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Stephen M Hornby

STEPHEN M HORNBY

  (1968 - )
Nationality:    British
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Stephen is a playwright, director and theatre producer. He trained as a director at Kent University, winning a scholarship to the first international Summer School at the Royal Court Theatre. In 2003 he was appointed as Artistic Director to Conical Productions based in Norwich and started a co-writing relationship with Fringe First winner Mariela Stevenson. In 2011 he became the Artistic Director of VADA LGBTQ Community Theatre and focused the group around the production of new writing. In 2014 he set up Pagelight Productions with Ric Brady and started work as a full-time theatre maker. He is currently a National Writer in Residence for LGBT History Month in the UK.

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below is a list of Stephen M Hornby's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Box of Tricks, The         Burnley Buggers' Ball, The         Die Diana         One Abstention         To Russia With Love: One Abstention         Very Victorian Scandal, A: The Press

Box of Tricks, The

Synopsis:
Mike returns home for his estranged brother's funeral. They had been as close as two brothers can be, but something happened and Mike is refusing to even carry his coffin. Mike finds his brother's Box of Tricks' and learns the truth about the past. But is the truth enough?

Notes:
written by Ric Brady and Stephen M Hornby

1st Produced:
Elphick Stage, Manchester     18 Jul 2014

Organisations:
Manchester 24:7 Theatre festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
55 min one act drama

Parts:
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Burnley Buggers' Ball, The

Synopsis:
In the 1970s, Burnley was the UK's battleground for gay and lesbian rights. Who knew?! To mark the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act (1967), LGBT History Month has commissioned two brilliant new dramas from Inkbrew Production to rediscover this amazing forgotten history. The Burnley Buggers' Ball, by Stephen M Hornby, tells the story of a transformative political meeting held at Burnley Central Library. Allan Horsfall, the grandfather of LGBT rights in the UK, has travelled back in time to 1971, only it's 2017. Something's gone wrong. Allan transforms the space and the audience into the key players in a forgotten historic public meeting in Burnley. Allan was part of a group including Ray Gosling and Ken Pilling, attempting to get the UKs first gay mens' centre opened. The GLF arrive from London and disrupt the meeting, demanding that every gay man is the room stand. Allan has a difficult choice to make, again.

Notes:
The Burnley Buggers' Ball was commissioned by LGBT History Month nationally to mark the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967. It played in a double-bill with 'Burnley's Lesbian Liberator' by Abi Hynes.

1st Produced:
Burnley Central Library     18 Feb 2017

Organisations:
Inkbrew Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
History Play

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Die Diana

Synopsis:
'Die Diana' is a 60 minute dark comedy set on the twentieth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, who for nearly twenty years was the most famous woman in the world. The play opens with aristocratic woman in her 50s stepping out of the shadows on 31st August 2017 to proclaim to the world, via a live stream from the dark web, that she is Princess Diana and that she faked her own death. No sooner has she convinced us all, than she transforms into a drag queen, Die Anna, who fills us in on what Diana has been up to for the last two decades, how she's made a living and how she still influences the lives of her children. A final transformation sees a young man in a secure hospital become Diana to tell us of a history of violence and self-abuse. Are any of these Dianas the real Diana? Which do you believe, if any? And why?

Notes:
This play was originally performed as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival. It won the GM Fringe Award for Best Drama and was nominated for the Best Fringe Production Award at the Manchester Theatre Awards 2017.

1st Produced:
Bandit, Mugger & Thief, Manchester. M1     29 Jun 2016

Organisations:
Inkbrew Productions

1st Published:
Write For The Stage Publishing, 2016   978-2533438447

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  2 (1 drag part)            Female:  1            Other:  -

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One Abstention

Synopsis:
in the near future, as the Russian Duma is about to pass a new law, one man faces a defining choice.

Notes:
To mark the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Manchester's LGBT theatre community are presenting To Russia With Love: Stage, an evening of striking, funny and inspiring new drama to highlight homophobia and promote LGBT rights in Russia. Supported by Arts Council England and community partners. This unique performance features four specially commissioned pieces of drama.

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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To Russia With Love: One Abstention

Synopsis:
Dimitri and Yuri meet in the Duma in Russia on the eve of a historic vote. They haven't seen each other in 20 years and now lead very different lives. Dimitri has come to ask a favour. Mikhail, however, has come to make a threat.

Notes:
Arts Council funded

1st Produced:

Organisations:
VADA LGBTQ Community Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Political play LGBT full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Very Victorian Scandal, A: The Press

Synopsis:
The play is based on events surrounding a raid by the Manchester City Police on an all male drag ball in Hulme in 1880. The raid was led by Manchester's most famous detective Jerome Caminada. This play focuses on the press handling of the case and show how the police sought to manage the coverage, only to lose control of it in what became a national sensation.

Notes:
The first play produced in partnership with LGBT History Month in the UK to mark their tenth anniversary. Arts Council funded.

1st Produced:
The Performance Space, Manchester Central Library     14 Feb 2015

Organisations:
Pagelight Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Historical drama LGBT full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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