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Chris Thorpe

CHRIS THORPE

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  represented by Rose Cobbe

Chris Thorpe was a founder member of Unlimited Theatre and still works and tours with the company. He is also an Artistic Associate of live art/Theatre company Third Angel as well as working closely with, among others, Forest Fringe, Slung Low, Chris Goode, RashDash, Belarus Free Theatre and Portuguese company mala voadora for whom he has just completed a trilogy of new plays. He has an ongoing collaboration with poet Hannah Jane Walker, and their shows the Oh Fuck Moment and I Wish I Was Lonely are published by Oberon Books. As a playwright Chris has written radio and stage drama, as well as translating the work of Ugljesa Sajtinac (the play Huddersfield is also published by Oberon), Belarus Free Theatre, and Ze Maria Mendes. He also writes and performs solo work, plays guitar in the political noise/performance proect #TORYCORE and works as a selector for the National Student Drama Festival.

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         [untitled]         20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield         Am I Dead Yet?         Chorus         Come to Where I am From         Confirmation         Dark Woods, Deep Snow. A Grimm Tale for Christmas         Dead In the Water         Disneyland         Ethics Of Progress, The         Everything Is Fascinating         Hannah         High Speed Impact. Test Number One         Hosts         Huddersfield         Human Resources         I Wish I Was Lonely         Life and Loves of a Nobody, The         Milk of Human Kindness, The         Minsk, 2011: A Reply To Kathy Acker         Mission To Mars         Moon, The Moon, The         Mysteries, The         Noise, The         Oh Fuck Moment, The         Paradise Project, The         Presumption         Robin Hood         Safety         Shape Of The Pain, The         Static         Status         Tangle         there Has (Possibly) Been an Accident         This Is Just To Say         Touched         Victory Condition         What I Heard About the World         Zero Degrees And Drifting
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Synopsis:
g a son being persuaded to try a new innovative therapy on his ill father
- Sacha Voit, British theatre Guide

Notes:
Part of: ten writers presented their short scenes of 'Dirty Protest'. Given the theme 'out with the old' And four weeks, each writer had to create A piece using up to three Actors, no longer than ten minutes And no shorter than three minutes. Showcasing An evening of intrigue, playfulness And threat

1st Produced:
Camden Roundhouse, London     01 Dec 2009

Organisations:
Dirty protest Theatre

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short piece

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20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield

Synopsis:
20 Tiny Plays. 1 big city. A theatrical experience unique to Sheffield. After the success of their inaugural production, Lives in Art, Sheffield People's theatre presents a compilation of five-minute plays, written by twenty writers, old and new, spanning a range of performance genres. Full of Dramatic, quirky and surprising perceptions of Sheffield in the twenty-first century, 20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield is an eclectic mix of what we all love& or hate about our seven hills and the people that know them.

Notes:
written by Chris Bush, Helen Eastman, Tim Etchells, Sally Goldsmith, Pete Goodland, Richard Hurford, Marcia Layne, Tom Lodge, Andrew McMillan, DC Moore, Kate O'Reilly, Laurence Peacock, Michael Crow, Stephanie Street, Andrew Thompson, Chris Thorpe, Louise Wellwein

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Organisations:
Sheffield People's Theatre

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5 min play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Am I Dead Yet?

Synopsis:
Death is no longer a moment. It is a process. A process that can be reversed. Performed by Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe, Am I Dead Yet? is filled with stories and songs about death and dying and about how we dont talk about it enough. Which is actually a lot more fun than it sounds. The show is inspired by research into contemporary developments in resuscitation science and made in collaboration with Emergency Care doctors and professionals. As part of the show were intending to host a Death Cafe at each venue/place we tour to: At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session. Our Death Cafes are always offered& on a not for profit basis; in an accessible, respectful and confidential space; with no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action; alongside refreshing drinks and nourishing food  and cake! Welcome to the show. We hope you can make it.

Notes:
written by Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe

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Organisations:
Unlimited Theatre

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Chorus

Chorus
Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter, Clytemnestra must try to stop him, Iphigenia must accept her fate, the Chorus must watch. Ships lie dormant in harbours, and thousands of troops sit on the shore, growing restless and unruly. Helen is gone, and pursuit of her has been stalled by windless seas. To raise the winds to send his fleet to Troy, Agamemnon is commanded by the gods to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia. But his deceit of his wife, Clytemnestra and the killing of his child, will end up tearing him and everything around him to pieces. Euripides' story of a father moved to murder his daughter, Iphigenia at Aulis, is one that has been reinvented and retold anew throughout history. The Iphigenia Quartet sees four of the UK's most exciting and radical playwrights - Caroline Bird (Agamemnon), Suhayla El Bushra (Iphigenia), Lulu Raczka (Clytemnestra), and Chris Thorpe (Chorus) - create explosive responses to this classical tragedy. Each play is a reimagining this story of familial catastrophe from the differing perspectives of the key characters in the play: Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Iphigenia and the Chorus.

