|
|
AL SMITH |
|
Nationality: English Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
|
|
Literary Agent: n/a |
Al graduated from Edinburgh University in June 2005 with a degree in English Literature. Whilst at university, he directed several plays for the Edinburgh University Theatre Company, including Harold Pinter's Ashes to Ashes and The Dumb Waiter, performed in The Trial, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Green Forms, Macbeth, Arsenic and Old Lace, A Small Family Business, The Best We've Ever Had, and performed regularly with the Bedlam Improverts. On a year exchange at the University of California Santa Barbara, he preformed in Much Ado About Nothing. At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 03, he performed in Darklight's Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and The Improverts (Fringes 03 - 05). With the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, he performed in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (parts one and two) at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and subsequent tour to the Lowry Centre, Manchester. In 2004, he directed Tom Allen's Train Ride for the National Youth Theatre. In February 2005, he wrote and directed Chalk which was performed by the EUTC. For the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2005, he wrote, directed and appeared in Enola which won the Three Weeks Editors Award and has made official selection to the 2006 National Student Drama Festival. He is currently writing The Apollo Trilogy; Part One Under A Red Moon for the National Youth Theatre, which is to be performed at the Soho Theatre, London, in August 2006; Part Two The Astronaut Wives Club has been shortlisted for the Old Vic New Voices Award 2006; and Part Three Radio which will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2006. In April 2006, he won the Sunday Times Playwrighting Award for Enola. He currently lives and works in London
Plays by Al Smith
Astronaut Wives' Club, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Soho, London | 2006 | ||||
Company: | National Youth Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #61370 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Sextet: to celebrate its 50th anniversary the national Youth Theatre commisioned six writers to do plays about six decades. | |||||
Synopsis: | Somewhere in the 60's the womenfolk of the crew of Apollo 15 wait politely, anxiously, bitchily for Houston to reassure them that their husbands don't have a problem. As the minutes tick by, the questions get tougher for pretty young Sandra, Life magazine's latest darling. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Bird & The Bee: The Bird | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Kandinsky | |||||
| 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 | #88515 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | interconnecting play with Matt Hartley's The Bee | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Chalk | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Kandinsky | |||||
| 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 | #47139 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | New writing Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about Alan Turing, Abraham Lincoln, and ants. (***** Noise Magazine, 'Excellent new writing which deserves notice') | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Cowboys | ||
| 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 | #116782 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Enola | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | Kandinsky | |||||
| 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 | #47140 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | New writing Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about the life of Enola Gay, daughter of the man who designed the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. (Winner of the 3 Weeks Editors Award, 5 stars in Three Weeks, Edinburgh Guide, Festival Radio, Scotsgay. Four stars in The List, Glasgow Herald, Daily Mail. "A fascinatingly textured play, one of the most promising that I've seen on the fringe" - The Guardian) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Harrogate | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL >>> | 05 Feb 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 | #139274 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of Miniaturists 33 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Lazard's Gambit | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Kandinsky | |||||
| 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 | #47141 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | New writing Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A short play about chess. Produced and performed as a part of Nabokov's "Shorts". | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
October 9 | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Kandinsky | |||||
| 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 | #47142 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | New writing Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A short play dealing with the aftermath of the October 1st 2005 Bali Bombing. Produced and performed as a part of Nabokov's "Present : Tense". | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Radio | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Kandinsky | |||||
| 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 | #47143 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | New writing Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in the geographical center of the United States, Radio is about Charlie Fairbanks, a farmer-turned-flag maker's son who shoots for the Moon. A play about memory, love and spaceships, Radio parallels a young man's coming of age with the birth and death of the Apollo Space Program, and explores the consequences of our losing sight of the Earth. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Still | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL >>> | 03 Feb 2008 | ||||
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 | #139275 | |||
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 | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of Miniaturists 11 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
