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Nick Walker

NICK WALKER

  
Nationality:    British
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Nick is part of Coventry-based mixed media experimentalists Talking Birds whose work has been presented extensively in the UK as well as in Sweden, Ireland, and the usA. He has worked with some of the country's leading new work Theatre companies including Stan's Cafe, Insomniac, and Theatre Instituut Nederlands both in the UK and abroad. His plays and short stories are often featured on BBC Radio 4, including 3 series of the late-night show the Bigger Issues. He is the author of two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland. He is represented as a novelist by Simon Trewin.

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

         Black Box         Evening With Mr Ritzy, An         Forever In Your Debt         Good And True         Hoke's Bluff         Hussan & Harry         Hypnogogia         Journey Round My Skull, A         Oh No It Isn't!         Solid Blue         Vampomime         We Love You City

Black Box

Synopsis:
35,000 feet high, a lovesick stewardess betrays the pilot, a hijacker learns phrases from a language tape, a stowaway dreams of home. No-one expected the plane to come down but it did. In a smoke-filed office, three forgotten investigators try to piece together the mystery of flight 109. But a terrible truth emerges as the evidence mounts up.

Notes:
written by Jim North And Nick Walker

1st Produced:
The Studio, Beckenham, London     01 Oct 1999

Organisations:
Talking Birds

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Music:
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Evening With Mr Ritzy, An

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1st Produced:
Warwick Arts Centre     2004

Organisations:
Talking Birds

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Music:
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Forever In Your Debt

Synopsis:
It tells the story of Vera, a lonely but idealistic office cleaner working in a skyscraper where those suffering financial despair live out their last moments. Vera has cleaned up the mess too many times, so when an entire family appear at the top it's all too much for her. She has to stop them; perhaps a band and a rooftop concert will put their sorry stories into perspective.

Notes:
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Organisations:
Talking Birds and Foursight Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Play/Drama

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Good And True

Synopsis:
Good and True is an ambitious theatre show; a metaphysical epic full of angels and prophets, tempters and devils in disguise. It is set round a table that may once have been in an American cop show. Someone has had a vision. There are interrogators and their consciences. It's about how memory and moralities warp with perspective, so obviously its packed full of gags.

Notes:
Devised by Sarah Archdeacon, Amanda Hadingue, Craig Stephens, Nick Walker

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Organisations:
Stan's Cafe

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Music:
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Devised 70 min Piece

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Hoke's Bluff

Synopsis:
Welcome to Hoke's Bluff. the sun always shines, the grass is always watered and green, the roads are wide and the cars seat three in the front. It never rains and all the kids have straight teeth. their parents are firm but loving, and when they get things wrong they admit it, and say they're sorry. Yep, Hoke's Bluff is pretty ordinary. Could be anywhere, really. Just another town. With a whistful yearning for a world that never really existed, Hoke's Bluff uses high school storylines, inspiring locker room speeches and sentimentality to tell an underdog story that's been told a million times before, shifting and re-arranging the trite conventions and narratives of American teen movies to talk about what it means to be a winner on the inside.

Notes:
devised by Gemma Paintin, James Stenhouse and Nick Walker

1st Produced:
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry     16 Nov 2012

Organisations:
Action Hero

1st Published:
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Music:
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piece

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Hussan & Harry

Synopsis:
Based on true stories collected from the city. A story of true friendship, war, and what it means to live in a city of reconciliation.

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Organisations:
Belgrade Community and Education Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Hypnogogia

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1st Produced:
Nottingham     2001

Organisations:
NOW Festival

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Music:
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Journey Round My Skull, A

Synopsis:
Inspired by the extraordinary medical memoir written by Hungarian satirist Frigyes Karinthy, A Journey Round My Skull is a passionate love story which examines the complexity of the human brain by exploring the perplexing world of auditory hallucinations. Enveloping the audience in a fantastical sound-world, it playfully investigates what makes us who we are and the lengths we might go to in order to cure ourselves of our most painful and embarrassing memories. Darkly comic, A Journey Round My Skull is a tender yet provocative examination of our relationship with our mind, memories and imagination.

Notes:
based on the memoir by Frigyes Karinthy, adapted by Nick Walker and Olivia Winteringham.

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Organisations:
Bristol Old Vic Ferment commission. Kindle

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Music:
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Play/Drama

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Oh No It Isn't!

Synopsis:
Oh No It Isn't! is the brilliant new comedy thriller, written and directed by acclaimed Coventry writer, Nick Walker. Four actors are performing a Christmas panto. For the audience it's a fun, yuletide treat - for the actors on stage, it's a matter of life and death! We soon discover that the cast are all embroiled in a plot to kill each other. A prop gun is swapped for the real thing and a poisoned apple is on the menu. Who's bean-stalking who? Will the Giant come out on top? Or will it be curtains for Daisy the cow? The cry of "He's behind you!" has never sounded so chilling!

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Genre:
Christmas show

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Solid Blue

Synopsis:
Justice on its head

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Talking Birds

1st Published:
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Music:
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Vampomime

Synopsis:
Finding a great Christmas night out that doesn't suck can be a real pain in the neck - but fear not! Vampomime, this year's B2 Xmas Show, comes direct from the pen of acclaimed writer Nick Walker and promises to be a fangtastic Yuletide treat - with added bite! It's not easy putting on a pantomime when you're a theatre company entirely run by vampires. This year's production of Beauty and the Beast is beset by practical problems - they can't enter the stage until they've been invited in and the glare of the lighting is really painful on their eyes. They're also distracted by an uncontrollable bloodlust for virgins, although they don't anticipate that being a big problem with Coventry audiences. Will beauty get driven batty? Will the beast love in vein? Will the audience die laughing? Whatever happens, a monstrously good time is guaranteed for all! As ever, the B2 Xmas Show has been created especially for grown-ups so it's perfect for office parties or anyone who wants to enjoy a Christmas night out away from the kids

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Genre:
Christmas show 70 min

Parts:
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We Love You City

Synopsis:
It's 3pm on 16 May 1987 and the streets of Coventry are deserted. But not for long. . .Against all odds and expectations on that fateful day, Coventry City FC achieved the ultimate goal - they won the FA Cup. the streets were soon awash with a sea of sky blue as the people of Coventry became united in victory. Relive the atmosphere and emotion surrounding that legendary game in We Love You City, a true story of triumph over adversity. Eleven players take centre stage to recreate the events of the match and tell the inspiring and life changing stories that were taking place in and around the city during those nail-biting 90 minutes - plus a bit of extra time! So dig out your Sky Blue scarf and book your tickets to what BBC commentator John Motson described as 'the finest Cup Final I've had the pleasure of commentating on.'

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Belgrade Theatre and Talking Birds

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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