CHRIS MONKS (1955 - )
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Chris Monks
All Cats are Gray in the Dark |
| 1st Produced: | Arden School of Theatre | 1995 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Dumas' Three Musketeers seen from a different angle. | ||||
Bat, The |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 2005 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Comic Opera Adaptation | Opera | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | chorus | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: A contemporary adaptation of 'Die Fledermaus' by Johann Strauss set in the world of celebrity football. | ||||
Beauty and the Beast |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 2003 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Children's Show | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Traditional story set in the New England of Washington Irving, and accompanied by a new 'Bluegrass' music score. | ||||
Beggar's Opera, The |
| 1st Produced: | Arden School of Theatre | 1994 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Contemporary version set in Manchester during the Olympic Games | ||||
Big Nose |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Written by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Chris Monks | ||||
Synopsis: Cyrano de Bergerac set in the Caribbean and London during the 1950's, featuring original Calypso music. | ||||
Carmen |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 1998 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Opera adaptation | Opera | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Bizet's opera transposed to a modern British Shopping Mall. Carmen works in Kwik-Save, Escamillo is an Italian Footballer: Tony Amor | ||||
Don Giovanni |
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle under-Lyme, New Vic | 2008 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Opera | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Opera By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart With New Libretto By Chris Monks | ||||
Synopsis: The Don is cast as an early 20th century stage illusionist with a terrible Hungarian accent. | ||||
HMS Pinafore |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 1997 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Comic Opera Adaptation | Opera | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Gilbert and Sullivan's nautical satire transferred to a fast food restaurant. | ||||
Magic Flute, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Opera | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Opera By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart With New Libretto By Chris Monks | ||||
Synopsis: an X-Files influenced sci-fi quest | ||||
Marriage of Figaro, The |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 2002 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Opera adaptation | Opera | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky inspired this transposition of Mozart's Opera to a Presidential Palace in the New Europe. Sex Comedy set in a gym | ||||
Mikado, The |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 1999 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Comic Opera Adaptation | Opera | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Gilbert and Sullivan on a cricket pitch. | ||||
Pirates of Penzance, The |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 1996 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Comic Opera Adaptation | Opera | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: The 'Reservoir Dogs' re-mix. | ||||
Some Enchanted Evening |
| 1st Produced: | New Vic Theatre | 2003 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Revue | Show | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: A musical cabaret set in a Music Theatre afterlife | ||||