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Fi Benson

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Biography and Notes (further contributions welcome) :

Fi was a published prose writer and book reviewer (for QWF magazine) when she began writing plays in 2002. Since then she has written and had performed a variety of full-length plays and sketches. She has been nominated for the Meyer-Whitworth Playwriting Award 04 and the John Whiting Playwriting Award 05. She's a member of the Phoenix Theatre Company, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire; leads creativity and writing workshops around Gloucestershire (under the Scribendi logo); works in Adult Education (Performing Arts) and lives in cosy Eden in a cottage in the woods. She has a wide range of comedy and drama sketches that she has not yet assembled into collections and is also happy to write sketches on commission, so invites enquiries for such pieces. She is also interested in collaborating with theatre companies and organisations over second/further productions of her performed work.

Plays by Fi Benson

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Martha and Grandad Ron

Rising Son

Running of the Deer, The

Talking To, The

Fi Benson Colour of a Lie, The

Company

Synopsis:

Ros reflects on the nature of lies

First Produced

2002 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

First Published

Genre

short monologue sketch/Community Play

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

rehearsed reading as part of montage 'The Village' July 02.

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Fi Benson Evolution

Company

Synopsis:

Dora is in her seventies, who sees little of her four children; they in turn see little of each other. Dora invites the 'children' to a special tea, each of them thinking that they alone have been invited.

First Produced

First Published

Genre

1 Act Comedy

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Fi Benson Joanna

Company

Synopsis:

The story centres on the long-term relationship between an older woman and a younger man. It soon becomes apparent that there's an unequal balance of power in the relationship and at least one of them isn't the person they present themselves to be.

First Produced

2004 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

First Published

Genre

Comedy drama, 2 act

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Fi Benson Little Bird Lily

Company

Synopsis:

Lily, a golden-haired young woman, is a free bird. She is completely unaware that she has a stalker

First Produced

First Published

Genre

1 Act Thriller

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Fi Benson Martha and Grandad Ron

Company

Synopsis:

Two lively elders with a love-hate relationship compete for the role of tour guide for visitors staying in the local Manor House

First Produced

2003 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

First Published

Genre

sequence of 4 sketches/Community Play

Parts

Male

Female

Other

1 m/f

Notes

rehearsed reading as part of montage 'Secrets'

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Fi Benson Rising Son

Company

Synopsis:

17 year old Will has two mothers. Frances wants to write mysteries; Chris wants to play guitar and join a band. When Will drops out of school he lands in a heap of questions that the mothers rush to answer, but they're not convincing. Interwoven with a mystery thriller, the play investigates the hopes and fears of a family on the verge of new self discoveries.

First Produced

2005 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

First Published

Genre

Comedy, 2 act

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Fi Benson Running of the Deer, The

Company

Synopsis:

three of Santa's reindeer are engaged in mutiny, Rudolph tries to intervene.

First Produced

2004 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

First Published

Genre

Christmas Comedy Sketch/Community Play

Parts

Male

Female

Other

4 of any gender, plus Santa's voice

Notes

rehearsed reading as part of montage 'A Gloucestershire Village Christmas', December/January 2004

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Fi Benson Talking To, The

Company

Synopsis:

A two-scene performance piece. This piece was written to brief for 7 female performing arts' students, to provide them with monologue material to work on within a coherent play

First Produced

2002 Royal Forest of Dean College, Glos.

First Published

Genre

1 Act, play consisting of two monologue sequences

Parts

Male

Female

Other

1 male voice (once only)

Notes

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