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Daniel Kanaber

DANIEL KANABER

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    M&P Ltd

Daniel Kanaber studied at Manchester University and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, before writing on invitation groups for the BBC, Royal Court, Soho Theatre and Paines Plough. Since then his work has toured England and been performed in festivals across France, Croatia and America. He was selected by Offwestend.com as one of 2010's the most promising playwrights and his short film Strays, which was longlisted for a BAFTA, is now being developed into a feature film. Shiver was his first full length play to be professionally produced.

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below is a list of Daniel Kanaber's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Anything Of Worth         Box of Tricks         David         Dexterity         Geese Of Berverley Road         Heart In Mouth         Shiver         Surety Of Numbers, The         Tall Poppies
Anything Of Worth

Synopsis:
Two estranged brothers are recalled to the family home by their dying father, only to discover it has been taken over by his male nurse. as the brothers navigate their father's final manipulative moments, each must reconcile himself with his version of the past. an insightful look at how a secret can burn through the fragile ties of family.

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Box of Tricks

Synopsis:
One word, six new plays. . .Following the critical, sell-out success of previous incarnations, Box of Tricks' flagship project Word:Play will be championing the next generation of new writing with six specially-commissioned fifteen-minute plays inspired by the word

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David

Synopsis:
It's amazing how much life fits into so little time. a portrait of one summer and its impact on a lifetime.

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part of London Tales - Three London monologues

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Box of Tricks

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short monologue

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Dexterity

Synopsis:
theatre503 present a series of short plays which riff on the theme of "Coalition" - both in that they are all products of collaborations between playwrights and artists of other disciplines, and in that they all address in one way or another the new age of coalition government in which we find ourselves. You might say that a theatrical exploration of the current political situation could have come a little sooner; but coinciding as it does with the student riots and the general reaction to the October cuts, this project feels incredibly vital. there are ten pieces of work, split into a Blue Group and a Yellow Group (for Tories and Lib Dems, of course), which perform on alternate nights.

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By Daniel Kanaber And Kirsty McNeill

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Geese Of Berverley Road

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Part of Playlist. Nine new plays by: Danny Kanaber, Tom Morton Smith, Hannah Mulder, Ben Ockrent, Sian Owen, Lola Stephenson, Colin Teevan, Jack Thorne And Rosalind Wyllie. the Festival edition of theatre503's regular sell-out event. Inspired by the music of Artists playing At Latitude, we present nine new plays by A selection of established, emerging And As yet undiscovered writers. the perfect theatrical mixtape: Some writers you know, some you don't, but All writers you'll end up loving. Playful, poignant, or A puzzle to be solved, the only rule is that each play is no longer than the piece of music that inspired it. A feast of fearless new writing in beautiful, bite-size chunks.

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Latitude Festival     18 Jul 2010

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Theatre 503

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Heart In Mouth

Synopsis:
Barry loves Helen, or so he thinks. as she preens, he swoons. But over the course of one hot summer's day, everything changes. Fueled by overactive hormones and unrequited desires, this funny and tender play about teenage love charges towards an unexpected climax.

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Shiver

Shiver
"From the despair of aninut, even in a short shiva, the ice inside you is thawing, Mordecai, it will open you to the world if you let it. After, shloshim. After a year, yizkor, yarhrzeit. And yes, sorrow, but also hope, hope in those who'll welcome you, love you. Let them love you. Don't neglect God now that you need him". In Judaism you have seven days to mourn a loved one, unless interrupted by a high holy day. Sadie died yesterday, Yom Kippur is tomorrow, so Mordecai only has tonight to say goodbye to his wife. Exploring themes of identity, love and faith, Shiver is a comic play about grief and Judaism. With moments of farce, as well as a touch of the surreal, this is a skilfully written play.

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Surety Of Numbers, The

Synopsis:
Begins with hearty reminiscences about school and ends with something altogether less wholesome, the turnaround here occurs more gradually. Small hints - loaded pauses and troubled looks, or seemingly insignificant disagreements about past events - slowly build a foreboding sense that one of these two schoolfriends' intentions may be less than friendly.
- Matt Boothman, British theatre Guide

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part of Word:Play 2

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Box of Tricks

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Tall Poppies

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Two business men cooped up in a hotel room with differing ideas of how to have a good time

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