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CLAIRE SPRATT (1973 - )
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Claire Spratt trained at RADA and has worked in stage management & theatre production since 1991, with companies including; Hull Truck, The Royal Opera, Kent Rep, Richmond's Orange Tree, York Theatre Royal, Qdos Entertainments, International Artistes, Great Escape Theatre Company, Theatre of the Wheel and Duggie Chapman Associates. Claire has worked on plays, summer variety seasons, numerous charity galas and 17 top pantomimes around the UK at venues including; Hull New Theatre, Inverness Eden Court, Sunderland Empire, Darlington Civic, Dartford Orchard, Leicester De Montfort Hall and Billingham Forum. Claire has company managed productions at the Assembly Rooms during the Edinburgh Festival, tour managed a number of top tribute bands on No. 1 UK tours, which included 4 months in the West End with Abba Mania, and has worked as a production stage manager on a number of touring plays and shows including the Funny Guys tour with Cannon & Ball. In 2008 Claire founded Planet Rabbit Productions, a small-scale touring theatre company based in Yorkshire, (www.planetrabbit.co.uk). The company visit small theatres and community halls with professional productions throughout the year. She began writing plays in 2009. Claire also produces the Ovation Theatre Awards, promoting & celebrating new writing for theatre, (www.ovationtheatreawards.webs.com)
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Blitz Bride I Want To Hold Your Hand Just Like Anthea Little In Tents, A One Sunny Day Small Portions Standby On Stage Please! Star Makers - Confessions from the BoardsBlitz Bride
Synopsis:
It's wartime Britain and ATS girl Ruby is set to wed Henry, although sooner than planned (if Henry and her Dad, Arthur, have anything to do with it) for Ruby to avoid a posting abroad! Stationed away from home it is left for her mother, Peggy, and her heavily pregnant best friend, Nancy, to organise the lot. Based on true anecdotes and full of nostalgia and laughs. This is a semiautobiographical one act play lasting approximately 1 hour 04 minutes, followed with an 11 minute war-time sing-song at the curtain call.
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This production was nominated for Best Production At the Buxton Festival Fringe 2011
1st Produced:
Buxton Festival Fringe, United Reformed Church, Buxton 18 Jul 2011
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageI Want To Hold Your Hand
Synopsis:
It's 1963, the time of the Great Train Robbery, the Christine Keeler scandal, space missions, President Kennedy and Lady Chatterley's Lover. In a terraced house in the North of England are two teenage girls with one love, a new group - The Beatles. Based on true anecdotes we follow Sylvie, her family and her friend Pamela in this hilarious story of the day the Fab Four came to town! A one act play running at 1 hour 20 minutes. This is a follow on to the semiautobiographical 'Blitz Bride'.
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Originally previewed At Pickering Memorial Hall 9th June 2012. Later performed As the present script At Whitby Coliseum 29th June 2012
1st Produced:
James Cook Theatre, Coliseum Centre, Whitby 29 Jun 2012
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageJust Like Anthea
Synopsis:
Hopeless home-makers, divorcee Paula and married Debbie, both live in chaotic messy homes yet dream of tidy cupboards, neatly folded fresh bed linen and the ability to prepare meals which aren't just thrown in the microwave. When Paula decides to 're-brand' herself as an immaculate home-maker in order to find a new husband, and arguments between Debbie and husband Terry over their messy house reach breaking point, it's the kick start they both need. In a bid to become perfect housewives they turn to DVDs & books written by domestic goddess Anthea Turner for guidance. However, their 'Anthea obsession' might leave them with gleaming bath taps and perfectly folded towels - but little time for anything else. Join the ladies in this comedy play on their journey to be just like Anthea.
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1st Produced:
Frazer Theatre, Knaresborough 12 Sep 2013
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageLittle In Tents, A
Synopsis:
Pensioner Ron and his son Simon head off on a camping trip, despite neither of them having slept in a tent since a disastrous holiday in Bridlington in 1982 when Simon was 12. Ron is hoping for a relaxing break with a spot of fishing, Simon with a good book. All is going according to plan until larger than life Jill & Michelle pitch up beside them and stamp out any tranquility. This is not quite the outdoor experience any of them had envisaged, but as they all appear to have their own reasons for staying put they stick it out. With each of them burdened with life's sorrows will anyone of them find the peace they are truly searching for - and will Ron ever catch a fish? Full of laughter, tears, tenderness and a dollop and camp site capers.
