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RICK BLAND
Nationality: Canadian
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Rick started his career as an actor working with the Reduced Shakespeare Company and some of the UK's top contemporary dance companies including the Mark Bruce Company, Ricochet and Darren ellis Dance as well as originating the role of Jerry Springer in JeRRY SPRINGeR the OPeRA. While with the Reduced Shakespeare Company he co-wrote numerous pieces for BBC Radio. THICK, his first play, premiered at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival followed by a self-funded UK Tour. It was revived for the 2010 Brighton Fringe Festival where it was awarded an argus angel for Outstanding artistic excEllence. THICK has been turned into a screenplay and there is a plAnned London run later in 2010.
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below is a list of Rick Bland's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Face-Off With Ugliness From the Waist Up Romeo Error ThickFace-Off With Ugliness
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Two actors play 15 characters. World famous plastic surgeon, Frank Shelley, has changed the face of more than just the world in a dark comedy about ballet, celebrity obsession and the environment by the writer of the 2005 sell-out hit THICK.
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The Studio @ Cherry Lane, New York International Fringe Festival
2007
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One of 16 finalists commissioned for the UK's largest choreographic prize.
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Darren Ellis Dance
2010
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Script for contemporary dance piece
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Darren Ellis Dance
2007
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kitsch, unpredictable black comedy about a simple man, non-alcoholic gin and his family secret. a bitterly funny, painfully tender tale of innocence and hope.
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Jongleurs Comedy Club, Edinburgh Festival
2003
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Black Comedy Comedy
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