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GARY MITCHELL (1965 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Gary Mitchell was born in Rathcoole, North Belfast in 1965 and left Rathcoole Secondary School at the age of fifteen. In 1990 he wrote his first radio play, which won a BBC Radio 4 Young Playwrights Festival Award, and in 1995 became the first Protestant and first person from Northern Ireland to win the Stewart Parker Award. In 1998, IN A LITTLE WORLD OF OUR OWN won the Irish Times Theatre Award for best new play and was performed for the Abbey Theatre's first ever visit to the Lyric, Belfast. Also in 1998, Gary won the Belfast Drama Award for IN A LITTLE WORLD OF OUR OWN and SINKING, and was made Writer in Residence at the Royal National Theatre, London. He has gone on to win the Pearson Best New Play prize for TRUST, and for THE FORCE OF CHANGE both the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright.
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Plays by Gary Mitchell
Alternative Future | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | Point Fields Theatre 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 | #24430 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A policeman in the Northern Irish Police Force habours a well kept secret wish to become a stand up comic | |||||
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As The Beast Sleeps | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-18544596512 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24431 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
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| The explosive contradictions of life in Northern Ireland ignite this drama of suspense and violence. Kyle is loyal to his wife, his best mate and his boss in the Ulster Defence Union and they love him as a husband, a brother and a son but, with changing times and the emerging peace process, Kyle finds himself lost in the shadows of transition, uncertainty, and betrayal. In a world turned upside down, peace and brutality walk side-by-side, while love and loyalty are sacrificed to the new order. | |||||
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Convictions | ||
| 1st Produced: | a site-specific work at Crumlin Road, Courthouse, Belfast. | 2000 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Tinderbox, Belfast, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24432 | |||
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Genre: | Series of short individual plays | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | "Justice" from seven different Northern Ireland writers | |||||
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Deceptive Imperfections | ||
| 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 | #38994 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Energy | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | The Playhouse | |||||
| 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 | #24434 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The pubk era and the machinations of a band as they quarrel about their act with "The Troubles" and the hunger strikes ominously in the background. | |||||
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Force Of Change, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-18544596161 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24435 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
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| An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland. Caroline is a detective Sergeant in the RUC. Used to doing battle against the ingrained sexism of her male colleagues, she begins to suspect something much worse: systematised collaboration between the RUC and the loyalist terrorists of the UDA. . . | |||||
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In A Little World Of Our Own | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | in Tearing the Loom / In a Little World of Our Own, Nick Hern Books, London, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24436 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | a powerful illustration of how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home. | |||||
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Independent Voice | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
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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 | #24437 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Northern Ireland is a dangerous place for independant young journalists to ply their trade. | |||||
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Loyal Women | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-185445978-30 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24438 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 7 | ||
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| Brenda is under siege in her Belfast home. Daughter Jenny's baby is crying upstairs, her mother-in-law is sleeping in the front room and her husband is back after years in prison. And now the women of the Ulster Defence Association want her to demonstrate her loyalty to the cause. . . | |||||
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Marching On | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | 7:84 Theatre 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 | #24439 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | a contemporary portrait of a lower-class family riven by militant extremism. The adolescent Ricky believes that he is loyally following in the footsteps of his grandad, Samuel, a lifelong enthusiast for the Orange Order's marching season. But it is also mere teenage excitability that leads Ricky on to torching Catholics' cars when the police block the marching route, Moreover, Samuel is shocked by his grandson's failure to pursue the new ways of peaceful protest. This is a portrait of changing tactics in Ireland and of generational differences. | |||||
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Remnants of Fear | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rock, Belfast | 2006 | ||||
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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 | #55554 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Early in 2006, Gary Mitchell and his family were driven out of their neighbourhood by Unionist paramilitaries angered by Mitchell's success as a playwright who focuses on the internal violence in his Protestant community. Now Mitchell's new play about this trauma is being produced by Northern Ireland's most unashamedly nationalist theatre company, Dubbeljoint. Tony is a gormless 17-year-old deciding what to do with his life. His father, Charlie, left the UDA in the 1990s and is now a cuckolded weakling; his uncle Geordie is a rich and potent UDA hardman. Faster than you can say Sky News, Geordie transforms Tony into a balaclava-clad street thug, with the encouragement of Tony's gran, Maud, who is kept in espadrilles and bingo nights by Geordie's weekly wads of cash. It is only in Charlie and Geordie's final face-off that the real questions start to be asked: is an escape from this cycle of violence possible, what role did their father's departure from the UDA play in the sons' parted ways, and has Charlie's split from the family dealt him a death sentence? | |||||
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Sinking | ||
| 1st Produced: | Belfast Royal Academy, as part of a tour to schools and venues | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Replay Productions, Belfast, Ireland | |||||
| 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 | #24440 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
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Synopsis: | An examination of bullying in Northern Ireland | |||||
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Suicide Brunette | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, London EC1V 4NJ >>> | 12 Oct 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 | #119170 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Produced alongside Christopher Hanvey's 'The Native' in a Double-Bill entitled 'The Redemption Solos' | |||||
Synopsis: | Dealing with Alex, a young single mother of three in Belfast, and her struggle to come to terms with the choices she has made and the life she could have had. Laced with Mitchell's distinctive black humor, this is an honest and unflinching account of a life lived in the harsh climate of this modern world | |||||
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Tearing The Loom | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
Company: | Lyric Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Tearing the Loom / In a Little World of Our Own, Nick Hern Books, London, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24441 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | a searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion. | |||||
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That Driving Ambition | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dunmurray High School, Belfast, as part of a tour to schools and venues. | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Replay Productions, Belfast, Ireland | |||||
| 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 | #24442 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
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Synopsis: | Punishment beatings from the paramilataries abound for youngsters caught joyriding | |||||
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Trust | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | Royal Court & RNT Studio | |||||
| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24443 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A play about the bonds of trust in a tight-knit Loyalist community, and how easily they are shattered. Geordie is a UDA godfather on the Rathcoole estate in Belfast. He is unemployed but receives supplicants for 'jobs'. His diffident 15-year-old son, stunted by living in his shadow, is being bullied at school: Geordie and his tough-talking wife, Margaret, differ over the approach to take - he wants to ignore the problem, she wants to arrange a punishment beating. When he is approached for help by a British Army 'special' with an plan to go on the make, the trust begins to unravel. | |||||
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