PETE LAWSON   (1968 - )


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Plays by Pete Lawson

PETE LAWSON
(im)patience
1st Produced:
Theatre Royal Basingstoke
1994
Company:
Theatre Royal Basingstoke
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
A chorus for 4 to 14
Notes: -
Synopsis: When dad dies, his first and third wives and two children gather for a long night of soul searching. Memories are swapped, insults freely traded, tears shed and forgiveness sought as morning brings catharsis and, in some ways, closure.
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PETE LAWSON
All Shook Up
1st Produced:
National Tour
2005
Company:
1st Published:
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-
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Genre:
Theatre in Health Education
-
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: A play about diabetes. The story follows Frank, a lorry driver and Elvis impersonator, as he copes with deteriorating health, a diagnosis of diabetes, the challenges of embracing a new lifestyle, and the impact it all has on his relationship with wife Milly - as well as preparing for the Karaoke Elvis finals.
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PETE LAWSON
Burning Houses
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
The Chelsea Centre Theatre
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: What happens when a gay man falls in love with a lesbian? And then with the lesbian's straight brother? A love story for queer times.
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PETE LAWSON
Happenstance
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
1999
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: A girl whose body's packing up, a young British Indian who's lost her mother, and an ageing Russian ballerina facing death find their paths cross in the Chelsea and Westminster hospital. It's a story of lives colliding and the friendships that are forged in the magical space between East and West, young and old; taking in Nuryev, brain scans, and comets in Siberia, it's a poetic and visionary tale of love, death and redemption.
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PETE LAWSON
Impostor, The
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
7
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: A contemporary take on Moliere's satire Tartuffe, set in the world of New Labour spin doctors and small town political ambition. When local businessman Orgon decides to run for mayor, he needs a man to show him the way. Tartuffe is soon not only running his campaign, but he's moved into his house and is running his life - as well as trying his hardest to jump into bed with his wife. Written in rhyming couplets.
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PETE LAWSON
In Bed With Magritte
1st Produced:
Royal National Theatre Studio (rehearsed reading)
1995
Company:
The Royal National Theatre
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Joint winner of 1994 Comedy Store Players' Young Writers' Commission
Synopsis: Three generations of a family long since separated and scattered across Europe find their lives slowly being pulled back together in a piece about lost love, family jealousy, the tricks of memory, and art.
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PETE LAWSON
People Like Us
1st Produced:
National Tour
1997
Company:
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Theatre in Health Education
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Commissioned by the NHS, People Like Us toured for almost three years, playing community centres, mental health units, hospitals and schools.
Synopsis: An exploration of issues surrounding women's mental health and the effect on their families, following the story of a woman whose deepening depression culminates in a breakdown, before she finds a fellow survivor and through that a path to recovery.
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PETE LAWSON
Sssh!
1st Produced:
1997
Company:
Roundabout Theatre
1st Published:
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Genre:
Children's theatre
Youth Audience
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: For 5-8 year olds and their families. Also produced by M6 Theatre Company, Rochdale, in 1999.
Synopsis: When three deaf children find an old-fashioned hearing aid buried in the garden, they discover they can tap into the memories trapped inside. Slowly, they piece together the story of the hearing aid's owner, until her life crashes dramatically into the present. A story of exclusion, inclusion, communication, friendship and forgiveness, fully accessible to both deaf and hearing audiences.
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PETE LAWSON
Swanflight
1st Produced:
1998
Company:
Roundabout Theatre
1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Children's theatre
Youth Audience
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: For 5-8 year olds and their families
Synopsis: A contemporary retelling of The Ugly Duckling. When a storm on a Nottingham canal causes a swan's egg to get separated from its nest, the urban duckling has a string of adventures as it treks across town trying to track down its family, learning along the way the ugliness of bullying, the need to embrace and celebrate the diversity around it, and that true family aren't always those you are born with.
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PETE LAWSON
Telephone Belles
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
The Steam Factory
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Physical Theatre
Piece
Parts:
Male
4
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: Five quintuplets and four queens in a story of childhood rivalry, crossed wires and love on hold.
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PETE LAWSON
Telling Tales
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
Roundabout Theatre
1st Published:
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-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
Children's theatre
Youth Audience
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: For 5-8 year olds and their families. Also produced by the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, in 1997
Synopsis: When six year old Natalie Nautilus wakes up to find her favourite story has vanished from the pages of its book, she sets out to track it down, gathering others' favourite stories along the way.
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PETE LAWSON
Traffic Hearts
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
The Steam Factory
1st Published:
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-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Physical Theatre
Piece
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Nominated for a London Fringe Award
Synopsis: Seven characters hurtle round London until, in one way or another, they are all involved in the same car crash. A tale of passion at the traffic lights and love in a jam.
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PETE LAWSON
Whatever
1st Produced:
National Tour
2004
Company:
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
Theatre in Health Education
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: For 11-16 year olds and their families
Synopsis: When a new girl moves to town, she finds it hard to fit in with Stacey and Hutch, the cool girls in class. A play for teenagers that uses humour to explore issues around smoking - the pressures to start, and the reasons to stop.
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