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CHRISTOPHER DEANS (1967 - ) |
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Nationality: Scottish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Julia Tyrrell Management |
Born in Glasgow and educated at University of Glasgow. Plays produced include "MOLLY'S COLLAR & TIE" (mct & Drill Hall's Introduction Festival, 1997), "SMELLS BELLS" (mct 1998), "ANOTHER SPACE" (Borderline Theatre Co 2001) and "SAUNA LADS" (rehearsed readings at Tron Theatre, Glasgow 2000 & Drill Hall, London 2001). He was script facilitator on "BELONGING" (7:84 Theatre Co 2001) and "JUST PRETENDING&" (7:84 Theatre Co 2000). He is an experienced writing facilitator and has run workshops with the Traverse Theatre, 7:84 Theatre Co, Borderline Theatre Co and Glasgay! He also lectures in playwriting at Coatbridge College and has lectured at the University of Glasgow. In 2003 he wrote IT IS DONE a project for 7:84 about land reform" and "SNOW FALLS ON THE ORPHANS was given a reading by the Caird Company in the 5 Corners Season. In 2004 he wrote "FREE FALL" with the assistance of a Scottish Arts Council bursary and his adaptation of The Barber of Seville for Complete Productions, called "CUT TO THE CHASE toured Scotland. In 2005 he completed a 6 month internship with SMG and 7:84 toured his adaptation of Christopher Brookmyre's novel 'Boiling a Frog'. He was nominated for the Verity Bargate Award and won the Traverse Playwright's Fellowship. FREE-FALL will be produced by 7:84 in 2006
Plays by Christopher Deans
Another Space | ||
| 1st Produced: | Borderline Youth Theatre | 26 Jul 2001 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1906220174 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44348 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 14 characters between 13 and 16 years old | |||||
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| Christopher Deans' play Another Space is a fast moving multi-character drama about the lives of young people from a variety of backgrounds. The play focuses on the various communications and identities (real and fabricated) that young people use in daily life and in the virtual environment. The title reflects a number of situations within the play: the freedom and danger of virtual contact; the struggle of an agoraphobic to leave her house; the trans-national communication made possible through the internet; and the cosmic event of a solar eclipse which frames the timeframe of the play. The play tracks the journey of numerous young people searching for new ways of being or expressing themselves. Teenage runaway Eve tries to make sense of her broken relationship with her mother by going online as a failing 40 year old mother. Her mysterious friend and co-resident in the homeless hostel, Viv, is leading a double life as a prostitute and attempting to cope with the reality of being pregnant at such a young age. Meanwhile Hannah, the agoraphobic, having been forced to leave the house due to a theft of her computer, begins to discover a real life friendship with Pip. Alongside these scene are comic interludes between virtual soul mates Monkey Boy and Monkey Girl who discover their kinship online and slowly inch towards an actual meeting. All the journeys beautifully reflect the awkwardness and exploration that form part of the teenage process of making sense of the world. The play is a challenging and varied piece that creates layered characters for a large number of young performers, tackling personal dilemmas within a complex and exciting framework." | |||||
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Boiling A Frog | ||
| 1st Produced: | Paisley Arts Centre | 03 Feb 2005 | ||||
Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1906220143 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48370 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | adapted from the novel by Christopher Brookmyre. | |||||
| A world premiere adapted from the novel by Christopher Brookmyre. Boiling a Frog is a dark, satirical, edge-of-your seat political thriller that sweeps through the corridors of power, up to its knees in spin. Jack Parlabane, an investigative journalist not afraid to bend the law for the sake of a good story, follows his nose as it leads him into a world of sleaze, conspiracy and murder. Scathingly truthful and worryingly believable Boiling a Frog unravels the world of PR, ambitious MSPs, corruption and the Catholic Church. | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - Acc.12911/141-142 | |||||
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Cut To The Chase | ||
| 1st Produced: | 28 Oct 2004 | |||||
Company: | Complete Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1906220167 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44353 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Beaumarchais, adaptation of The Barber of Seville | |||||
| Here's a cheeky modern take on a classic of 18th century theatre that swaps the elegant interiors of Seville for down-market 21st century Benidorm. And the way Beaumarchais' densely packed language is replaced by a rip-roaring West of Scotland twang is pure dead brilliant. Based on The Barber of Seville, Christopher Deans' Cut to the Chase is aimed at youngsters. But I'll defy anyone over 20 not to enjoy the sheer pace and comedy of this show." | |||||
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Free Fall | ||
| 1st Produced: | Paisley Arts Centre / touring | 16 Feb 2006 | ||||
Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1906220136 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44352 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | explores the effect of the now 25-year-old "right to buy" policy and how it has transcended into family life and Scottish values in the 21st century. National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - Acc.12911/155 | |||||
| Set in an unspecified Scottish town . . . Christopher Deans' new work Free Fall explores the effects of the now 25 year old right to buy" policy and how it has [resulted in] . . . pensioners being evicted from their family home as a result of not maintaining mortgage payments on their ex-council house . . . it will always find a forum which inspires and prompts topical discussion and Debate" | |||||
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It Is Done | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2003 | ||||
Company: | project for 7:84 | |||||
| 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 | #44350 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | about land reform | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - Acc.12911/223 | |||||
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Lost Boy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #96204 | |||
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Molly's Collar & Tie | ||
| 1st Produced: | mct & Drill Hall's Introduction Festival | 1997 | ||||
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 | #44347 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sauna Lads | ||
| 1st Produced: | rehearsed readings at Tron Theatre, Glasgow | 2000 | ||||
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 | #44349 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Male psyche and violence in a sauna | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Smells And Bells | ||
| 1st Produced: | 29 Sep 1998 | |||||
Company: | mct theatre company | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1906220150 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9203 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
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| The pope is dead. The race to replace him, led by a corrupt Scottish Cardinal, is on. Christopher Deans' play Smells and Bells . . . is a long, dark, bitter cry of rage against the attitude of the Catholic Church in Scotland to gay sexuality. Its thesis seems to be that the Catholic faith - with its powerful, sensuous imagery of pierced bodies, bleeding hearts, and flesh transfigured into spirit - has a way of penetrating with exceptional power, into the erotic imagination of vulnerable men, and then twisting it into a nightmare of denial, self-hatred and lies . . . It's immensely potent and evocative: but what it evokes is an atmosphere dictated by those who equate gay sex with sleaze and bad endings, now and Forever. | |||||
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Snow Falls On The Orphans | ||
| 1st Produced: | reading by the Caird Company | - - - | ||||
Company: | 5 Corners Season | |||||
| 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 | #44351 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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