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1st Produced:
Millgate Arts Centre, Delph, Saddleworth 07 Sep 2012
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageOne Sunny Day
Synopsis:
A gentle one-act comedy inviting you to eavesdrop on a 1970s family after they buy an old, run down holiday cottage on the Yorkshire coast. Set to a backdrop of the sound of seagulls and the smell of fish and chips, in a time of power cuts, cine cameras, Green Shield Stamps, decimalisation, sideburns and flares. Young married couple, sensible Sylviann and tall, dark, handsome Clifford, along with their toddler son Timothy, make a surprise visit to Sylviann's parents, Ruby and Henry, at their new holiday cottage. Hoping to spend the day attempting to make the cottage habitable, this unexpected visit causes Ruby and Henry's DIY plans to grind to a halt. Deciding to make the most of this sunny day they opt to take in the seaside air which, like all family day trips, is filled with family banter, laughter and love. Gentle, funny, charming and nostalgic,
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1st Produced:
St, Thomas' Parish Hall, Greetland, Halifax, West Yorkshire 04 Jul 2013
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Genre:
one act comedy
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageSmall Portions
Synopsis:
TEA TOWELS & TIARAS (15 min), NIGHTWATCH, (5 min. First staged as a finalist piece at the Daffodil Theatre Awards, Milton Keynes 25/19), THE JOY OF PAINTING (15 min), FANCY PANTS (25 min), STAR GAZING (10 min. An excerpt from full length play 'Star Makers&Confessions from the Boards'), FOOT DAY (15 min)
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1st Produced:
Buxton Festival Fringe, United Reformed Church, Buxton 11 Jul 2011
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Six short comedies, performed on one bill;
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Male: 1 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageStandby On Stage Please!
Synopsis:
Suzi, a well-known TV sitcom actress, has fuelled her celebrity status by appearing on Celebrity Ready Steady Cook, Celebrity Come Dine With Me, Celebrity Bargain Hunt, Celebrity Weakest Link and so on. She is now starring in a top pantomime and seems oblivious to the fact she is hired purely for her name, not her acting ability. Set in the wings of a theatre we witness Suzi's inability to remember any of her lines, her ludicrous requests to those around her and her constant off-stage wittering in the direction of the long-suffering stage manager, Kate. Despite their lifestyle differences we realise perhaps Suzi & Kate envy each other and that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. A 45 minute one act comedy first performed at the Buxton Festival Fringe in July 2009. This later went on to become part of the full length play 'Star Makers...Confessions from the Boards'.
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Written under her maiden name of Claire Butler
1st Produced:
Buxton Festival Fringe, United Reformed Church, Buxton 14 Jul 2009
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: - Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageStar Makers - Confessions from the Boards
Synopsis:
It's panto time at The Theatre Royal. Join the staff behind the scenes as they run the nerve centre of the biggest show of the year. A host of colourful characters keep the wheels in motion; on the front line is Miriam who has worked as an usherette for 29 years, but the tangled love life of teenage usherette, Trudy, leaves you wondering how they ever manage to sell any ice creams. Pam, the 'knitting-addicted' stage door keeper knows it all about the stars appearing at the theatre - and if Joe Public want access to the cast then they have to get passed her and her knitting first. Including nutty fan Kerry-Ann ("don't look her in the eye"), who waits patiently every day for autographs. Running this roller coaster is long suffering stage manager Kate, who is forced to put up with the constant off-stage moans and ludicrous requests from the cast, notably the star of the show. And finally, the top of the bill, the star of the show herself, the one, the only, TV sitcom legend Suzi Monroe. Who was famous once. For a while. And is now unable to remember any lines. As well as the laughs this backstage tour overflows with pathos and tenderness.
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1st Produced:
Pavilion Theatre, Whitby, North Yorkshire 06 Oct 2010
Organisations:
Planet Rabbit Productions
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: - Female: 2 Other: -
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