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NINA RAPI |
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Nationality: Greek British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
London based, Greek born playwright and Short story writer. Her work has been produced/published/performed read in the UK, Greece, Italy, Portugal, India, USA. She is also the Founding Editor of BRAND Literary Magazine.
Plays by Nina Rapi
Angelstate | ||
| 1st Produced: | Betsey's Salon (short version) | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Arts Council of England | |||||
| 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 | #39712 | |||
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Genre: | non-naturalistic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Angelstate was awarded a Theatre Writing Bursary by the Arts Council of England 1998; and a London Writers prize for its extract CONFESSION 1999. 'There's a very distinct and brilliantly unsettling world in both of these plays (Edgewise and Angelstate) - | |||||
Synopsis: | A meditation on loss, guilt and the memory of love. | |||||
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Critical Moments | ||
| 1st Produced: | Soho Poly Theatre | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Womens' Theatre Workshop | |||||
| 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 | #39715 | |||
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Genre: | three stylised shorts for the theatre One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three short plays inter-connected by the themes of love, loss and desire | |||||
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Dance Of Guns | ||
| 1st Produced: | Jackson's Lane Theatre, London | 1992 | ||||
Company: | Broadsword T.C | |||||
| 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 | #39713 | |||
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Genre: | social realism | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was commissioned by Broadsword T.C. and had a London Tour, including Oval House Theatre, Kings Head theatre, colleges and community centres. Quotes on Dance of Guns: ". . .pertinent. . .excellently staged. . .really moving." Cherry Smyth, CITY LIMITS, | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about conflicting loyalties in a family of women during the Greek Civil War. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dangerous Oasis | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Company: | Lunar T.C | |||||
| 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 | #28868 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was commissioned by Lunar T.C. and performed as part of the Award Winning Women's Work Season, 1993. Quotes on Dangerous Oasis: " . . .inspirational." Michael Billington, THE GUARDIAN, 1993. " . . .sensitive. . .powerful. . . excellent. . ." Carole Woddis, | |||||
Synopsis: | A monologue exploring the passionate, nomadic life of cross-dressing adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dream House | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
Company: | Aspect T.C. | |||||
| 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 | #39714 | |||
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Genre: | non-naturalistic theatre play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Dreamhouse was commissioned by Aspect T.C. It was N.R.'s first production of a full-length play. Quotes on Dreamhouse: " The play unravels with the compulsive integrity of a Greek tragedy." Cherry Smyth, CITY LIMITS, 1991. " atmospheric and economical, h | |||||
Synopsis: | Three sisters and their mother live in a state of perpetual childhood. Messenger is their only contact with the outside world.A play about secrets, dreams and the power of androgyny. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Edgewise | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gate Theatre & TheatreLab (staged reading) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | TheatreLab | |||||
| 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 | #39706 | |||
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Genre: | Urban Realism | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Edgewise had a writers' reading at Battersea Arts Centre, 1996; it was also selected for Eros Theatrou, I.T.I. & I.W.P.F. 2000; also Edgewise was to be the first play of a trilogy on the theme of borders, in a proposal N.R. was asked to put forward to the | |||||
Synopsis: | Families are where you get pushed to the edge. . .Manos returns home after 7 years of immigration in the States. Home is a small border town in the North of Greece. He wants, at 29, to leave behind him a life of law-breaking and alienation. He wants to belong and 'make good'. His sister, Daphne, however and his brother Elias have other plans. His mother, father and his father's sister, a 'seer', watch on seeing nothing until their world collides with the force of trying to escape the inescapable. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Edgewise (Translated As AKROVASIA) | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Theatre of Greece, Athens (performed presentation) | Mar 2010 | ||||
Company: | Ditika Tis Polis | |||||
| 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 | #129946 | |||
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Genre: | Realistic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play had another performed presentation in English at the Gate Theatre in 2003. | |||||
Synopsis: | To love is to set free. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gentle Persuasion | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Mar 2006 | |||||
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 | #55230 | |||
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Genre: | SubVerse, short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | subVERSE, a new writing theatre company with an ambitious programme reflecting the ongoing global political situation, presents ten new pieces at Theatre 503 (The Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road London SW11 3BW) | |||||
Synopsis: | A young peace activist is being interrogated for ¦what exactly? - Inspired by the Tali Fahima case | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ithaka | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||||
Company: | Women's Theatre Workshop | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Seven Plays by Women, Aurora Metro, 1991, winner of the Raymond Williams Award, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39716 | |||
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Genre: | non-naturalistic theatre play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Ithaka was the first play N.R. wrote. The play was successfully produced at the University of Reading, 1995. Quotes on ITHAKA. "theatrically inventive, often surreal, witty and funny. . ." David Hunter, literary manager, Bush Theatre, 1990. " . . .strong dia | |||||
