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UTHER DEAN |
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Nationality: New Zealander Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Uther Dean has a BA (HONS) in theatre and is one of the two editors of Salient for 2011 having been its resident theatre reviewer since 2009. He gained an outstanding scholarship in Drama in 2005 (one of only five in the country), was a Junior Associate at Toi Whakaari in 2007 and his entry in the 2008 Playmarket Young Playwright's Competition, Sometimes I Don't Like Yellow, was commended. He also won an ASPA (Aotearoa Student Press Association Award) for Best Reviewer in 2010 for his theatre writing. He recently formed a theatre company my accomplice. with Paul Waggott (Viennaverona, Cardenio and Dog Sees God) and Hannah Banks (Jane Eyre) both of whom he appeared with in a slightly isolated dog's Chapman Tripp winning 2009 STAB work Death and the Dreamlife of Elephants.Their first work Sometimes I Don't Like Yellow premiered in the 2010 Fringe. Their second work DOORS. WALLS. AND ALSO SILENCE. ("A must-see." - Laura McQuillan, Wotzon. "Here theatrical creativity, blending physical theatre performance elements, quirky visuals (. . .) and ingenious uses of design elements (. . .), assures us all is not lost for this generation." - John Smythe, Theatreview. "[S]ome spooky, rocking shit" - Baden Presely, Salient) was performed at BATS in September 2010. Their third work think of all the fun you'll find in the rubber room will premiere in Feb 2011 at BATS theatre as part of the 2011 Fringe Festival. Uther is also writing (n)one down to be performed in the Pit Bar at BATS in March 2011 also as part of the 2011 Fringe. As a performer/creator, he has worked with some of the most exciting and talented young theatre makers in Wellington. He appeared in the sell-out cult hit of the Fringe 2007 A. Volcanoes are Awesome, was in both seasons of the Playground Collective's debut production The Hunting of the Snark and has already mentioned Death and the Dreamlife of Elephants. In 2009, he directed a production of Harold Pinter's Ashes to Ashes at Victoria University that was met with great acclaim and wrote, produced, lit and performed in The Many Other Lives of Maria Madness. He operated the lights for Bedlam, having worked extensively in lighting design during his study, lighting a season of short plays and the world premiere of William Shakespeare's Cardenio. He can sometimes be seen running the lights for the Improvisers usually during their seasons for children. He thinks you look wonderful today.
Plays by Uther Dean
(N)one Down | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bats Pit Bar, Wellington | 02 Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | Fringe 2011 | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125645 | |||
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Genre: | 35 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Rod S Crows is the greatest cryptic crossword setter of his generation. He wants to tell you a story over a couple of beers about love, loss and the search for just the right clue. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Doors. Walls. And Also Silence. | ||
| 1st Produced: | BATS, Wellington | 02 Sep 2010 | ||||
Company: | BATS, Wellington | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118861 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Devised by The Company | |||||
Synopsis: | Emma and Lydia have a problem. They live together. That doesn't mean they like each other. A stain has appeared on their wall and it seems to be growing. People are going missing and no one seems to remember them. Or care. In a world where everyone is looking for something, you'll be shocked at what they find. DOORS. WALLS. AND ALSO SILENCE. is a mystery of madness, Wellington and just how far one really bad day will take you. Only one thing is certain this isnt going to end well. | |||||
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Everything is Surrounded By Water | ||
| 1st Produced: | BATS, Wellington | 18 Aug 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131328 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 10 Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of 6 Little Plays 4 Christchurch | |||||
Synopsis: | 25 plastic beakers of water dot the stage. Uther Dean, as actor, works his way through them at the dictatorial behest of his director, Hannah Banks. Warming up, or rather priming his pump, with a musing on how we receive the good things in life, he surges on into a counted-up countdown through four score years and six . . . to death. Gulp. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Play About Love, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | BATS, Wellington | 06 Mar 2012 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #137430 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Devised, designed and performed by my accomplice: Hannah Banks, Kate Clarkin, Uther Dean, William O'Neil, Paul Waggott | |||||
Synopsis: | A man has corralled all his friends together to ask you a question. He wants to get back together. He wants to remind you of all the good times you had. How electric it was when you touched. How safe you felt. All he wants to do is tell you a story, the story of you and him and why you should give him a second chance. Sometimes love is a never ending road trip through life with your best friend and sometimes it is having a cellmate who occasionally wears your clothes. A Play About Love is the result of my accomplice's organic devising style, where no one person has a greater say than the others. The greatest resource the company had was their own lives to create a fundamentally joyful work about co-existence and co-dependence. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sometimes I Don't Like Yellow | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playmarket Young Playwright's Competitio | 2008 | ||||
Company: | my accomplice | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #124739 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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think of all the fun you'll find in the rubber room | ||
| 1st Produced: | BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington | 08 Feb 2011 | ||||
Company: | my accomplice | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #124738 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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