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Genre:
classic tragedy

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Come to Where I am From

Synopsis:
Sixty one playwrights from across the UK return to their home towns to write plays about the places that shaped them. At 14 theatres from Bristol to Belfast, Cardiff to Coventry and Nottingham to Newcastle, these plays will be performed by the playwrights themselves, coming home to tell their tale. Come To Where I'm From is a theatrical tapestry of the UK, woven by writers asking if home is really where the heart is.

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Paines Plough

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Confirmation

Synopsis:
If you pinned me against a wall, I'd admit to being a liberal. And pinning me against a wall is exactly what I'd expect from someone like you. Confirmation is about gulfs we can't talk across and the way we choose to see only the evidence that proves we're right. Working with research into the phenomenon of confirmation bias, Confirmation is an attempt to have an honourable dialogue with political extremism. Created by multiple Fringe First winners Chris Thorpe and Rachel Chavkin, and presented by Warwick Arts Centre and China Plate. Commissioned by Northern Stage and Battersea Arts Centre.

Notes:
written by Chris Thorpe and Rachel Chavkin

1st Produced:
Northern Stage At King's Hall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     01 Aug 2014

Organisations:
Chris Thorpe and Rachel Chavkin

1st Published:
Oberon Books   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Devised, Solo show, 1 hour 20 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dark Woods, Deep Snow. A Grimm Tale for Christmas

Synopsis:
At the darkest time, on the longest night, as the real winter starts to close in, something is happening. In the Extremely Secret House in the Woods a rag-tag band of superheroic outcasts are ready to do battle with the gathering darkness. Like the Grimms before them, their quest is to rescue stories and bring them home. An attempt to save the world. But they may need your help. . .A story of friendship, betrayal, light and dark in a raucous Christmas adventure full of songs, snow and more than little bit of festive chaos

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Genre:
Christmas Play

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  chorus

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Dead In the Water

Synopsis:
A restaurant a few seconds after an explosion

Notes:
produced by Unlimited theatre

1st Produced:
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford     16 Oct 1999

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Disneyland

Synopsis:
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Notes:
third in trilogy

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Play/Drama

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Ethics Of Progress, The

Synopsis:
whirlwind tour through Quantum Physics, taking in teleportation, superpositions and entanglement theory.
- Lyn Gardner, Guardian

Notes:
Piece By Jon Spooner, Chris Thorpe And Clare Duffy in consultation with Prof Vlatko Vedral

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Organisations:
Unlimited

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-

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Piece

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Everything Is Fascinating

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Forest Fringe curated by Chris Thorpe

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Hannah

Synopsis:
Lose yourself in an extraordinary story that will transport you to a supernatural world and bring magic to modern day life. Hannah gets frustrated with the little things; her mum, on the other hand, is out at work, trying to save the world. But then Hannah's life is turned upside down and there are some very big decisions to be made. . .

Notes:
Inspired by Christopher Marlowe's Dr Faustus, this is a tale of temptation, but at its centre is not a Doctor of Theology but a schoolgirl much like the 11+ youngsters at which this show is aimed.

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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High Speed Impact. Test Number One

Synopsis:
Queer Up North has teamed up with Development Lab at Theatre in the Mill to lay down an artistic gauntlet. As we ask ourselves what `queer' might mean in 2010, we've commissioned three leading experimental theatre makers and challenged them to create short pieces that capture their own personal take on `queer'. All three are performed together for two nights only. Part of the Queer Up North commissioning programme funded by The Foyle Foundation. Co-commissioned by Queer Up North and Development Lab. Where You Stand - How is your sense of who you are shaped by where you find yourself? Where You Stand is a cross between a performance, a poem and a puzzle, exploring ideas around (dis)orientation - both sexual and spatial. Chris Goode is a writer and theatre-maker who created the much-loved storytelling show The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley in last year's festival. Where You Stand is a companion piece to Who You Are, which Chris recently made for Tate Modern. High Speed Impact. Test Number One - This is just a story about some things that happened to me once. It was all true. At least I think it's true at the moment. There'll be some stuff about aeroplanes. Most of the stories involve aeroplanes at some point. We'll have to see where it goes. Chris Thorpe is a writer and performer from Manchester. As well as devising and performing Unlimited Theatre, Third Angel and others, he also writes plays and screenplays, and sometimes radio drama for the BBC. He is currently working on a new book of solo pieces called Eating Wasps. It's All About the Full Stops - Jogelen: to entertain by performing tricks. That's exactly what Rachael will be trying to do in this one-woman piece; trying to keep everything together, all the balls in the air and not end up with egg on her face. Rachael Walton is co-Artistic Director of Third Angel, a company making projects in theatre, live art, video, photography, visual art and on the internet. They regularly tour both here and abroad but are proud to be from Sheffield and have made work there for the last 15 years with many extraordinary people.

