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Catrina McHugh

CATRINA MCHUGH

  
Nationality:    British
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Catrina McHugh's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         BlueGiro         Jumping Puddles         Rattle and Roll         Rattlesnake         Space Between Us, The         Stand 'n' Tan         Swags & Tails         Twist Of Lemon, A

BlueGiro

Synopsis:
A play that tells the story of a young woman's desire to grow and a mother who threatens to stop the show. Jodie might have that undefinable something that makes for star quality in a televised singing competition.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Blue Clasp

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Jumping Puddles

Synopsis:
Two sisters at war suddenly find their world turned upside down. As the autumn nights draw in and the rain falls Grace and Anna find themselves trying to stay afloat as they jump from one puddle of emotion to another. Now the puddle is in danger of becoming a river and Anna fears Grace will be taken by the tide. Jumping Puddles is a funny and moving story about two sisters fast-tracked to adulthood as they discover it's hard being a girl but harder still when faced with the harsh reality and fragility of life. This play highlights the some of the issues young women are experiencing today, and was directly informed by 162 young women from the North East and Liverpool.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Caedmon Hall, Gateshead     01 Dec 2015

Organisations:
Open Clasp in collaboration with Frantic Assembly

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Rattle and Roll

Synopsis:
about chaos, the order behind it, and the strength of those women trying to survive it. Four women are trying to jump track. A new name, street and a settee mean a new start, a way out and a past left behind. However a missing wheelie bin, a broken promise and mother's day throw the women back on familiar ground, but this time they are on a collision course with a runaway train.
- British theatre Guide

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1st Produced:
Teesside University, Main Hall, Brittan Building     15 Feb 2010

Organisations:
Open Clasp

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Rattlesnake

Synopsis:
A story with no ending; a chance meeting with one man changes the lives of two women forever. Now they both live trying to predict the unpredictable. Rattle Snake is an epic tale, based on real life stories of women who have faced and survived coercive controlling domestic abuse.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Open Clasp

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Space Between Us, The

Synopsis:
the North East of England is in the grip of a storm on a biblical scale. Three months of rain fall in one day, roads are closed, rivers are bursting their banks and the region is submerged under water. Blown from four corners of the earth, four women seek sanctuary, security and refuge. However, all is not as it should be and the women find themselves in a battle, not only with the rising tide and with each other, but with humanity itself. the Space Between Us is a fast paced Dramatic story that invites audiences into a world that is full of conflict, love and hope.

Notes:
This play has been directly informed by young women who identify as Slovak/ Roma and Czech/ Roma (from the West End of Newcastle), women who find themselves destitute after being refused asylum and face the daily threat of deportation, plus Travellers from Teesside and Arabic women living in the West and East End of Newcastle with a particular focus on women from Syria. Open Clasp aim to highlight issues and challenges faced by women in the North East. We want to create debate for social change and this show will help to do just that.

1st Produced:
Tyneside Women's Health At Gateshead Moving Forward Service, Gateshead     04 Mar 2013

Organisations:
Open Clasp

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Dramatic story

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Stand 'n' Tan

Synopsis:
Bursting onto the stage with a dance routine to make Girls Aloud quiver, the all-female cast introduce the show as if speaking to waiting customers in a beauty salon, a novel technique that was lapped up by the audience. It is set during the run up to Joanne's (a loud but lovable beauty therapist) wedding and takes us through all the trials and tribulations that come with it - a manic, interfering mother, a stroppy teenage bridesmaid and a dress maker who has inconveniently sliced the tops of her fingers off whilst working on the cheese counter at Fenwicks. But all of this is brought into harsh reality as we hear the heart-wrenching tale of Maryam, an asylum seeker who has stepped in to save the day as stand in seamstress at the same time as she battles to keep herself and her children in the UK and far away from the horrors they were subjected to in Iran.
- Emily Taylor, British theatre Guide

Notes:
By Catrina McHugh And the company

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Open Clasp Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Swags & Tails

Synopsis:
Swags & Tails is set on the day Margaret Thatcher dies, against a backdrop of austerity and cuts. Meet Gloria, her past eroded from years living in a dementia unit, Mary, the care-worker getting it from all angles and housebound Lillian, locked in her spare room. Faced with the closure of their day centre will Ellen and Marlene unite and make a stand? theres more to life than a custard cream and a chocolate bourbon.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brandling Hall Community Centre, Gateshead     06 Feb 2012

Organisations:
Open Clasp Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 120 min

Parts:
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Twist Of Lemon, A

Synopsis:
the story of four women as they head to the Island of Lesbos to scatter the ashes of their friend, Butch Jackie, on the 'face of Sappho', the lesbian poet/goddess, whose image is said to be seen indented on the side of a huge cliff.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hetton Centre, Hetton-Le-Hole     2008

Organisations:
Open Clasp Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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