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MATTHEW LANDERS |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: PFD |
Matthew is a graduate of East 15 Acting School. Theatre: He has played a wide variety of roles including Urchin in 'Head' and the Priest in 'Phaedra's Love' both at the Edinburgh Festival. Television: Dick Whittington in the BBC Children's Television production 'Dick Whittington'. Lead in the 'Sensible Drinking' campaign TV commercial. Writing: 'Arrows' was a winner of the Willy Russell Foundation Award for new plays in 2005. Matthew is currently working on a pilot for a TV series and a film script.
Plays by Matthew Landers
Arrows | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Bright Heights Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #85742 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Ben is a good-looking university student who one day goes into a pub in a very rough area of the city. Here he meets Brian the landlord and the captain of the pub dart team. After showing his talents on the dartboard he is accepted into the pub team and meets its weird and wonderful characters. Amongst these is Tony, a dodgy gear seller and boyfriend to Lisa the beautiful bar maid. Lisa doesn't belong behind an inner city bar; Ben's intelligence and charm are welcome nourishment. Over the darts' season their friendship grows into love. Meanwhile Ged Kelly, the son of a big time gangster on the rough estate where the pub is located, aims to make sure that the team doesn't win the league by threatening Tony. Tony's team are the favourites and Ged's father, a bookmaker, doesn't want them to win. As the play unfolds we become aware of the power of love not only to do good but also as an uncontrollable, destructive force. In the end, however, they are all saved by it and in a very unexpected way. | |||||
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Dog Called Redemption, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Midland, Manchester | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Bright Heights Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #85743 | |||
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Genre: | 55 min Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Manchester's 24:7 Theatre Festival | |||||
Synopsis: | 'Brokeback Mountain' meets 'Of Mice and Men' in this funny, moving and dark drama by the Willy Russell Award winning playwright, Matthew Landers. After meeting by chance, two very different vagrants develop a relationship which leads to love in a chip shop and offers hope beyond the pavement. | |||||
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