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SIMON JACKSON |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Simon Jackson is a playwright, filmmaker and poet, born in Manchester, UK. He ran Living Arts Space Theatre Company from 1992 until 1995 then worked as a journalist, musician and teacher in Eastern Europe, North Africa and South America. He was Head of Drama at Newton College in Lima, Peru from 1998-2001. On returning to the UK he worked as a features writer for magazines including Take a Break, That's Life, Bella and Best and now lives in Edinburgh, writing plays and poems and making films, some of which have won things.
Plays by Simon Jackson
Beginning of a Great Adventure | ||
| 1st Produced: | ADC Theatre, Cambridge | 2009 | ||||
Company: | WriteOn Theatre Company, Cambridge | |||||
| 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 | #116948 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Winner of the Audience Award for Best Play, Cambridge Monologue and Duologue Festival 2009. | |||||
Synopsis: | A child, Boo, and her stuffed toy travel across an arid landscape to a deserted village playing a game of explorers. Their journey takes on a new aspect when they discover a young, injured soldier and all of them must face up to the traumatic events that have led them here. | |||||
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Frankenstein - the Monster's Story | ||
| 1st Produced: | Glastonbury Festival Theatre Field, | 1994 | ||||
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 | #116949 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Pyrotechnical Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Varied according to venue | |||||
Notes: | Written with Theatre of Fire and the Irish band, Illywhacker, as a spectacular outdoor event involving circus performers, live music and lots of fireworks. It headlined the theatre bill for Glastonbuy 1994 and then toured outdoor venues and festivals in Northern Europe for two years. | |||||
Synopsis: | Frankenstein from the Monster's point of view - if he'd run away to a circus and bonded with the acts in the freak show. | |||||
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Reflections of Moonlight on Moving Water | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | Contact Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #116950 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Winner of the British Gas Young Playwrights' Award 1994 | |||||
Synopsis: | Thomas Reinal is a labourer with dreams of making it as a writer. While renovating the last theatre Tennessee Williams was linked to in London he finds an undiscovered play by the great man. The play is produced as Thomas' to great acclaim. Everything seems to be going well until a shabby character calling himself Mr Williams arrives in his life. | |||||
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Rose Garden, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | GRV Studio, Edinburgh | Aug 2010 | ||||
Company: | Siege Perilous Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Play Depot, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-894910-93-4 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #116951 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Shortlisted for Eileen Eckhart Award 2009 (Canada) and The Diana Raffles New Theatre Publlications Award 2010 (UK). | |||||
Synopsis: | Michael is a writer. Possibly a great writer. But he can't remember much since Dilys ran him over. Dilys thinks Michael is an angel sent to save her son. And Rosie tells him she's his daughter. But every time Michael thinks his memory's returning, characters from his books appear for one last adventure to save them all. | |||||
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Tantrum! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chester Gateway Theatre | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Living Arts Space Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #116952 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Satire/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Shortlisted for the Buxton Festival Fringe Best New Play and Best Comedy Awards, 1995. Also performed at Chester Fringe and Stockport Fringe Festivals | |||||
Synopsis: | Overwhelmed with the task of supporting his thankless family from his dead end job Eric Lamron throws a tantrum and reverts physically back to the age of four, the last time he had any fun. He hopes to force his family to support him and themselves but things do not go as planned. He runs away and finds himself part of a revolution of Rejuvenates planning to - and then succeeding in - overthrowing the government. And that's when things really get tricky. | |||||
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