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Adam Brace

ADAM BRACE

  (1980 - )
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  

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         After Sex All the Animals Are Sad         Dart Fired         Electric Things         Eristavi Reserve         Four Stages Of Cruelty, The         Midnight Your Time         Peckham: Soap Opera         Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That, A         Response To Little Platoons, A         Stovepipe         Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, The         Taking Part         They Drink It in the Congo
After Sex All the Animals Are Sad

Synopsis:
Quite how grief can screw you: unpredictable. Quite how murderers inspire adulation: impenetrable. Quite how many close-up vaginal portraits one man needs: a moot point.

Notes:
written with Nicholas Cartwright

1st Produced:
C, Edinburgh Festival     2003

Organisations:
Velocet

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Black Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Dart Fired

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Part of Miniaturists 18 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Electric Things

Electric Things
No-one can forget the moment they heard the news. September 11th, 2001 sent shockwaves across the globe. It was a day that was supposed to change the world forever.Ten years on, a team of major writers and thinkers explore our responses to the defining event of our times in a new production from Headlong, creators of the multi award-winning eNRON. Rupert Goold's theatre company transforms a former trading hall into an immersive theatrical experience, taking you from the tranquil setting of St Katharine Docks on the River Thames to the bright blue skies of downtown Manhattan and beyond.

Notes:
part of Decade: Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays. Ten years After 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times. Published here Are their individual plays, which woven together formed the basis of Decade, An immersive theatrical production from Headlong theatre company. the writers: Samuel Adamson, Mike Bartlett, Alecky Blythe, Adam Brace, Ben ellis, Ella Hickson, Samuel D. Hunter, John Logan, Matthew Lopez, Mona Mansour, DC Moore, Abi Morgan, Rory Mullarkey, Janine Nabers, Lynn Nottage, Harrison David Rivers, Simon Schama, Christopher Shinn, Beth Steel, Alexandra Wood.

1st Produced:
Commodity Quay, St Katharine Docks, London E1W 1Az     01 Sep 2011

Organisations:
Headlong

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
short piece

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  radio

Further Reference:
-

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Eristavi Reserve

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
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Four Stages Of Cruelty, The

Synopsis:
1751. London is over-crowded. the morals are as loose as the women and the crime as free as the gin. On the streets, prostitutes, footpads and highwaymen coalesce with Dukes, members of Parliament and anyone in between. all scrap for profit. all seek an escape from the drudgery of life. Somewhere near the bottom of this heap is an orphan named Tom Nero. Trapped in a brutal and compelling struggle to survive, he grapples, hustles and kills to rise above the fate society has dealt him.

Notes:
Written By Adam Brace And Sebastian Armesto based on the series of engravings by William Hogarth

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Simple 8

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 11 Page 587

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Midnight Your Time

Synopsis:
I'm sure that in the context of the plight of the Palestinian people, asking your own Father to lie to your own Mother must seem like terribly small beer. every Thursday at 3am, Judy talks to her daughter on a webcam. Judy calls from Islington; her daughter is in Palestine. a retired lawyer, Judy is casting around for ways to occupy herself: with a women's peace league; with Mr and Mrs Prabhakar; with her daughter's life. Viciously funny but ultimately heartbreaking, it asks who we owe responsibility to, and how we should best live in the world.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Old Printworks, Halesworth, Ip19 8By     34/2011

Organisations:
High Tide festival

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 09 Page 483

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Peckham: Soap Opera

Synopsis:
the lives and loves of Peckham locals will be played out in an omnibus of ten 5 minute episodes. Each episode will be performed by actors from the local community. Somewhere between Peckham High Street and Rye Lane: after an immigration raid at Lashanna's underground hair salon, Ravi encourages her to relocate to the basement beneath Amir's corner shop (unbeknownst to Amir of course). Above ground Ed scouts for a job, though Amir puts him off the scent. Across the way Glenda, Job Centre co-worker Elaine and Joey make a discovery which may force them into a morning commute to Lewisham. While over at the station, Linda loses her cat, but falls for a dapper stranger whose pin-striped garms are new to the Rye.

Notes:
Part of Royal Court's Open Court season. Author Bola Agbaje (lead writer). Author Rachel De-lahay (lead writer) with Brad Birch, Alice Birch, Adam Brace, Robin French, Lucy Kirkwood, Chloe Moss, David Watson and Roy Williams

1st Produced:
Royal Court, London     02 Sep 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
5 min play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That, A

Synopsis:
Three British artisans visit Central asia, in search of some local colour, local food, local customs. then they're invited to a local execution. Three hungover civil servants wake up to the onset of a crisis: three British artisans were expected at their consular party, but never showed up. Now three British artisans are missing. . .JMK award-winner Jamie Harper directs adam Brace's nasty little play about savagery and how it can work for you.

Notes:
part of Fest! the best of the festival season, seen first At 503

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Rested Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:
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Response To Little Platoons, A

Synopsis:
as part of the Schools Season's programme of events, we're excited to be showing a special response piece to Little Platoons written by Stovepipe playwright adam Brace and created in association with Toby Young

Notes:
response to Little Platoons by Steve Waters

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Stovepipe

Synopsis:
a Dramatisation of former journalist adam Brace's tour of amman. When a mercenary goes missing en route to Iraq, his closest surviving friend embarks upon a hunt across the post-war Middle east.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
New Cut Arts, Halesworth, Suffolk     2008

Organisations:
HighTide Theatre Festival

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
indoor promenade performance Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, The

Synopsis:
R.L. Stevenson's classic retold with a dark, playful tone. Live music and innovative physical storytelling accompany this fresh, acclaimed new adaptation

Notes:
a stage Adaptation for two Actors

1st Produced:
C, Edinburgh Festival     2004

Organisations:
Velocet

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Physical Piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Taking Part

Synopsis:
A funny, timely tale of true grit, self belief and canny opportunism. Lucky Henry, a Congolese security guard, has set his sights on representing his country at the 2012 Olympics. Only one problem; hes a terrible swimmer and his Russian coach wants to fly home on the first day of training. everyone loves an underdog  think Eddie the eagle or Eric the eel. Follow Henrys journey from deep end straggler to Olympic hopeful as the two men try to fulfill their dreams at the London games.

Notes:
part of Playing the Games

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
one act play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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They Drink It in the Congo

Synopsis:
Eastern Congo. Home to the deadliest conflict since World War II. London. Home to a festival to raise awareness of Congo. That is if Stef can get it off the ground.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Almeida, London     Aug 2016

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber & Faber   

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
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