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NICK BAIN (1983 - ) |
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Nationality: Scottish Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Nick is a writer and producer for stage and screen. He studied journalism in his home city of Edinburgh and is a graduate of Birmingham University's MPhil in Playwrighting Studies. Nick works as a full time screenwriter in London and has two feature films in production for Bollywood release. His plays 'Prints of Denmark' and 'Killing the Dream' were produced at Tara in 2007 and 2009. He also writes yearly pantomime productions for the Red Flame Dance company, and has recently begun to work with Tara theatre's Arts Beat youth group.
Plays by Nick Bain
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nov 2009 | |||||
Company: | Artsbeat - Tara Arts, London, RFD Productions Scotland | |||||
| 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 | #106680 | |||
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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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 (Can be played by women too) | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Rights available. A fantastic piece for am dram or youth theatre. | |||||
Synopsis: | Open sesame! These words are the key to a cave full of glittering treasures. When Ali Baba overhears the 40 thieves entering and leaving the cave, he is delighted with his find. Little does he know of the dangers in store. . .Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a cautionary tale of greed, the perfect play to be set against the backdrop of the recession and since this is an up to date story, don't be surprised when 36 thieves have been struck by swine flu! As if that wasn't enough mayhem to convince you, would violence, butchery, ghosts and a love story do the trick? | |||||
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Alice - Wonderland Calling | ||
| 1st Produced: | St Mary's Junior School Theatre, Haddington, Scotland | Dec 2008 | ||||
Company: | RFD Production | |||||
| 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 | #106082 | |||
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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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | Parts not gender specific 10 | |||||
Notes: | Rights available. A fantastic piece for am dram or youth theatre. | |||||
Synopsis: | Alice is brought before the court of Wonderland with the white rabbit as her lawyer and the queen of hearts as the judge! Watch her journey through Wonderland, but as you've never seen it before in this pantomime adaptation of the classic tale. | |||||
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Camelot Christmas, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | St Mary's Primary School Theatre, Haddington, Scotland | Dec 2007 | ||||
Company: | RFD Productions | |||||
| 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 | #106083 | |||
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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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 10 (Flexible) | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Rights available. A fantastic piece for am dram or youth theatre. | |||||
Synopsis: | Winter in Camelot. Arthur and Guineviere sit on the throne. The knights have fallen out with the faeries who have imposed a winter that will not end. It has been winter for about two years now and somebody is going to have to back down. Arthur sends a messenger to the forest to invite the faeries to Camelot for peace talks and some mild dancing. That messenger is the frog prince, a frog that, kissed by a princess turned into a prince. the princess divorced him, and ever since, He has tried in vain to find a way to turn back into a frog again. He is accompanied by his friend the serving girl who secretly loves him. On the way, the two are waylaid by the feared Ninja of the Shadows who they convince to aid them in their quest. Meanwhile, Merlin tries to convince the lady of the lake to attend the peace talks as she is respected on both sides of the dispute. . .Can peace be restored to Camelot? | |||||
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Cinderella | ||
| 1st Produced: | St Mary's Junior School Theatre, Haddington, Scotland | ec 2006 | ||||
Company: | RFD Productions | |||||
| 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 | #106084 | |||
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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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Rights available. A fantastic piece for am dram or youth theatre. | |||||
Synopsis: | Cinderella unionises her woodland creature friends and dreams of building her own multi-national cleaning company but evil step relatives and a little thing called love stand in her way. | |||||
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Killing the Dream | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tara Studio, London | 23 Apr 2009 | ||||
Company: | Mixed Company and Blank Thorn | |||||
| 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 | #97383 | |||
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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Genre: | Surreal Tragi-comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Many dream of the glamorous life of a performer but where does the dream end and reality begin? For three young actors, struggling to survive in London, the line between the two has blurred. Only a washed-up old drunkard can save them from a malevolent spirit who plots their destruction for its own amusement. Killing the Dream is a dark comedy in which life, love and reality are pushed to breaking point. | |||||
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Marion - Too Long in the Forest | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aug 2007 | |||||
Company: | RFD Productions, Scotland | |||||
| 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 | #106081 | |||
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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Genre: | Family Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Rights available. A fantastic piece for am dram or youth theatre. | |||||
Synopsis: | After Robin's untimely death of bird flu, an aging Marion must fight to save the kingdom one last time as the forces of evil close in on Nottingham. Talking trees, Belgian pirates and toe tapping dance numbers do not begin to adequately describe this experience. | |||||
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Prints Of Denmark | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aug 2007 | |||||
Company: | Mixed 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 | #87036 | |||
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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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Nominated for Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award 2007 | |||||
Synopsis: | Satirical comedy about religion and political correctness in multi-cultural Britain. The play centres on reaction to the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad and attempts to separate farcical reality from our world of spin and taboo. | |||||
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