Notes:
Part of "Three"

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Genre:
short play

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Hosts

Synopsis:
weaves three stories to give a voice to the world of epidemiology

Notes:
written by Chris Thorpe, devised by the company

1st Produced:
Paines Plough Rehearsal Room     18 Apr 2011

Organisations:
curious directive / Watford Palace Theatre / Escalator East to Edinburgh

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-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
devised, multimedia

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Huddersfield

Synopsis:
"Sajtinac was in West Yorkshire for only three days, though that was enough time to notice "the way it rains in that boring way it does". His point is that for the generation who grew up under communism, then went through the war, Huddersfield - even in the rain - seems a distant realm of infinite promise. Set in the obscure Serbian town of Zrenjarin, the play commemorates a beer-and-spliff-fuelled reunion of a group of former school friends coming to terms with turning 30. Rasha, possessor of a dark and dangerous intellect, lives in a sty and behaves like a pig. Even the toilet door has fallen prey to his drunken father's haphazard asset-stripping. Downstairs, his friend Ivan is a damaged poet who is in and out of mental institutions. And Igor, who left to make a new life in England, is back home to intensify their sense of self-loathing. ", Guardian

Notes:
Original Playwright - Uglijesa Sajinac. transl. Duska Radosavljevic, English version Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, Uk     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London, 2004   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Human Resources

Synopsis:
You're the kind of person who never backs down from a fight. You were the kind of kid who licked the iron. The stories become who you are. This show is a conversation about whether that is useful.

Notes:
written by Hannah Jane Walker & Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:
Northern Stage at Summerhall " 1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL (Northern Stage at Summerhall), Edinburgh Festival Fringe     Aug 2015

Organisations:
Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe

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-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Poetry, Storytelling

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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I Wish I Was Lonely

I Wish I Was Lonely
I Wish I Was Lonely is an interactive show about contactability asking whether the invisible waves we're tethered to might be drowning who we are. It's a show in which the audience commit to leaving their phones on. A show investigating what it means to participate in communication  or not. there are poems, there are stories and there is conversation. I Wish I Was Lonely sees Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe ask how much of ourselves we've given up to the new gods in our pockets.

Notes:
written by Hannah Jane Walker And Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:
Forest Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     16 Aug 2013

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Genre:
performance piece

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Life and Loves of a Nobody, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Rachael Walton (with contributions from Chris Thorpe)

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piece

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Milk of Human Kindness, The

Synopsis:
A durational theatrical experience created by theatre-maker Chris Thorpe (Confirmation, BAC), delving into the online expression of the great British public's attitude towards migrants and refugees, as enabled by the great British press.

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Durational Piece

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Minsk, 2011: A Reply To Kathy Acker

Minsk, 2011: A Reply To Kathy Acker
In Belarus people bear the scars of repression all over their body. Gay Pride marches are brutally suppressed. Underground nightclubs are routinely raided by special-forces. If scars are sexy then Minsk must be the sexiest city in the world. a lament for a city that has lost its way, for a beloved home that has turned ugly, for a people who cannot express themselves.

Notes:
Belarus Free theatre, concept and adaptation by Vladimir Scherban; English adaptation by Chris Thorpe. Fringe First winner 2011

1st Produced:
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     22 Aug 2011

Organisations:
Fuel Theatre Company

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Music:
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Mission To Mars

Synopsis:
It's 2035, and we're ready to send the first human beings to Mars. Gail and Stefan have been selected from thousands, and are ready to launch. their four friends and colleagues are following close behind. We want you to come with them. Fun, fast-paced and packed with emotion, Unlimited theatre's new show is based on the real science of planned Mars missions. Join Gail and Stephan as they defy gravity and go further through the solar system than we've ever been before. Ever wondered if you have what it takes? Come and experience all the excitement, danger and discovery of the next giant leap into space. . .

