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Sarah Woods

SARAH WOODS

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Micheline Steinberg Associates  

Sarah Woods' plays include 'Revolting', 'Everywoman', 'Cuckolds-All-In-A-Row', 'With or Without', 'mobs & Martyres', 'Nervous Women', 'two-Faced', 'Bidding and Binding', 'Daylight Robbery', 'the Other Shore' and 'trips'. She has also written extensively for Radio and Television.

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         Antigone         Benefit         Bidding And Bidding         Cake         Cuckolds-All-In-A-Row         Daughter of the Air         Daylight Robbery         Everywoman         Fantastic Mr Fox         Grace         Hilda         Like Candyfloss         Mobs And Martyrs         My Last Car         Nervous Women         Only Fools (No Horses)         Other Shore, The         Revolting         Rights Of Passage         Soap         Thief of Baghdad, The         Through the Woods         Timon Of Athens         Trips         Two-Faced         Visible         Walking on Water         With or Without
Antigone

Synopsis:
one friendless young woman takes on the might of the theban State

Notes:
Original Playwright - Sophocles

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TAG

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XX (2000) Page 1152

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Benefit

Synopsis:
English graduate Rosa is haunted by the history of her Chilean family, Craig suffers from a sex addiction that is destroying his relationship and Patrick is rendered near-speechless by his inability to understand the Kafkaesque world into which he is thrust seeking support. By telling the stories of these individual true-to-life struggles, Benefit looks at the impact of austerity and asks how we can best deal with the world we are now in.

Notes:
With the Welfare State on the agenda in the build-up to the General Election, this new play explores the lives of three job-seekers' and the pressures their status puts on them and those around them. In the second part of the evening, using Forum Theatre, the audience is invited to join the debate to look at strategies for the characters which might lead to a better outcome  both in the world of the play and in society at large. The play will tour theatres, homeless hostels, day centres, and prisons, creating discussion and dialogue in these Venues. Benefit is directed by Cardboard Citizens' Artistic Director Adrian Jackson and features a cast drawn from Cardboard Citizens members, all of whom have experienced homelessness.

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Cardboard Citizens

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piece 60 min

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Bidding And Bidding

Synopsis:
An old woman sits under a tree and tells tales to a young girl about the persecution of a 17th Century witch. Explores the magic circle, spellboxes, talismans and the significance of Witchcraft today.

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Play/Drama

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Cake

Synopsis:
This is the world where you have only vague memories of who you were before and who you hoped you'd be. In which nothing gets completed and even the interruptions are interrupted. When a tiny moment contains the most intense love you have ever felt as well as the urge to commit the kind of violence that would put you away for life. When you have to create a future for your child by fighting for world peace, and (you swore you never would) learn how to make a cake. Steve Tiplady and Rebekah Wild animate a cast of wooden spoons, sieves, cake ingredients and obstreperous kitchen appliances for this look into emotional extremities, trying to fulfil one's promise, change the world - and above all finish baking that cake.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Anglia Ruskin Drama Studio, Cambridge     16 Oct 2003

Organisations:
Jade

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piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXIII (2003) Page 1598

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Cuckolds-All-In-A-Row

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Daughter of the Air

Synopsis:
To complement the four plays in the Swan theatre Spanish Golden Age Season, a fifth play by a fifth writer - Daughter of the Air by Calderon - will be presented in collaboration with BBC Radio 3. Read by members of the company for one public performance only, it will be recorded for transmission on Sunday 21 November on Radio 3.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca

1st Produced:
Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon     08 Oct 2004

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Genre:
translation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Daylight Robbery

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Play/Drama

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Everywoman

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Play/Drama

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Fantastic Mr Fox

Synopsis:
a story of determination and survival, as the resourceful Mr Fox not only outwits the dunderhead humans but arranges a full-on feast for all the animals of the wood, even the vegitarian rabbits.
- Lyn Gardner, Guardian

Notes:
from story by Roald Dahl. Music And lyrics by Ben Glasstone

1st Produced:
Stratford Upon Avon, Civic Hall     19 Dec 2007

Organisations:
RSC

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXVII (2007) Page 1537; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXX (2010) Page 1046

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Grace

Synopsis:
A woman approaching her thirtieth birthday wants to have an ideal life and a man. A play for one woman and two men in cupboards

Notes:
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Organisations:
Jade

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XVI (1996) Page 1386

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Hilda

Hilda
Mrs Lemarchand : a well-to-do woman and a study in meglomania, draws her innocent cleaner, Hilda, into a trap from which there is no escape. Hilda's life and her marriage to the hapless Frank, is destroyed by Mrs Lemarchand's spiralling obsessions.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Marie Ndiaye

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Oberon, London,    

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 0420

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Like Candyfloss

Synopsis:
At the end of the pier at the end of the season, Ray and Violet work the Submarine Bar. He dreams of being a comedian and a crooner, she dreams of being a belly dancer. As always. Into the bar walks Millie, a last-minute replacement for the drunk George Michael impersonator in the Variety Show. And everything changes.