Synopsis: | A young woman's quest for love and freedom. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Johnny Is Dead | ||
| 1st Produced: | ETC theatre | 1990 | ||||
Company: | London First One Person Play Festival | |||||
| 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 | #28869 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Quotes: ON JOHNNY IS DEAD "A powerful and inspiring play in search of freedoms long forgotten. " PARIKIAKI Newspaper, 1991. "Nina Rapi has succeeded in creating a female character, whose despair makes her oscillate between silent containment and manic beh | |||||
Synopsis: | Hara keeps setting dinner for two, even though her womaniser and bully of a husband has long since died. She's got some standing up to do before she can 'knife him' out of his omnipresence. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Josie's Restrooms | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | Mardi Gras Arts Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica, ed. Rose Collis, Robinson, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39711 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue - dark comedy. - - Lesbian, one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | A rough trade performance piece with its tongue in all the right places. . . Josie is a toilet attendant with a bruised past and grand ideas for a bright future. . .where fantasy and reality collide. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kiss The Shadow | ||
| 1st Produced: | performed presentation Soho Theatre Studio, 21 Dean Street, London, W1D 3NE >>> | Jun 2011 | ||||
Company: | Theatrlab | |||||
| 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 | #114779 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Extracts from KISS THE SHADOW were performed at the Royal Festival Hall, July 2010; and at the Lyric theatre studio, February 2010. | |||||
Synopsis: | When nothing seems real, what can you believe? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lovers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gielgud Theatre, West End Shorts | 2001 | ||||
Company: | London New Play Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | extract published in Dummy Magazine, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39707 | |||
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Genre: | Urban Realism. - - Lesbian, one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Lovers' full-length version was a top finalist at the FuturePerfect competition 2000, 'hotly debated to be a winner' according to the judges, and was given a rehearsed reading at the Three Mills Studio as a result. | |||||
Synopsis: | A stylised take on an intense sexual relationship between two women. A play about lovers as enemies, friends as family, family as friends. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mrs Jones Matters | ||
| 1st Produced: | Porto, Portugal | Jan 2010 | ||||
Company: | Estaca zero teatro | |||||
| 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 | #129945 | |||
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Genre: | monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | MRS JONES MATTERS was produced as part of 10X10, in January, October and November 2010, Porto, Portugal | |||||
Synopsis: | Mrs Jones, dirt consultant extraordinaire will stop at nothing to cleanse the world from dirt, human or otherwise. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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No Trouble | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Soho 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 | #39709 | |||
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Genre: | theatre play - dark comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | No Trouble was developed with a bursary and dramaturgy from Soho Theatre, London 2001. This play is N.R's only unfinished play | |||||
Synopsis: | Thanos Katou is preparing to stand for the next elections as a Mayor in his small, border town in the North of Greece. The 'Albanian invasion' is a big issue. His agenda is to control this wave, while staying humanitarian. His headstrong daughter Tasia, throws everything in the air by starting a relationship with Arif, an illegal immigrant Albanian. Drastic measures are required. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pain(ting) With Colour | ||
| 1st Produced: | Warwick Arts Centre | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Boundless T.C. | |||||
| 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 | #39710 | |||
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Genre: | Dance Performance with text | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | This production was the result of a long collaboration with the company. Ideas were initially exchanged to establish common themes. N.R. then provided text, the company improvised on it and created scenes. These scenes inspired further text, which in turn | |||||
Synopsis: | A dance-performance with text and music, exploring sexual dynamics in homo/hetero/bi permutations in all their intensity, ambiguity and obsession. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Reasons to Hide | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | Theatre Lab 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 | #98559 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | shows the way in which the increase in national security and surveillance systems impact on the lives of a researcher into terrorism and her politically active friends. At the same time it explores the question of trust and misuse of intimacy in personal relationships. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stella | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #39790 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - J Kabanellis. STELLA was written in 1954 for Melina Merkouri, as a play. Instead of a play production though, a film was created instead. The film became a 'cult classic'. The play was only performed for the first time in Greece, in t | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about Stella, a moody bar singer, a dreamer and a free spirit, and her nemesis Miltos. . .a passionate and tightly structured melodrama in Tenessee Williams vein, where classic masculinity and femininity collide with tragic consequences | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tricky | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tart Gallery | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Salon Shorts | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Monologues for Women, ed. Haring-Smith & Engelman, Heinemann, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39708 | |||
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Genre: | monologue - dark comedy. - - Lesbian, one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Blue is trying to escape her obsessive lover who follows her everywhere, only she is obsessed with her herself. . . Who is stalking whom? | |||||
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