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Claire Urwin

CLAIRE URWIN

  
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Claire Urwin's first play How Hard it Happens won the International Student Playscript Competition after successful runs in both Manchester and at the Edinburgh Fringe where it received an NSDF commendation for new writing. the play was developed on a writing for performance course ran in conjunction between the University of Manchester's Drama department and the Royal Exchange Theatre. Claire was invited to take part in the NSDF ensemble 2009. She worked as a script editor on Chris Thorpe's play Touched which was performed at Oxford's North Wall Festival before transferring to Latitude. Claire has a BA in Drama with English from the University of Manchester where she is currently completing an MA in creative writing for which she was awarded the school's bursary, awarded each year to the most promising poet. Claire's first full collection of poetry is called the Phone Bill.

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         How Hard it Happens         No Wonder         Stitches

How Hard it Happens

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there is much to like about this intense piece that looks at grief, loss and loneliness in two very different settings the Scotsman

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No Wonder

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Manchester's 24:7 Theatre Festival    2009

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Stitches

Synopsis:
Stiches' - 'Conscription's three years. Many stay longer. First you'll work on the flora/fauna archive, next the language centre, then the ministry for biography. Alright with all that?' New writing from International Student Playscript Award winner 2009, Claire Urwin.

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The Spaces On The Mile @ The Radisson (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)    2009

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University of Manchester Drama Society

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