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Debbie Isitt

DEBBIE ISITT  (1966 - )

 Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  


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 Femme Fatale     Gangsters     Hundred And One Dalmatians, The     Johnny Watkins Walks On Water     Matilda Liar!     Nasty Neighbours     Out Of The Ordinary     Punch And Judy: The Real Story     Squealin' Like A Pig     Valentino     Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, The     You Never Know Who's Out There

Femme Fatale

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Edinburgh    1990

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Gangsters

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Edinburgh    1988

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Hundred And One Dalmatians, The

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an adaptation of Dodie Smith's novel by Debbie Isitt and the company. a film theatre production. an alternative to Disney - controversial and remarkable

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Snarling Beasties Theatre Company

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fusion of film and physical theatre rescues the book from Disneyfication,    -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  4    Female:  5    Other:  -

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Johnny Watkins Walks On Water

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Matilda Liar!

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Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1994   -

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Genre:
Black Comedy Comedy

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Nasty Neighbours

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Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1995   -

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Genre:
Black Comedy Comedy

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Out Of The Ordinary

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Snarling Beasties

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Punch And Judy: The Real Story

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Edinburgh    1989

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Squealin' Like A Pig

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Sidhu is going on holiday to Greece. Chelsea and Shannon are on the town. Shannon wants to get laid and Chelsea does not. Mickey crashes into their lives and nothing is the same again

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Pegasus Theatre, Oxford    19 Sep 1997

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Valentino

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Genre:
Devised Piece

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Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, The

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explores the eternal triangle behind a failed marriage with the husband firmly cast as the villain of the piece.

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1st Produced:
Warwick    1991

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Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1993   -

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Genre:
Tragedy

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You Never Know Who's Out There

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