Notes:
By Clare Duffy, Jon Spooner And Chris Thorpe

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Organisations:
Unlimited Theatre and Polka Theatre co-production

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-

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Genre:
Youth Audiences

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  voice

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Moon, The Moon, The

Synopsis:
A man stands on the edge of the shore. He's made Christmas dinner. It's February. He's going to walk across the water and apologise to his wife's family. And then he's locked in a cellar, wearing someone else's pyjamas. Upstairs, his self-appointed doctor and nurse say they can help him. Heal him. And the Moon, who has been watching him wander out of his mind with loss, sings to him, desperate for him to join her. the internationally acclaimed Unlimited theatre's new show is a haunting and darkly witty new play about loving, losing and beautiful new beginnings - lit by a singing moon.

Notes:
By Clare Duffy, Jon Spooner And Chris Thorpe

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Organisations:
Unlimited Theatre in association with Curve, Leicester

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Play/Drama

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Mysteries, The

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Oberon Books   

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-

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Noise, The

Synopsis:
A remote island in the Southern Ocean. A noise that never stops. A massive iceberg in the harbour. A body in the water. And an 17-year old girl who is the only one asking questions. The island of Whitley is home to 'the Noise' - a weird, ever changing, ever present sound that makes the islanders. . . different. Nobody know what causes it and everyone has stopped asking questions. Only 17 year old Charlie and her best friend Harry, a local scientist, are still looking for the answers. But when an iceberg drifts into the harbour and a body washes up soon after, Charlie sets out on her own to uncover the truth and the source of The Noise. - See more at: http://www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/the-noise#sthash.L167w7ls.dpuf

Notes:
Written by Clare Duffy, Jon Spooner And Chris Thorpe - See more at: http://www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/the-noise#sthash.L167w7ls.dpuf

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Organisations:
Unlimited Theatre and Northern Stage co-production - See more at: http://www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on/the-noise#sthash.L167w7ls.dpuf

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-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece 100 min (no interval)

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Oh Fuck Moment, The

Oh Fuck Moment, The
In this unique, Fringe First winning theatrical experience, poet Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe explore the universally-known feeling that dawns when a huge mistake has been made. Set around an office table - the scene of so many oh fuck moments, audiences are invited to share their own mortifying slip-ups as Chris and Hannah examine the poetic guts of mistakes in a bundle of words and strip lighting. An oh fuck moment is the truest, funniest, most terrifying of feelings. Sometimes, mistakes are so great that there is no way back. But they also help us learn and appreciate what it means to feel human.

Notes:
written by Hannah Jane Walker And Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:
St George's West, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     05 Aug 2011

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Paradise Project, The

Synopsis:
Imagine a place better than where you are. Every day they come in and try again. They try to figure out how to live together. They start to build something that will never be completed, at least not within their own life times. And everyday it works. Or it doesn't. Well, it depends how you measure it. So today, today they will try something different. The Paradise Project is full of wit, intelligence and humanity. Join Third Angel (Sheffield) and mala voadora (Lisbon) for a show about following instructions, inventing your own rules, and keeping trying.

Notes:
Conceived and devised by Jorge Andrade, Jose Capela, Alexander Kelly, Chris Thorpe & Rachael Walton

1st Produced:
Northern Stage at Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     08 Aug 2015

Organisations:
Third Angel and Mala Voadora

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-   

Music:
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piece 70 min

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Presumption

Synopsis:
Presumption captures a young couple at the moment when they realise that their relationship has become comfortable rather than passionate, habitual rather than Dramatic. Against the backdrop of an insignificant quarrel, they examine their relationship and their willingness or not to accept its limitations. Third Angel's work is always visually interesting and here the mental exertions are mirrored by the performers' physical efforts as they struggle on and off the stage with an ever-increasing collection of domestic detritus. the piece is likely to resonate with young adult audiences.

Notes:
devised by Chris Thorpe, Alexander Kelly And Rachael Walton

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Third Angel

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-   

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-

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Robin Hood

Synopsis:
written in verse and owing more to the UK today - the one where we're 'all in this together' - and the darkness of Rambo: First Blood than to the tights, arrows, and sugary ballads of Merrie England'.

Notes:
-

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Organisations:
National Student Drama Festival

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-   

Music:
-

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verse play

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Safety

Synopsis:
Michael is a well-known photographer specializing in war zones. His daughter has just been saved from drowning by a total stranger while Michael stood by. He and his wife, Susan, have the stranger round to dinner - to thank him. It does not go well. Susan finds Michael cold and distant. the stranger thinks that Michael is an emotional bully. Michael only feels truly alive when he's in danger. Interspersed with scenes showing Michael in Bosnia, Safety deals with a very modern form of alienation: how can we respond humanely to the horrors depicted in the media? And what happens to those whose job it is to report them?

