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Matthew Dunster

MATTHEW DUNSTER   

Nationality:   English    Email:   Click here to contact    Website:   n/a

Literary Agent:  Knight Hall Agency Ltd  

Matthew Dunster was born in Oldham and is an actor, playwright and director. He lives in London and is an Associate Director of the Young Vic.

Plays by Matthew Dunster

MATTHEW DUNSTER

1984

1st Produced:

Manchester: Royal Exchange Theatre, England, EUR >>>

01 Mar 2010

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Music:

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

7

Female

4

Parts other:

1 boy, doubling, extras

Notes:

adaptation of George Orwell's 1984

Synopsis:

Grotesque spectacle as Big Brother watches you.

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Band, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

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Music:

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#136029

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

But the living are wrong in the distinctions they make. . .

1st Produced:

Forum 28, Barrow-in-Furness

05 Mar 1997

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#134066

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Genre:

piece

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Children's Children

1st Produced:

Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, Islington, London N1 1TA >>>

17 May 2012

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#132738

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Michael and Gordon have been best friends since acting college. Now, 20 years later, Michael is Mr Saturday Night TV but failing actor Gordon is struggling with enormous debts. Meanwhile Gordons daughter Effie couldn't care less about her Dad's problems  she is far more interested in the film that her cool boyfriend is making and setting up an ecologically sound clothing label. When Gordon asks Michael to lend him a large sum of money it sets in motion a series of events that reveal irreparable cracks in the characters relationships.

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Fahrenheit Twins, The

1st Produced:

Plymouth: Drum Theatre, England, EUR >>>

24 Sep 2009

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#106951

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

from the novel by Michel Faber, adapted by Told by an Idiot and Matthew Dunster

Synopsis:

the parable of man's innate need to destroy is illustrated using carefully crafted physical theatre
- Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Glazier, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#136033

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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MATTHEW DUNSTER

I Know Where The Dead Are Buried

1st Produced:

Sachas Hotel, Manchester

21 Jul 2011

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#128364

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Genre:

short play 60 min

Parts:

Male

5

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Manchester 24:7 Theatre Festival

Synopsis:

Do you trust your neighbours? Do you ever wonder what goes on behind closed doors? I Know Where the Dead are Buried peers through the window of a small community with sinister consequences. A new play by acclaimed playwright Matthew Dunster about rising racial tensions in a small northern town

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Man In A Box

1st Produced:

NT Studio

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#65646

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Genre:

Piece

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

devised by Alecky Blythe and Mathew Dunster

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Project B

1st Produced:

Tristan Bates Theatre, London, EUR >>>

01 Oct 2003

Company:

Work Theatre Collective

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#134067

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Genre:

Piece

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written by The Work Theatre Collective: Darryl Clark, Matthew Dunster, Tracy O'Flaherty, Jim Pyke, Alice Selwyn

Synopsis:

Three individuals are forced to set sail across the sea of their own natures.

Further Reference:

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Project C: On Principle

1st Produced:

Tristan Bates Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2004

Company:

Work Theatre Collective

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#49072

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Genre:

Piece

Parts:

Male

2

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written by The Work Theatre Collective: Matthew Dunster, Tracy O'Flaherty, Drew Pautz, Jim Pyke, Alice Selwyn, Liz White

Synopsis:

A man puts himself centre-stage in the war against terror by posing as a children's clown. A woman, sold on the perfection of God, sells armed security to make His world a safer place. A war survivor's struggle to face a compromised past spoils her best friend's European celebration. And two women fight about the end of a love affair, freedom, dog-walking and having the requisite entreprneurial balls. Here in New Britain, New Europe and the New World Order everyone needs a little bit of help.

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Project D: I'm Mediocre

1st Produced:

Tristan Bates Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2006

Company:

Work Theatre Collective

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#106762

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Genre:

Piece

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written by The Work Theatre Collective: Matthew Dunster, Tracy O'Flaherty, Drew Pautz, Jim Pyke, Alice Selwyn, Liz White

Synopsis:

What do we wish for ourselves? Is mediocrity championed as celebrity? What are we allowed to wish for? Who is consigned to the dustbin marked 'mediocre'? The Work present a highly comic and complex study of modern lives: reality TV and other prisons; scary cartoons and sniffing liquid paper; a social protest and a formal experiment; Sean Penn and Jamie Oliver . . . noisy toys and toast.

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Project E: An Explosion

1st Produced:

BAC, London >>>

- - -

Company:

Work Theatre Collective

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#106763

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Genre:

Piece

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

written by The Work Theatre Collective: Matthew Dunster, Tracy O'Flaherty, Drew Pautz, Jim Pyke, Alice Selwyn, Liz White

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1st Produced:

Manchester: Royal Exchange Theatre, St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DH >>>

01 Mar 2012

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#134068

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Genre:

adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Don't let the bastards grind you down' Alan Sillitoe's iconic novel is transformed into a spectacular new stage version by Matthew Dunster

Synopsis:

Rebellious young factory worker Arthur Seaton has reasons to drink, reasons to fight and several girls on the go. But when the fun and risk of Saturday night turns to the hangover and bruises of Sunday morning, Arthur starts to understand the real meaning of love.

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Tell Me

1st Produced:

Contact Theatre, Manchester >>>

1995

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#10359

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Liam is inert, absent, mentally and physically crippled; his brother Nial is a whirlwind of energetic resentment who increasingly rants apocalyptically about the Book of Revelations. Which is the more damaged and why? home is a run-down council flat where Mum is a TV-addicted valium drudge and Dad a sentimental woman-hater. The play is a shocking tour de force of writing which won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best New Play

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

Two Clouds Over Eden

1st Produced:

Royal Exchange Studio Theatre, Manchester, UK >>>

02 Feb 2000

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#10360

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

In a garden that seems impossible to leave, a family reels backwards through countless games and fights and dangerous flirtations to a time of lost innocence and hope. There are exotic fruits to be picked from the branches and childhood pets buried in the flowerbeds. Is it a paradise or a prison? Matthew Dunster's new play gives an exhilarating twist to dramatic storytelling and offers a unique insight into family life.

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

You Can See The Hills

1st Produced:

Manchester: Royal Exchange Theatre Studio, England, EUR >>>

2008

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Oberon Books, London (2009) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-1840028850

Music:

-

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#83810

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Genre:

monologue

Parts:

Male

1

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

You Can See The Hills

"I look at the pictures of James Dean on my wall and I reckon you know maybe I mean he died young and if he had come back I mean why not why not me?" Growing up's hard to do, and in a Pennine town it isn't any easier, as adolescent Adam tries desperately to navigate his way through secondary school, first love, plenty of lust, and swimming survival lessons, all the while waiting to discover if the boy can ever become a man in Matthew Dunster's crackling, candid and captivating coming-of-age drama.

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MATTHEW DUNSTER

You Used To

1st Produced:

Northern Stage (previously known as Newcastle Haymarket Playhouse), Newcastle upon Tyne

13 Sep 1996

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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-

Music:

-

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#134069

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Genre:

Piece

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

The modern world seen through the old world.

Further Reference:

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