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Louise E Knowles

LOUISE E KNOWLES

  
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Louise E. Knowles is an Edinburgh-based writer originally from Aberdeen, Scotland. Louise graduated from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh with a BA (Hons) in Playwriting (2002) and an MFA in Screenwriting (2004). During her studies, Louise won a number of commissions to write for the Acting and Performance degree at QMU and was approached to adapt for film Jo Clifford's stage play God's New Frock, which was screened as part of the Glasgay festival 2004. She also worked as a tutor in Scriptwriting for Adults at Leith Academy. In its inaugural year Louise was selected as a mentee of the Playwrights' Studio Scotland 2004/2005 and was professionally mentored by David Greig. Performances of Louise's plays include Intransit (GRV), co-written in collaboration with The Actors' Kitchen, Edinburgh and staged readings of Listeners Beware!, The Beginning and The End (Traverse Theatre). Louise is a founding member of the playwright's collective The Village Pub Theatre and regularly writes for evenings at The Village Pub in Leith. Previous pub plays include An Alien Is For Life, These Are My Parents and a pantomime co-written with the collective, Leithtivity. In addition to writing, Louise has co-produced the Edinburgh and Glasgow 48 Hour Film Projects since they began in 2008 and 2011.

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         Alien Is For Life, An         Beginning and The End, The         In Transit         Leithtivity         Listeners Beware!         These Are My Parents

Alien Is For Life, An

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Beginning and The End, The

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In Transit

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Set at Glasgow airport on the day of the controversial deportation of abdelbaset ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, follows the fate of half-a-dozen groups of travellers whose journey has been delayed by the massive security restrictions at the airport.
- Joyce McMillan, Scotsman

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Edinburgh, Grv     17 Nov 2009

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Leithtivity

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Heavily pregnant Mary and the ineffectual Joseph cannot get a room at the Leith Holy Day Inn because superstar Clifton John is switching on the Christmas lights and has taken them all for himself and entourage. Donkey - a talking donkey offers to take them to the Village Pub. When they get there they find that a group therapy session for talking animals is taking place

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Written by Colin Bell; Sophie Good; Catherine Grosvenor; Louise Knowles; James Ley; Morna Pearson

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The Village Pub, Leith     16 Dec 2013

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Listeners Beware!

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In the North East of Scotland Fittie FM is about to broadcast its final episode of Listeners Beware! But whats more frightening, the tale of horror being presented, or the fact that the two obnoxious stars of the show have spent the last six weeks cooped up together? Will Miss Devine solve the mystery of the dog corpses in the garden? Will Roger the foley artist find his missing cabbage in time? Will Lee and Wendy make it to the end of the show without giving each other a good slap? Tune in to find out.

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part of a presentation by the Village Pub Theatre (VPT), a lo-fi, writer-led theatre collective based in the Village Pub in Leith.

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These Are My Parents

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