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SUSANNAH FINZI
Nationality: British
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Susannah Finzi's career has included editing books on software systems and advising organisations on business risk and project management. Mid-life - and mid-career as a management consultANT - she was persuaded to collaborate on a screenplay and the challenge proved a temptation too far. Since 2008 she has been writing original Drama for the stage and has twice directed her own work. She is a member of the Writer Guild (UK), Shooting People and the Cheltenham everyman Writers' Lab. For further information on the plays listed please use the email above.
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Blind Eye Come To Where I'm From Cuts! ReunitedBlind Eye
Synopsis:
A war crimes trial drives a story of the conflicting interests of two international professionals at the top of their game - a human rights lawyer and a peace negotiator, and of the legacies parents leave their adult offspring. Her business is justice, his business is saving lives.For the prosecutor, Elizabeth Andersen, the case is her big break, both personal and professional; to be the first woman in a senior post and to prove to her Father Martin she's worthy to follow in his footsteps. A witness, initially anonymously, offers vital evidence. But he is old, and a man seizing his last opportunities has his own agenda. Elizabeth's friend and colleague Stefan Muller, international mediator, is the key to unlocking her case. However, though heroic under fire, Stefan is least able when it comes to his own emotions. Blind eye is about six characters who find themselves driven up against and beyond their own moral boundaries. they do bad things for good reasons; the effect of moral erosion, denial, the compulsion to "set the record straight". When push comes to shove, what do people actually do, especially when others are looking the other way?
Notes:
The showcase reading of Blind Eye in February 2009 was directed by Benet Catty (www.benetcatty.com/) with a professional cast of 9 actors. Blind Eye is produced in Lisbon, Portugal (in English) directed by Valerie Braddell with a multinational cast for a three-week run in March 2014.
1st Produced:
Prince of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, London, W1D 6AS >>> - Delfont Room Feb 2009
Organisations:
Susannah Finzi and Benet Catty
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama in two acts
Parts:
Male: 11 (7m actors with doubling up) Female: 3 (1f actor with doubling up) Other: -
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Synopsis:
Commissioned by Paines Plough as part of their nationwide project - an invitation to audiences to see the towns and cities they call home through the eyes of local playwrights.
Notes:
Paines Plough (http://www.painesplough.com) teamed up with theatres throughout the UK and challenged four or five writers from each area to write a 10-15 minute play about where they come from. they then upped the ante by inviting the writers to perform the plays themselves.
1st Produced:
Chipping Norton Theatre, Oxfordshire 07 Jun 2012
Organisations:
Paines Plough
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Genre:
Monologue
Parts:
Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageCuts!
Synopsis:
Inside the Treasury it's all cronyism, power-play and spin. the Chancellor is the poodle of his spokesman and cuts, deeper than ever, are deemed the only response to the crisis. Out in the real world people, as usual, find their own solutions with some unexpected consequences. the Primes Minister's been kept in the dark and his own household is feeling the pinch. But there's one man who isn't fooled, one man who's determined to find out what's going on - an unlikely hero who knows what to do
Notes:
An opportunity for actors to create some unusual cameo characters and to make quick switching between roles an integral part of the comedy. the ages of the characters are flexible; generally between 30 and 60 years unless indicated otherwise.
1st Produced:
Kings Theatre Gloucester. Script in hand performance 06 Jan 2012
Organisations:
Susannah Finzi
1st Published:
New Theatre Publications, Spring 2012 978-1840948646
Music:
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Genre:
political satire in one act
Parts:
Male: 14 Female: 6 Other: Requires a minimum of 4m and 2f actors - with doubling-up
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Top of PageReunited
Synopsis:
It's the rugby team reunion one summer evening at a rural pub. there's been a fatal accident and only ed and Luke, never the closest of friends, show up. Mid-life, with time, money and mortality on their minds, they each have plenty to defend. Julie, the pub manager with her own battles to fight, is the unwitting catalyst that unravels their well-rehearsed self-inventions. ed sees a chance to break out, to have - perhaps even to be - what he desperately wants. But Luke, with apparently more to gain, is reluctant. And their perfect "lark" leaves Luke with all the material cards and ed having run out of time.
Notes:
With "Reunited" Susannah Finzi won the Gloucestershire theatre Association Best Play Writing Award for 2012. the piece is set by the River Severn in Gloucestershire, but place names may be changed to reflect the performance location.
1st Produced:
Kings Theatre, Gloucester 05 Oct 2012
Organisations:
Susannah Finzi
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Music:
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Genre:
dark comedy in one act
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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