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Melanie Wilson

MELANIE WILSON

  
Nationality:    British
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Melanie Wilson's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Autobiographer         Dead Man's Biggest Fan         Five In the Morning         Iris Brunette         Landscape II         Patter         Simple Girl         Victorian In the Wall, The

Autobiographer

Synopsis:
Flora is a 76 year old woman. She is also 18, 33 and somewhere in her late forties. . .Combining a poetic text and a bold, electrifying score for voice and sound, Autobiographer draws us into Flora's slowly unravelling mind. In a tender and lyrical performance, fragments of stories and pulses of memory build layer upon layer into a curious, evocative portrait of a life refracted through the lens of dementia.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Fuel

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece 80 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Dead Man's Biggest Fan

Synopsis:
In the sherry-drenched aftermath of the funeral, two bereaved women joust and tussle over their conflicting memories f the deceased. Rummaging through the attic of the dusty past, their games become increasingly vicious and unflinching. A dark and eccentric poem about claustrophobic friendship.

Notes:
written by Catherine Dyson And Melanie Wilson

1st Produced:
BAC , London >>>    30 Sep 2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Five In the Morning

Synopsis:
the swimming pool of life is not all it appears to be.

Notes:
created by Ant Hampton, Greg McLaren, Silvia Mercuriali, Melanie Wilson

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Rotozaza Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Iris Brunette

Synopsis:
Inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 black-and-white science fiction movie La Jetee, it cast the audience of 16 as survivors of the third world war, adrift in a strange, futuristic city.
- Lyn Gardner, Guardian

Notes:
New Piece By Melanie Wilson Based On the Film La Jetee By Chris Marker

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Prospero Arts

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Landscape II

Synopsis:
Three women separated by a hundred years start a conversation across time. their parallel experiences reveal shared imaginings of identity and escape, as menacing undercurrents steal into their solitary and reflective lives. their letters, diaries, drawings and photographs expose a series of threatening episodes and unsettling occurrences. As the landscape presses in on them, they draw upon the threads that connect them to survive. Landscape II is a compelling solo work by Melanie Wilson. This bold hybrid of performance, film and sound art creates a highly contemporary and minutely observed piece of new theatre.

Notes:
part of Forest Fringe curated by Chris Thorpe

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
60 min play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Patter

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Devised By Emma Benson, Peter Arnold And Melanie Wilson

1st Produced:
BAC , London >>>    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Devised Piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Simple Girl

Synopsis:
A thrilling and touchingly funny encounter with a self-titled simple girl, who is at once mischievous flaneur, epic sentimentalist and grandiose fibber. Tales of glamorous peril jostle with a live soundtrack, executed by idiosyncratic heroine, Melanie Wilson.

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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Victorian In the Wall, The

Synopsis:
So far, all that's clear is that this involves a grumpy writer discovering a Victorian man living in a wall of his flat. Everyone's pretty surprised. adjustments have to be made. there are probably songs too (and hitting green recycling boxes like drums*). there's a mysterious African man and there might be a music hall chanteuse. Hopefully it's like a fairy tale set in a world you may recognize, of knock-throughs and cappuccinos and recycling, where everyone has everything but somehow that's not enough.

Notes:
devised by Will Adamsdale, Jason Barnett, Chris Branch, Matthew Steer and Melanie Wilson. Written by Will Adamsdale. part of Rough Cuts

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Fuel

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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