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DAVID WATSON (1985 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd |
He joined Birmingham Rep's scheme for young writers in 1999 and has had three play readings there, including an early version of Just a Bloke.
Plays by David Watson
Any Which Way | ||
| 1st Produced: | Only Connect Theatre, Kings Cross, London | 03 Nov 2008 | ||||
Company: | Joanna Morgan Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571248148 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89072 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| North London: a disused, vacuous church building, darkness. A man the size of a small bungalow holds a knife (equally well endowed) to my throat. Killing is an "easy ting" he tells me. I believe him. David Watson's Any Which Way brings the street to the stage in a full-throttle theatrical attack on London's knife-crime endemic. Hold onto your wine. Commissioned by Only Connect (a charity-company that works with ex-offenders, prisoners, and those at risk of facing a criminal future), Watson has penned a play as sharp and uncompromising as a knife's edge. Performed promenade style by a cast of ex-cons (the audience are manhandled, mishandled, barged and bundled without apology - in fact, ever deferent, those displaced actually apologised to the hefty, knife-wielding tanks that dislodged them), Any Which Way is so unsettling, so boldly delivered, and so criminally good that it deserves to be arrested, interrogated and handed a life-sentence. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fireworks Party | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bath: Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, England, EUR (rehearsed reading )>>> | 2008 | ||||
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 | #82009 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Script Factory, a series of rehearsed readings which will showcase works-in-progress by some of the country's leading emerging playwrights. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Flight Path | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Sep 2007 | |||||
Company: | Out Of Joint | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571239184 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69617 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Jonathan's a bright boy with a great future and people expect things of him. Especially now that his Dad's walked out, Mum's got her career, and Danny - his brother with Down's Syndrome and a love of creative swearing - needs looking after. But his best friend needs him too. They're partners in crime and, anyway. it's hard work burgling houses all on your own. A lot can happen in a year. Especially when it's the most important year of your life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Just A Bloke | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Nov 2002 | |||||
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 | #36331 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Young Writers Festival 2002. Programme 2 | |||||
Synopsis: | D you reckon you re dark, then, for not having any breakfast or any sleep, is that it? Lisa's always had a thing about her cousin Jake and she wants to get out of Birmingham. So visiting him seems like a good idea. But he's not the Jake she knew | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Led Easy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toynbee Hall Studios and touring homeless hostels | 16 Nov 2009 | ||||
Company: | Cardboard Citizens | |||||
| 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 | #106963 | |||
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Genre: | three short plays | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | This is not one but three short plays that Cardboard Citizens tour around the country to homeless hostels and day centres. Together they run about an hour but there is much more than that to this carefully structured programme. Each of the three plays presents the story of a different individual, a story like those of the people who are their audience, a story about the kinds of things that happen that cause the problems which end up with people becoming homeless. The first play, which provides the title for the trilogy, is about young graffiti artist Leo, nickname Da Vinci. He is a gentle soul who, since primary school, has been under the influence of his irresponsible street-wise mate Switchy, who promises excitement. From throwing fireworks and bunking off school it escalates to Switchy killing his dog and putting the blame on Leo who gets thrown out by the parents who never listen to him. The second play takes Emma, a recently graduated young woman volunteer who 'wants to make a difference' and shows her inept intervention in a hostel, especially regarding a Polish resident, where her idealism is no match for the bureaucracy and cynicism around her. The third looks at the life of older woman Eve, just out of prison. She's been into drink and drugs and had her baby taken from her, but now wants to stay clean. Her baby is now grown up and married and her husband makes contact. She wants to see her daughter but, surrounded by other users and with no idea of where to get help, she snaps under the stress. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pancras Boys Club | ||
| 1st Produced: | Only Connect Theatre | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Only Connect | |||||
| 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 | #99646 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/ drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Paula B Stanic, Ben Musgrave and David Watson. | |||||
Synopsis: | Today is fight day. Lenny trains fighters. Samson can't lose, but Andrew can't win. Ray puts his hopes and dreams in a bottle, but Michael is not what he seems. And Kevin shouldn't trust him either. Switchy is after Elias. Dwayne and Leon have their brother's back's. Mark has the power, but the Prime Minister of Jamaica has toothache. . .A play about boxing, identity, and pepper sauce. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pieces of Vincent | ||
| 1st Produced: | 02 Sep 2010 | |||||
Company: | Pieces Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571273614 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102649 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | play reading, Theatre Royal - Stratford East, London, EUR (2009)>>> | |||||
| A hopeful young man, a teacher in love, a pregnant woman, A fearful policeman, a boy on a mission, a pianist in the rain. A wounded man, a grandmother. . .And Vincent. Nine lives fractured by the events of one tragic day. David Watson's thrilling new play tells the story of Vincent, a man estranged from his family and adrift in London. Reunited temporarily with his lost love, he finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. As Vincent's life changes forever, his destiny begins to affect a cast of characters across the country, from a remote house in County Down to the South Bank at sunset. A miniature epic about love, passion and violence in contemporary Britain. With a radical staging, and merging film and live action, Pieces of Vincent receives its world premiere in a bold new production directed by Clare Lizzimore. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Present Tense | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright Yard, (Corner of Tooley St. & Bermondsey St.), London SE1 2TF >>> | 27 Apr 2008 | ||||
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 | #115290 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
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Notes: | written by Justin Butcher, Katie Douglas, Jack Thorne, David Watson | |||||
Synopsis: | The return of the toughest creative challenge in town. A group of playwrights, directors, film-makers, poets and musicians have one week to respond to the most important news story of the moment. Some of the UK's most exciting talent convenes to select the most momentous story on the news agenda. They each have one week to create a piece of work that responds to the story they choose. As the news changes, they will be forced to adapt their work, until it is performed for you the public on Sunday 27 April 2008 - exactly one week after they began. | |||||
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Undercarriage | ||
| 1st Produced: | 18 Mar 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571239184 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63454 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Notes: | The Rep asked young writers from across the globe to respond creatively to these questions - the result? A selection of 360 degree plays, and afterwards you'll get the unique chance to tell them what you think - as they are all unfinished, you'll play a vital role in shaping what they'll become. | |||||
| What are the turning points in our lives? What makes us who we are? | |||||
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You Cannot Go Forward From Where You Are Right Now | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Oct 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 | #132401 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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