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BEN TAGOE
Nationality: Australia
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Literary Agent: Berlin Associates
Ben is a playwright and screenwriter, originally from Perth, but now living in Yorkshire. Ben was selected for the BBC Writers Academy 2011/12 and he is now a regular writer on CORONATION STREET (ITV). His plays include THE THING ABOUT PSYCHOPATHS (Red Ladder), COLD TURKEY AT NANAS (Oran Mor/Perth Theatre), BITTERSWEET SUNSHINE (Red Ladder) and VEGAN WEDDING (Slung Low), and he was selected for the Bruntwood Hub in 2013/14.
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Bittersweet Sunshine Cold Turkey at Nanas Thing About Psychopaths, TheBittersweet Sunshine
Synopsis:
Terry is living the dream. Twenty years after escaping from grey England, he's now the proud licensee of a beach bar on the Costa Brava. But Terry's Utopian England in the sun now has a cloud floating above it - namely the arrival of his niece Hayley, who reopens his oldest wounds and forces him to confront a dark past. Terry's been running all his life and now he's on the verge of running again. Solomon is a beachhawker from Sierra Leone who earns a few extra Euros helping Terry to sweep his terrace every day. Like Terry, Solomon is also running from some demons. Will either of them be brave enough to go home and face up to their past?
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1st Produced:
Leeds Emerge Festival : The Carriageworks 21 Jun 2010
Organisations:
Red Grit/Red ladder
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Synopsis:
Nana's on a covert operation and she won't stop until her mission is accomplished. She'll sort Tony out if it's the last thing she does. Desperate situations call for desperate measures. Cold Turkey at Nana's is a wry, funny and sharp play about addiction, grandmas and custard slices: think Trainspotting meets the Steamie!
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1st Produced:
Glasgow: Oran Mor, Scotland, Eur >>> 02 Apr 2012
Organisations:
a play, a pie and a pint
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short play
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Synopsis:
Britain. 2013. Times are hard but the money's still out there if you know where to look and are prepared to gamble. Whether it's prison or the corporate world, there are rules to be followed. Only the fittest survive. It's every man for himself. A searing, funny and thought-provoking new play the Thing about Psychopaths asks important questions about power and empathy in modern Britain.
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1st Produced:
Leeds: Carriageworks 08 Mar 2013
Organisations:
Red Ladder and Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
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Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
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