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Stephen Balchin

STEPHEN BALCHIN

  (1971 - )
Nationality:    English
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Stephen Balchin has been writing for the amateur stage since 2002, working mainly with the Woodhouse Players in Leytonstone. His plays have varied from comedies about twenty somethings obsessed with Star Wars, to a historical play about Isaac Newton. He's won the award for best original play twise at the Waltham Forest Drama festival, and once at the Havering Drama festival.

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below is a list of Stephen Balchin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Aesop's Fables         Ark Life         Hanging With Han And Rosaline Is Still Alive         Jenson Or Hyde         Rosaline Is Still Alive         Schrodinger's People
Aesop's Fables

Synopsis:
a fun-filled family show telling the story of aesop's life through the telling of the fables that made him famous. Most of his most famous fables are there, including the Hare and the Tortoise and the Boy who Cried Wolf.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Oxford     2005

Organisations:
http://www.attc.org.uk/

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
2 act family show adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Ark Life

Synopsis:
One the deck of the ark Noah's sons talk about what has happened to the ants, when the rains will stop, and whether they're ever likely to see anyone else again.

Notes:
Won best original play Havering Drama festival

1st Produced:
Brentwood     2004

Organisations:
Woodhouse Players

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Hanging With Han And Rosaline Is Still Alive

Synopsis:
Two one-act plays. Hanging With Han. a play about love, friendship, childhood, and the Force. Rosaline Is Still alive. Split set. OK, so fickle Romeo has dumped Rosaline for Juliet, but she's still exists, doesn't she?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brentwood     2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play - One act, Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Jenson Or Hyde

Synopsis:
a darkly comic play about Doctor Henry Jenson: a quiet, shy man who volunteers for an experiment to change how he thinks, and he becomes an amoral (but charismatic) Media Star: Mr Hyde. a modern day version of an old story, asking some fundamental questions about who we want to be.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play - One act, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Rosaline Is Still Alive

Synopsis:
Rosaline's been dumped by Romeo - so she sits down in a bar with Ophelia and Helena and proceeds to drown her sorrows

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Waltham Forest Drama Festival     2003

Organisations:
Woodhouse Players

1st Published:
Jasper publishing, 2004   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Schrodinger's People

Synopsis:
a play about bereavement, family Drama, and quantum physics, as a son searches for signs of who his Father was in his family's attic. Described as "complex thought provoking writing" the play won the award for best original script in the 2003 Waltham Forest festival.

Notes:
Won best original play At Waltham Forest Drama festival

1st Produced:
Waltham Forest Drama Festival     2003

Organisations:
Woodhouse Players

1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 2007   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play - One act, Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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