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Michael Wynne

MICHAEL WYNNE

  (1972 - )
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Independent Talent Group Limited  

Michael Wynne is an English playwright born, on 3 August 1972, and brought up in Birkenhead, Michael now lives in London, having completed a Politics degree at London University. Michael wrote an original pilot SUBSTANCE for BBC Choice, which was produced in 1998 and has also written for WHERE the HEART IS for United Television, Granada's GRAFTERS, REACH FOR the MOON for LWT, AS IF for CARNIVAL, U GET ME for BBC/Darrall Macqueen and the second series of the BBC sitcom EYES DOWN.

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

         Boy Who Left Home, The         Canvas         Come to Where I am From         Dirty Wonderland         Hope Place         Knocky, The         People Are Friendly, The         Priory, The         Rough Cuts - Hung Over         Sell Out         Standing at the Sky's Edge         Tits/Teeth         Too Cold For Snow         Who Cares
Boy Who Left Home, The

Synopsis:
Described by one reviewer as 'Hans Andersen meets gritty TV soap opera,' this plays tells the story of a little boy who has never before left home and finds himself cast adrift in the forest after a storm. A series of innocence-losing encounters follows as he tries to find the wicked witch's house where he will find the key that will lead him back home. In this voyage of self discovery the demons of the forest waylay him with their mediaeval style of pagan trickery. the Brothers Grimm characters make cameo appearances, Sleeping Beauty, CinderElla and Hansel and Gretel. In this modern reworking, however, the stepmother is an alcoholic nymphomaniac, Sleeping Beauty has been faking her spell out of sheer petulance at her life with her parents. A powerful metaphor the play for a boy in search of adulthood. As he struggles to grow up, he has to overcome confusion, learn about the big bad world and make painful choices before coming home

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Organisations:
aTheatre Company, London

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Canvas

Canvas
Justine and Alan need to get away from it all. And what could be better than being at one with nature, camping, on a farm in the middle of the Welsh countryside? So long as that's camping with all the luxuries, of course - real beds, wood burning stoves, an espresso machine, even a kitchen sink. But what do they need to get away from? And how about seasoned campers Bridget and Rory? And upwardly mobile Amanda and Alistair? Why do they also need to get back to basics? the three couples find themselves in adjacent tents. But when the canvas walls let out all their secrets and when it's only their children who see eye-to-eye, perhaps the rural idyll isn't so perfect after all.

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Come to Where I am From

Synopsis:
Sixty one playwrights from across the UK return to their home towns to write plays about the places that shaped them. At 14 theatres from Bristol to Belfast, Cardiff to Coventry and Nottingham to Newcastle, these plays will be performed by the playwrights themselves, coming home to tell their tale. Come To Where I'm From is a theatrical tapestry of the UK, woven by writers asking if home is really where the heart is.

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1st Produced:
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse - Everyword Festival     19 May 2010

Organisations:
Paines Plough

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Dirty Wonderland

Synopsis:
set in a faded hotel on the final weekend before closure an audience of 30 is herded around as prospective buyers. Anarchy, hedonism and confusion as the lives of staff and guests become intertwined.

Notes:
script by Michael Wynne, devised by the company. Inspired by Nan Goldin photographs And featuring music by Goldfrapp

1st Produced:
Grand Ocean Hotel, Brighton     18 May 2005

Organisations:
Frantic Assembly

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Music:
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Genre:
site-specific Play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Hope Place

Hope Place
A story of myths, memories and secrets. Ever since she was a kid. Empty room, one glass in the middle of it. Our Maggie will knock it over.Something's up with Maggie. Rattling around in a house on Hope Place that she's lived in all her life. Her brothers and sisters flew the nest long ago but everyone's still got a key. Brother Jack keeps turning up with his own Liverpool folklore, invented to delight foreign tourists, but all Maggie wants is to unlock the past and free herself. Her niece's new boyfriend might just have the answer.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  children

