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Francis Turnly

FRANCIS TURNLY

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    David Higham Associates Ltd  represented by Georgina Ruffhead

Irish-Japanese playwright Francis Turnly has just won a Channel 4 Playwrights Scheme bursary to be Playwright in Residence at the Tricycle Theatre. His previous plays include Hiding (Watford Palace Theatre), Descent (Jacksons Lane) and Bogland (Irish tour). He has written several plays for BBC Radio 4 including Pressing The Flesh, Shelter, Lullaby, Brought to Light, Homestead and Point of Departure  as well as the original Irish detective drama, Hinterland. Francis was a member of the Royal Court Theatres Studio, Unheard Voices and the 50 writers groups.

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

         Bog People         Breathing         Descent         Harajuku Girls         Hiding         Samurai In Soho, A

Bog People

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Inspired by the poetry of Seamus Heaney. Bog People is a haunting, evocative sequence of stories about love, violence, mystery and memory. Linked by landscape, the stories are set on a particularly significant piece of Bogland over several different time periods, and the audience becomes detective, piecing together the fragments of the past. Don't miss this unique theatrical experience bringing together Big Telly's reputation for dynamic, contemporary Irish Classics.

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written by Lucy Caldwell, Nicola McCartney And francis Turnly

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Breathing

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Courtyard, N1, London    2000

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Descent

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Jackson's Lane, London    2002

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Harajuku Girls

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I don't know a girl who hasn't been groped on a train. There's always someone trying to cop a feel. Might as well get paid for it. On Jingu Bridge in Tokyo, teenage girls dress in cosplay outfits for fun, fashion, and the fantasy of being someone else, but for Mari, Keiko and Yumi, their schooldays are over. . .In a race to escape from overbearing parents, stifling dead-end jobs and economic deprivation, they find their way to Kabukicho, a district of panty shops, love hotels and image clubs, where every aspect of the body and soul can be bought and sold. Only they can decide how far they're willing to go. As the three young women grow up and apart, they tread a dangerously fine line between empowerment and victimhood as they struggle to pursue their dreams, despite the obstacles that society and tradition put in their way.?

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Hiding

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Watford Palace theatre    Jun 2006

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Samurai In Soho, A

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Birmingham Rep theatre    2003

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