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PADDY CUNNEEN |
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Paddy Cunneen is a theatre director, playwright and composer. He is an associate director of Cheek by Jowl Theatre, and of Charioteer Theatre Co. This is his 11th production for PPP at Oran Mor. He is a recipient of the Christopher Whelen Award for Music in Theatre, a Critics' Award for Theatre in Scotland, and a Music Industry Award for Best Cast Album for the Donmar Warehouse production of Company. He composes for radio, TV and film - his score for the Channel 4 film Boy A was BAFTA nominated. Two of his plays, Sunburst Finish (with Andrea Gibb), and Disenchantment, were broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He has written three plays for Oran Mor, which have gone on to tour Scotland. Two of them, Fleeto and Wee Andy, will play at this years Edinburgh Festival as part of the Made In Scotland season. He runs "The Sirens Of Titan" community choir, and regularly commissions new works from Scottish-based composers and writers.
Plays by Paddy Cunneen
Fleeto | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Perthshire and Perth Youth Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1906220280 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #87450 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 female voice over | |||||
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| When his friend is stabbed, a young lad from a housing scheme falls in with a gang. The terrible revenge he takes at random brings disaster on himself and the family of his victim. | |||||
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Slippery Mountain | ||
| 1st Produced: | New World Restaurant W1, London | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Not So Loud TC | |||||
| 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 | #83859 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based On A Text By Qi Zhixiang And Yang Xiaoxong; adapted by Paddy Cunneen, Jo Townsend and Tom Hope from a translation by Martin Merz (Not So Loud Tc) | |||||
Synopsis: | retelling of an ancient Chinese fable about the efforts of the monk Mulian to save his mother from hell | |||||
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Sunburst Finish | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC Radio 4 | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780954520656 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55342 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Andrea Gibb and Paddy Cunneen | |||||
| Note to self - You are dying' .As a young man's depression turns to despair, suicide seems the only way out - the only way to take control . . . In spite of the bleakness of its subject, Sunburst Finish is filled with strong and vibrant voices, a rich mosaic of music, wit, warmth, insight, feeling, and a remarkable lack of sentimentality. The central character's struggle to come to terms with himself and the world around him is one that all young (and not so young) people will relate strongly to. | |||||
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Transform | ||
| 1st Produced: | touring Scotland | - - - | ||||
Company: | National Theatre of 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 | #105510 | |||
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Genre: | Epic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Watching the Detective | ||
| 1st Produced: | 26 Sep 2011 | |||||
Company: | a Play, a Pie and a Pint | |||||
| 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 | #132296 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Another day, another dolour for our forensic detective. Who was she? What's the story? Where were you? And why, with his epicurean dreams of being a gourmet chef, does he spend his life filleting so much human misery...See you? Why so obsessed with detectives anyway? Your TV's full of them! He's seen it all before, you've seen it all before. Move along now.... | |||||
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Wee Andy | ||
| 1st Produced: | 01 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 | #119207 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of a Play, a Pie and a Pint | |||||
Synopsis: | 'Wee Andy' follows on from the events of the highly acclaimed 'Fleeto' - 'a gripping portrait of inner-city violence- (The Guardian). 'Wee Andy' examines what happens to an innocent young lad whose life is shattered when he is attacked by a gang. It is the story of how medical services try to repair the physical damage, how his mother tries to keep him safe, and how Wee Andy tries to imagine a life for himself in a world bordered by four local streets - where empathy and care are hard to come by. | |||||
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Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze) by Kanami | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13 Jun 2011 | |||||
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 | #128306 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of A Play, a Pie and a Pint classic cuts season | |||||
Synopsis: | Matsukaze means "Wind in the Pines", and is the title of a Noh play written by Kanami and revised by the great Noh master, Zeami. Along with "The Well Stone" it is considered one of the greatest plays in the tradition. The story revolves around two women who die of grief at the loss of their lover. As with many Noh plays, the story is told in retrospect and the characters themselves are ghosts who, even after death, pine endlessly for their lost lover. All Noh plays are highly stylised and feature music, mask, singing, chanting and dance; through which they slow the flow of time and so allow an intense engagement with the sensibilities of the suffering characters. These characters are ghostly apparition and therefore 'exist' outside time. Although Noh plays can run to several hours in performance this Classic Cut will bring the same heightened aesthetic to bear in a 45minute version! | |||||
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