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Theatre for teenage audiences
Johnny Boy
Mozart’s Don Giovanni re-imagined as a 45 minute piece of music theatre for youth theatre performers. Musical direction by Dominic Harlan. Produced by Glyndebourne Education at the Pavilion Theatre Brighton, July 2011.
Scarlet Ribbons Cast 3 (2m/1w):
50 minutes
An old woman’s final days in the company of a teenage housebreaker,
Nat King Cole and a bottle of single malt. Commissioned and produced
by Oxfordshire Theatre Company 2008, directed by Darren Cheek. Winner
of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award.
After You Cast:
3 (2m/1w): 60 minutes
Drama about a teenage boy's chance meeting with his dead father's gay lover
and how this impacts on his relationship with his mother and his nascent
sense of identity. Commissioned and produced by Red Ladder Theatre Company
2002, directed by Wendy Harris.
Eliza's House Cast:
3 (1m/2w): 60 minutes
Past and present collide in a house where no-one's very sure who's
who and no-one's told the truth for forty years. Commissioned and produced
by The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 2001, directed by Wils Wilson.
Nominated for the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award: Best New Play
and Winner of The Brian Way Award. Published by Samuel French Ltd.
Big Baby Cast:
4 (2m/2w): 60 minutes
Darkly comic morality tale exploring the pressures of parenting
and education in a world obsessed with the measurable. Jointly commissioned
and produced by Theatre Centre, London and The Royal Exchange Theatre,
Manchester 1999, directed by Simon Nicholson. Two subsequent productions
by Visible Fictions and Oxfordshire Theatre Company. Runner up for The
John Whiting Award 2000.
The Collywobbles Cast:
5 (3m/2w): 60 minutes
Black comedy shifting between the present day and the 1940's as the arrival
of a stranger compels two ex-Vaudevillians to confront past guilt and
imminent death. Commissioned and produced by Greenwich Young People's
Theatre 1993, directed by Viv Harris.
My Beautiful Laundrette Cast:
9 (7m/2w): 120 minutes
Adaptation of Hanif Kureshi's screenplay starring Naveen Andrews and Ian
Hart. Commissioned and produced by The Sherman Theatre, Cardiff 1990, directed
by Kate Rowland. Tristan Bates Theatre London 2013, directed by Helen Tennison.
The Practical Significance of g Cast:
11 (5m/6w): 60 minutes
Comedy-drama set in World War II exploring moral responsibility and the
dangers of reducing the world to that which may be measured. Originally
commissioned by The Crucible Youth Theatre 1989. Two subsequent productions.
Come Rain or Shine Cast:
4 (2m/2w): 60 minutes
Original version of After You (see above) commissioned by SNAP Theatre
company in 2000. Unperformed. |
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