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Knocky, The

Synopsis:
It is Gran's 70th birthday and the family have pulled out all of the stops with a big party in the garden. Gwen wont join them as she is afraid of leaving the house since being mugged. Someone has forgotten to defrost the sausage rolls so Mary sits on them. Norma is trying to stop her family from sliding into petty crime

Notes:
Royal Court 1994 Young Writer's Festival "Coming On Strong"

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Coming On Strong: New Writing From the Royal Court theatre, 1994   

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  -

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People Are Friendly, The

People Are Friendly, The
After 12 years in London, Michelle is looking for a fresh start but when she invites her family to a homecoming celebration at her new house in Birkenhead old conflicts reignite. She realises that her new life may not be as perfect as she had planned.

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 2002   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Priory, The

Priory, The
Kate is delighted when she finds a country retreat that ticks all the boxes. Gathering together a select group of her closest friends to celebrate New Year's Eve, she is keen to start 2010 afresh. But successful, stressed-out thirtysomethings in search of a good time in the sticks can make for one very fearsome party. . .and some surprising resolutions. Michael Wynne's buoyant new comedy takes a microscope to modern dilEmmas about life, love and retro board games

Notes:
won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy for the Priory

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 2009   

Music:
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Rough Cuts - Hung Over

Synopsis:
Ten of Britain's leading playwrights respond to the 2010 General Election. Five nights of ten minute short plays at theatre Local, Elephant and Castle. Tue 22 & Thu 24 June at 7pm featuring plays by April de Angelis, Tim Crouch, Michael Wynne, Dipo Agboluaje and Leo Butler. Wed 23 & Fri 25 June at 7pm featuring plays by Alia Bano, Michael Bhim, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Martin Crimp and Emma Crowe. Sat 26 June at 7pm featuring all plays by the ten writers. Hung Over takes place as part of Rough Cuts, the Royal Court's annual season of work-in-progress, experimental pieces, readings and shorts. Rough Cuts emerges from the year-round activities of the Studio, providing an opportunity for emerging and established artists to develop ideas collaboratively, experimentally and informally.

Notes:
Hung Over - 10 Playwrights Respond to the 2010 Election

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Ten Min

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Sell Out

Synopsis:
Someone is in for a birthday surprise..As the candles are blown out, an argument grows from an honest word amongst friends. And it grows quickly, snowballing into an irresistible force with crushing consequences for those involved.

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Organisations:
Frantic Assembly

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Standing at the Sky's Edge

Synopsis:
In 1961, the first residents of Park Hill were given the keys to their new homes. With music by Richard Hawley, Standing at the Sky's Edge tells their story over the next 50 years, in a heart-swelling, heart-breaking love song to Sheffield.

Notes:
Music by Richard Hawley, Lyrics by Michael Wynne

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Genre:
Musical

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Tits/Teeth

Synopsis:
Tits/Teeth sees two young girls caught up in a body obsessed world. Boob jobs and disco mania contrast with body dysmorphia and bulimia in this tale of our times.

Notes:
Part of Six pack - three double bills

1st Produced:
Soho Theatre, London, Eur >>>     14 Aug 2009

Organisations:
National Youth Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
double bill

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Too Cold For Snow

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1st Produced:
Prada Foundation    

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Who Cares

Synopsis:
The NHS belongs to us. In the run-up to the 2015 General Election the NHS is emerging as the key issue in the party political agenda. The Royal Court is responding to that public passion and debate by staging Michael Wynne's new verbatim play Who Cares. Over the past 18 months Michael Wynne has interviewed nurses, doctors, paramedics, historians, policy makers and politicians up and down the country, gathering an unrivalled collection of verbatim testimonies from those connected to every aspect of the NHS. Taking over the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs as well as hidden spaces around the building, this journeying performance will give voice to the unheard perspectives on the past, present and possible future of our NHS. In a promenade performance audiences will be led around intimate spaces by a cast of professional actors.

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1st Published:
Faber & Faber, London   

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Genre:
verbatim play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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