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GAIL YOUNG
Nationality: British
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Gail has directed and acted with community theatre groups for many years in the Chester and Wirral area of NW England. She turned her hand to writing in 2005, and took her first full length play 'Cheshire Cats' to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006 with Guilden Sutton Players. The production was a 'Fringe Sell Out Show', was published by Samuel French in 2011, and has subsequently been performed world wide, translated into other languages, and toured abroad Her second full length play 'Bothered and Bewildered' was a sell out premiere at the Forum Studio Theatre in October 2014 with Tip Top Productions, and was published by Samuel French in the spring of 2015 Both plays are full length comedy dramas with a social conscience, and focus on problems and issues that face women, families and friends in modern times Her latest full length play 'Bouncing Back', premiered at The Forum Studio Theatre in June 2016, and is a comic look at the world of women returners to the sport of Netball. See www.gailyoungplaywright.com for more information on all of Gail's work
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Alice Through the Looking Glass Bothered and Bewildered Bouncing Back Cheshire CatsAlice Through the Looking Glass
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Gail is a total Alice fan, and found it a real pleasure to dramatise a full length play version of Alice Through the Looking Glass and then co-direct the production alongside Anna Morris and Simon Johnson for Guilden Sutton Players. This award winning group really did Gails script justice, with superb performances by one and all resulting in the show being runners up in the NODA NW Full Length Play competition. Fantabulous costumes made by Sarah Bell and Penny Edwards added to the mix by making the show an absolute visual feast.
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1st Produced:
Guilden Sutton Village Hall
16 Nov 2011
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adaptation
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Male: 9 Female: 7 Other: choir
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This is a comedy drama about one woman's struggle with Alzheimer's. The play follows Irene and her two daughters Louise and Beth as the girls lose their mum in spirit but not in body. As her family struggle to come to terms with her Alzheimer's, Irene's past passion for romantic literature blurs with reality. She spends hours discussing how best to write her 'memory book' with her imaginary friend and favourite author Barbara Cartland (the deceased world famous romantic novelist), disclosing long kept family secrets that she would never divulge to her daughters. This tragi-comedy is about memory, loss, secrets and, above all, love.
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Chester: Forum Studio Theatre
01 Oct 2014
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Tip Top Productions
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Dramatic Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 5 Other: -
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Bouncing Back' follows a group of women returners to the game of Netball, the trials and tribulations of their training sessions, group bonding, getting sponsorship, tough coaching, and the stress of organising 'me time'. Will the team get fitter? Will they ever win a game? Will the coach ever find true love? And why do they all worship someone called Tracey?
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1st Produced:
Guilden Sutton Village Hall
01 Nov 2005
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Gail Young Production
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Comedy - Full Length 90 min
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Male: 3 Female: 10 Other: -
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Grown women, aching feet and heaving bosoms! Follow the Cheshire Cats team as they speedwalk their way to fundraising success in the London Moonwalk. Hilary, Siobhan, Yvonne, Vicky and Maggie are attempting to walk 13 miles across the capital in record time in their decorated bras and posh new trainers, but the sixth member of their team doesn't seem to meet the physical criteria! Cheshire Cats is a cross between a girls' night out and a real mission to support a cause close to many hearts, with plenty of laughs and a few tears along the way.
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1st Produced:
The Forum Studio Theatre in Chester
29 Jun 2016
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Guilden Sutton Players
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Genre:
Comedy - Full Length
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Male: 1 Female: 3 Other: extras, flexible casting
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