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ZAWE ASHTON |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Knight Hall Agency Ltd (agent: Emily Hayward) |
Zawe holds a BA Degree in Acting from Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre. Writing credits include: Farrago UK Poetry Slam! Champion (2000), Dream Factor (National Youth Theatre Schools Tour), Have a Butchers, Sweetness and Light (DryWrite), Edible Flowers (DryWrite at Latitude Festival), Girls Aloud (Clean Break Theatre). Zawe's first play 'Harm's Way' was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award (2007). 'arms Way' premiered earlier this year as part of the National Youth Theatre's new writing season at The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays directed by Tessa Walker. Manchester Evening News **** this queasily, gripping 75 minute drama is tough stuff all right and will either appall or enthrall. Zawe has recently finished her second play as part of the Royal Court Invited Writers Group led by Leo Butler. Leo has since suggested it for the shortlist for the Royal Court Young Writers Festival. Zawe is currently under commisison to Clean Break and working with the Bush Theate Futures scheme. Zawe was a Young Writer in Residence at Contact Theatre, Manchester (2006). Acting credits include: The Big Nickel by Amy Evans, Blue Moon Over Poplar by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Soho Theatre/National Youth Theatre), Gone Too Far! by Bola Agbaje (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs and Downstairs and ATC tour), Othello (Shakespeare's Globe), Rhinoceros/The Arsonists (Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs), The Bill (ITV), Eastenders, Holby City, In Deep, NCS Manhunt (BBC)
Plays by Zawe Ashton
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| 1st Produced: | Camden Roundhouse, London | 01 Dec 2009 | ||||
Company: | Dirty protest 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 | #107843 | |||
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Genre: | short piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Part of: ten writers presented their short scenes of 'Dirty Protest'. Given the theme 'out with the old' and four weeks, each writer had to create a piece using up to three actors, no longer than ten minutes and no shorter than three minutes. Showcasing an evening of intrigue, playfulness and threat | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Children's Monologues, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 14 Nov 2010 | |||||
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 | #122395 | |||
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Genre: | short monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Dramatic Need (DN) is a UK-registered charity that sends international arts professionals to do workshops in underprivileged and rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Gifted, heavyweight actors will perform monologues written by Lynn Nottage, Bola Agbaje, Polly Stenham, Dennis Kelly, Gabriel Bisset-Smith, Oladipo Agboluaje, Zawe Ashton, Joel Horwood, Anya Reiss and Jamie Minoprio, based on autobiographical stories written by the some of the children DN works with. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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For all the women who thought they were mad | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
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 | #92929 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Young Writers Festival Readings 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | Joy is a star employee. But on the eve of her long-awaited promotion she wakes up pregnant. Her world upside down, Joy is visited by the women in her life. Can they save her from unravelling? Or is Joy's future already written? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Harm's Way | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2011 | |||||
Company: | National Youth Theatres new writing season | |||||
| 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 | #75765 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Verity Bargate Award Shortlist, 2007 | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Skunk | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 Sep 2009 | |||||
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 | #102594 | |||
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Genre: | 60 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | inspired by the story Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka | |||||
Synopsis: | Otto wakes from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a skunk. Skunk explores the effects that smoking weed has on young people, how their families are affected and why this is becoming an increasingly bigger issue in today's society. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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SuddenlossofdignityCom | ||
| 1st Produced: | 01 Jul 2009 | |||||
Company: | The Bush | |||||
| 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 | #101455 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | New Compilation by Zawe Ashton, James Graham, Joel Horwood, Morgan Lloyd malcom and Michele Terry | |||||
Synopsis: | sketches about embarrassing moments | |||||
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