Notes:
Music Anders Sodergen

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Organisations:
Jade

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 1598

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Mobs And Martyrs

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Foursight Theatre     1990

Organisations:
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My Last Car

Synopsis:
theatrical exploration of some of the most pertinent environmental issues faced by society today

Notes:
commissioned video And motor soundscape by digital Artist Shanaz Gulzar

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piece

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Nervous Women

Synopsis:
parallels the difficulties of a modern day woman coping with unemployment and growing agorraphobia with those of a Victorian wife forced to take a rest cure in an effort to curb her sexual desire.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XII (1992) Page 1396

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Only Fools (No Horses)

Synopsis:
An exploration of the world of Shakespeare and the roles of his fools. Feste (Twelfth Night), Touchstone (As You Like It) and Lear s Fool (King Lear) are trapped in Limbo with only the thoughts and memories of their plays. they pass the time by tormenting and entertaining each other. If only someone could write a play in which they could all escape or die.

Notes:
written by Sarah Woods (in collaboration with Contemporary Clowning)

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Organisations:
Contemporay Clowning Projects (in association with CB Projects)

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piece

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Other Shore, The

Synopsis:
In a secluded cottage by the sea, friends gather for New Years eve. In the spirit of 'Auld Lang Syne' Leda and Rory put aside their differences, and together with Sarah, set about seeing in 1999. A play of hope and renewal, 'the Other Side' is a sharply accurate and at times funny portrayal of a contemporary generation.

Notes:
Music Anders Sodergren

1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London     05 Feb 1999

Organisations:
Attic Theatre Company

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 0168

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Revolting

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Not The Rsc Festival     1986

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Rights Of Passage

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Proteus Theatre     1991

Organisations:
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Soap

Synopsis:
Will Lorna and Thorn's affair survive the storylines? When it comes to love, nothing is simple in Soapland. Just when it seemed that beach boy Thorn's future is all mapped out, up pops a surprise in the shape of pub landlady Lorna. It may have been written in the stars that Thorn would marry adoring childhood sweetheart, the dizzy Noleen. But Lorna's unscripted arrival causes storylines to merge and unravel. It soon becomes clear that more than the ratings are at stake in this satire about a bigger world.

Notes:
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Organisations:
Stephen Joseph Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Thief of Baghdad, The

Synopsis:
A post-modern dance theatre version of the Thief of Baghdad with inventive design and self-conscious storytelling. Scared, lost, and hungry, Megan, her sister Bee, and their friend the thieving Callum, sheltering in a bombed building from the war raging outside, discover a backstage Aladdin's cave of wardrobe baskets, fake food, dressing up clothes, and an old lamp. the building was once a theatre. Luckily for them, the kindly stage door keeper (Christopher Colquhoun) is on hand to help. He encourages them to create their own story as a diversion from their dire predicament. theatre as therapeutic flight from reality; life-enhancing theatre as an antidote to war. "What is theatre? It's magic." "It can make you forget you're cold and hungry".
- Vera Liber , British theatre Guide

Notes:
By Sarah Woods from A concept by Moira Buffini

1st Produced:
Roh2 Linbury Studio Theatre, London     10 Dec 2008

Organisations:
Royal Opera House

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Music:
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Genre:
Dance theatre

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Through the Woods

Synopsis:
Combines English storytelling with continental bravura. English boy lost in a wood. Old women who might be a witch, but is really a brockenhearted recluse. And a musical spirit of the woods. Mixes fairy tale with realism. - Hewison, the Times.

Notes:
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Organisations:
Teatro Kismet

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Genre:
show for 8 - 12 year olds

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1b

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 1649

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Timon Of Athens

Synopsis:
Cardboard Citizens love to contextualise Shakespeare, they induct the audience for Timon into a management-training seminar. This leads to an amusing introductory assessment of the Bard's work in terms of how it can enhance your managerial skills: thus, Hamlet becomes about "prioritising your to-do list". If Adrian Jackson's production of Timon works, it is less because of the packaging than because of its grasp of the raw essentials.
Michael Billington, Guardian

Notes:
Original Playwright - Shakespeare Adapted by Adrian Jackson And Sarah Woods

1st Produced:
Stratford, Shakespeare Centre     26 Oct 2006

Organisations:
Cardboard Citizens

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 1304

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Trips

Synopsis:
an imaginative account of six Birmingham housemates on a night out, searching for love, excitement and one infallible business idea. This bold, funny play combines live performance with video to explore where we are now, and where we are all heading.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 characters

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Two-Faced

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Visible

Synopsis:
Visible boldly challenges how we guard our wealth and our 'right' to happiness. Striving so hard to live a good life and acquire the trappings of success, do we sometimes lose sight of the wider world around us? In their mock Georgian house on an exclusive estate, Rob and Hattie are preparing lunch for friends and neighbours - but all is not going to plan. As the reality of exclusion explodes into their cosy world of comfort, the placid facade of a sedate suburban Sunday is Dramatically ripped aside. When life is as sweet as treacle, sugar and honey, why can't Sunday lunch be perfect?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Http://Www.Sohotheatre.Com/     03 Mar 2006

Organisations:
Carboard Citizens

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Walking on Water

Synopsis:
Walking on Water draws from the experiences of individuals with learning disabilities to tell universal stories; stories of anger, hurt, joy and of a yearning to escape. Plunge into a fluid, sensual world created by a vibrant fusion of movement, music, word and design. Explore the space you have and the space you want. Frequently funny, occasionally bizarre and always moving, this is theatre which reflects the imaginative richness of the experience of being learning disabled without denying its challenges.

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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With or Without

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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