Notes:
second in trilogy

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Unlimited Theatre

1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London, 2002   

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

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Shape Of The Pain, The

Shape Of The Pain, The
One woman attempts to articulate her experience of physical pain. Pain with no apparent cause. Also, she's met someone, and they want to make this work. Words, light and an original sound score collide in a new piece from this Scotsman Fringe First award-winning team - exploring life in extremity, and the joy that can be found there.

Notes:
developed by Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe. Written by Chris Thorpe. Original score by Melanie Wilson

1st Produced:
Pulse Festival, Ipswich     03 Jun 2017

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-

1st Published:
https://www.oberonbooks.com/the-shape-of-the-pain.html   

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-

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Static

Synopsis:
written in response to the media's role in reporting violent political conflict

Notes:
first in trilogy

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-

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Status

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-    

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-

1st Published:
Oberon Books   

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-

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Tangle

Synopsis:
Tangle is set in an underground research facility on Wimbledon Common where two scientists are on the verge of an incredible breakthrough. It's about the search for a lost brother, a missing uncle, a dead wife and an untraceable atom. It's about heroes, the ethics of progress and daring to believe in things we cannot see. It's a bit like Doctor Who meets Moonlighting. Tangle mixes quantum physics with urban myth, Albert Einstein with Great Uncle Bulgaria and uses leading edge scientific advances to teleport an orange. No really, we do. As with all of Unlimited's shows it's smart and it's funny. It throws some serious emotional and intellectual punches and it isn't scared of being a bit silly. It tells a great story and leaves room for you to do some of the imagining for yourselves. And we teleport an orange. What more could you possibly want?

Notes:
Written And Devised by: Clare Duffy, Liz Margree, Jon Spooner And Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:
Corn Exchange, Newbury, Uk     2006

Organisations:
Unlimited Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
PlayDevised

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there Has (Possibly) Been an Accident

there Has (Possibly) Been an Accident
When life offers you a choice between heroism and compromise - what happens? Sometimes planes dont land the way they're supposed to. the people of a country have had enough of their leaders, but those leaders have to be replaced with something. A person steps out of a crowd and, for a moment, becomes more than human. A man walks into the lobby of a building and brings death with him to prove his point.

Notes:
Liverpool Everyman theatre's Annual Everyword festival for new writing And Aspiring writers has been relocated to the Liverpool Playhouse for this year while the Everyman undergoes extensive refurbishment.

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This Is Just To Say

Synopsis:
Hannah Jane Walker is a serial apologist. Saying sorry is conversational ellipsis. Saying sorry is social glue. We use it to make people like us. But what if you want to apologise and mean it This is just to say is about Britishness, politics, religion and family This is just to say is a conversation about hope, love and winning This is just to say is live art, performance poetry and extremely good company An intimate audience piece for 12-15 people set around a table.

Notes:
devised by Hannah Jane Walker And Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:
Forest Fringe     2010

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-

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-   

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-

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Touched

Synopsis:
A young woman is the sole survivor of a horrendous plane crash. As we watch her vow to resume normality, an old school friend returns home and his involvement in another crash, this time fatal, from their teenage years is revealed..
- Corrine Salisbury, British theatre Guide

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
North Wall Festival In Oxford     2009

Organisations:
National Student Drama Festival

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-   

Music:
-

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Victory Condition

Victory Condition
A thousand people are taking a sip of coffee within the city limits of Johannesburg, each unaware of the other doing it, each one necessarily thinking they are the only one. An attempt to get to grips with the fact that everything happens at once. And to see if there's anything we can do about it. Find the connection between where you are and where I am. Open up the space between us and do something.

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What I Heard About the World

Synopsis:
A theatre piece with two songs: one original, one karaoke. In What I Heard About the World, Sheffield based Third Angel and Lisboa's mala voadora attempt to map a sphErical planet onto a (very big) flat piece of paper. the three narrators set out to catalogue every country, to share stories and name names, in a show that wonders what future we are making for ourselves. Throughout 2010, Third Angel and mala voadora are collected stories from around the world.

Notes:
written by Jorge Andrade, Alexander Kelly and Chris Thorpe in collaboration with Jose Capela and Rachel Walton

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Organisations:
Third Angel

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-   

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-

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Zero Degrees And Drifting

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
by Clare Duffy, Liz Margee, Jon Spooner And Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:
Leeds, Wyp Courtyard     2004

Organisations:
Unlimited Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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