, A
18 years later, life on Britain's council estates is back in the spotlight as reports of an emerging underclass dominate the media. In the summer of 2000, Max Stafford-Clark and Out of Joint's actors journeyed back to the estates around Bradford and Leeds where Andrea Dunbar grew up. A State Affair is a record of what they found.

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Talking To Terrorists

Talking To Terrorists
I looked round the room, and I thought, I'm the only person in this room that hasn't killed anyone'. Talking to Terrorists is a play commissioned by the Royal Court and Out of Joint. the writer, director and actors interviewed people from around the world who have been affected by or involved in terrorism. they wanted to know what makes ordinary people do extreme things. Peacemakers, journalists and hostages. Significant figures from recent history. And those who have crossed the line. their stories take us from Africa, Israel, Turkey, Iraq and Ireland to the heart of the British Establishment.

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Will And Testament

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