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NICK WALKER |
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Nick is part of Coventry-based mixed media experimentalists Talking Birds whose work has been presented extensively in the UK as well as in Sweden, Ireland, and the USA. He has worked with some of the country's leading new work theatre companies including Stan's Cafe, Insomniac, and Theatre Instituut Nederlands both in the UK and abroad. His plays and short stories are often featured on BBC Radio 4, including 3 series of the late-night show The Bigger Issues. He is the author of two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland. He is represented as a novelist by Simon Trewin.
Plays by Nick Walker
Blackbox | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Studio, Beckenham, London | 01 Oct 1999 | ||||
Company: | Talking Birds | |||||
| 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 | #66152 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Jim North and Nick Walker | |||||
Synopsis: | 35,000 feet high, a lovesick stewardess betrays the pilot, a hijacker learns phrases from a language tape, a stowaway dreams of home. No-one expected the plane to come down but it did. In a smoke-filed office, three forgotten investigators try to piece together the mystery of flight 109. But a terrible truth emerges as the evidence mounts up. | |||||
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Evening With Mr Ritzy, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | Warwick Arts Centre | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Talking Birds | |||||
| 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 | #66153 | |||
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Forever In Your Debt | ||
| 1st Produced: | 11 Feb 2010 | |||||
Company: | Talking Birds and Foursight 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 | #111908 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | It tells the story of Vera, a lonely but idealistic office cleaner working in a skyscraper where those suffering financial despair live out their last moments. Vera has cleaned up the mess too many times, so when an entire family appear at the top it's all too much for her. She has to stop them; perhaps a band and a rooftop concert will put their sorry stories into perspective. | |||||
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Good And True | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | Stan's Cafe | |||||
| 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 | #43769 | |||
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Genre: | Devised 70 min Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Devised by Sarah Archdeacon, Amanda Hadingue, Craig Stephens, Nick Walker | |||||
Synopsis: | explores how questions produce more queries than answers. | |||||
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Hussan & Harry | ||
| 1st Produced: | 09 Nov 2005 | |||||
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| 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 | #66154 | |||
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Synopsis: | Based on true stories collected from the city. A story of true friendship, war, and what it means to live in a city of reconciliation. | |||||
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Hypnogogia | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 2001 | ||||
Company: | NOW 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 | #66155 | |||
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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Solid Blue | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | Talking Birds | |||||
| 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 | #66156 | |||
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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We Love You City | ||
| 1st Produced: | 25 Sep 2010 | |||||
Company: | The Belgrade Theatre and Talking Birds | |||||
| 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 | #115712 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | It's 3pm on 16 May 1987 and the streets of Coventry are deserted. But not for long. . .Against all odds and expectations on that fateful day, Coventry City FC achieved the ultimate goal - they won the FA Cup. The streets were soon awash with a sea of sky blue as the people of Coventry became united in victory. Relive the atmosphere and emotion surrounding that legendary game in We Love You City, a true story of triumph over adversity. Eleven players take centre stage to recreate the events of the match and tell the inspiring and life changing stories that were taking place in and around the city during those nail-biting 90 minutes - plus a bit of extra time! So dig out your Sky Blue scarf and book your tickets to what BBC commentator John Motson described as 'the finest Cup Final I've had the pleasure of commentating on.' | |||||
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