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LOUISE ROCHE |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: The Agency (London) Ltd |
Louise wrote 'Glutton for Punishment' which was published by Pan Books whilst she was still at the University of East Anglia studying Linguistics. She then worked in TV production for a number of years for Yorkshire Television, Channel Four and the BBC. Since 1999 she has written 'Frankie's Game', 'Girls Night', 'Bobby & Johnny', 'Milton Keynes The Musical', 'Lucky Balls', 'Girls Behind', 'Happy Christmas Shirley', 'True Love', 'Checkout Girls', and 'Girls Night Too'. 'Baby Shower' and 'Finding Daddy' are currently in development. She has also written for ITV's 'Where The Heart Is' and is currently working on new scripts for ITV and Radio 4. In 2001 she was voted Millennium Woman by Milton Keynes Women of Enterprise. In 2003 she became a director of theatre company 'Goodnights Entertainment Ltd'.
Plays by Louise Roche
Big Pants And Botox | ||
| 1st Produced: | Middlesbough Theatre | 01 Jun 2011 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd | |||||
| 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 | #128719 | |||
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Genre: | 90 min piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Barbara has just survived an eventful 'significant' birthday, which has got her thinking about many things - not least the merits of 'Big Pants and Botox'. Come and join her as she takes us on a hilarious, emotional, intriguing and ultimately uplifting journey. If you have to empty your bladder before joining the kids on the trampoline, and it's a few years since you've had an uninterrupted view of your feet: if you know a prolapse has nothing to do with structural engineering, and that the word piles doesn't have to be followed by the word 'of', then you'll be amused, delighted, and even comforted by Louise Roche's new play 'Big Pants and Botox'. | |||||
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Bobby & Johnny | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madcap Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, UK | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd | |||||
| 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 | #86216 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Toured UK 2005. Simple set. Great songs. Tremendous vehicle for good comic actors who sing well. | |||||
Synopsis: | Brothers forced to share a dressing room and compete for Top Billing four years after one walked out on the other and split up their double act. Hilarious character comedy of sibling rivalry. | |||||
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Checkout Girls | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madcap Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd. | |||||
| 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 | #66957 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with Music Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original version had a cast of 30 as it accommodated non speaking roles for shoppers and dancers. Professional touring demands in 2007 whittled this down to a cast of 5 with one of the actresses doubling up! | |||||
Synopsis: | Shy Shelly has to overcome her nerves and her agoraphobic mother to get to sing at the 'Freshways Supermarket Singles Night'. She manages it and is sensational - changing the opinion of her rather unkind colleagues. | |||||
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Girl Talk: The Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | Times Square Arts Center | 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 | #121306 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Louise Roche, TIm Flaherty and Sonya Carter | |||||
Synopsis: | This new musical is described as a raucous celebration of everything that is female. After 10 years, "Girl Talk" must end and the girls are going out in style! Over the course of the final broadcast the two sparing hosts, their favorite sex therapist guest, and the show's neurotic producer learn that men and jobs can come and go, but girlfriends are forever! The show features hit songs from some of today's leading female recording artists including Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, and Gretchen Wilson, to name a few. | |||||
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Girls Behind | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stantonbury Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd | |||||
| 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 | #86217 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | UK tour 2007 starring Maureen Nolan, Sue Devaney, Donna Hazelton. Tremendously fast moving comedy drama. Three great parts and fabulous songs to sing. Simple set. | |||||
Synopsis: | Singing Trio 'The Diamonds' have been friends since school. The hilarious play follows their career and their lives on and off stage. | |||||
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Girls Night | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madcap Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, UK | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd (UK); Entertainment Events Inc. (USA & Worldwide) | |||||
| 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 | #86215 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Simple staging. Five great parts. Great songs to sing in karaoke setting. UK national tours have starred Shobna Gulati, Gwyneth Strong, Lucy Speed, Shana Swash and Donna Hazelton. | |||||
Synopsis: | follows five friends in their 30s and 40s during a wild and outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. Friends since their teens, they have all had their fair share of heartache and tragedy, joy and success. Among the characters are Carol the party girl, blunt Anita who tells it like it is, Liza with her marital (and eating) issues, boring Kate the designated driver, and Sharon, the not-so-angelic angel who just couldn't resist tagging along. Together, they reminisce about their younger days, celebrate their current lives and look to the future, all the while belting out an array of classic anthems such as 'I Will Survive', 'Lady Marmalade', 'It's Raining Men', 'Man I Feel Like a Woman', and 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun'." | |||||
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Girls Night Too | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madcap Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd | |||||
| 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 | #86220 | |||
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: | Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Simple set. More great songs. | |||||
Synopsis: | Hilarious sequel to the international hit 'Girls Night' The girls are a year older but Sharon still hasn't yet earned her real wings. Will she manage it tonight - her daughter's wedding day? | |||||
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Happy Christmas Shirley | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madcap Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd | |||||
| 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 | #86219 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | First performed in the round with minimal set. | |||||
Synopsis: | Every year Shirley organizes Christmas for the whole family - she has the biggest display of lights for miles around, and always has spare presents just in case anyone pops in. But how will she react when her daughter invites a lonely stranger to spend the day with them? A heartwarming tale about the real meaning of Christmas. | |||||
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Lucky Balls | ||
| 1st Produced: | Madcap Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd | |||||
| 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 | #86218 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | Musicians, singers, waiters, waitresses. | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed in the round. Simple set. Great songs from the wedding band integrated into the drama. | |||||
Synopsis: | Nine gests at a wedding meet as they are thrown together for the first time by the table plan. Follow their fortunes as they club together for a lottery ticket - and win! | |||||
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Same Difference | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Bradwell School, Milton Keynes | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Goodnights Entertainment Ltd with Year 6 pupils from New Bradwell School | |||||
| 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 | #86221 | |||
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: | Schools Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | 12 Speaking parts of either gender; singing, dancing, and non speaking dramatic roles for as many children as you have available. First performed in the round (no set). Great songs. | |||||
Synopsis: | Leader of the gang Danni is ever so tough and domineering until a mysterious stranger decides to teach her a lesson about friendship. A great school play for Year Six. Dealing in an accessible way with issues close to the hearts of the pupils in the show. | |||||
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