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Sian Owen

SIAN OWEN

  
Nationality:    Welsh
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  represented by Giles Smart

Sian Owen was the winner of the Oxford Playhouse New Playwriting Competition 2010 with her play "Restoration". Short plays of Sian's have featured in various incarnations of PLAYlist at Theatre 503 and PLAYlist: at Latitude. Her play the Turn was recently featured in Word:Play 4 for Box of Tricks Theatre company at the Arcola, London. She also took part in the National Theatre/Tŷ Newydd Habit of Art Writing Project. She has attended the Writers Development Course at Sherman Cymru and is a graduate of the prestigious MA Writing Performance programme at Goldsmiths. Sian has a passion for telling the stories that aren't often told and for reaching people who may not usually go to the Theatre.

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

         Bad Blood         Between The Sheets         Box Of Tricks         Classic         Dirty Protest         How To Be Brave         I'm Thinking I Was Wrong         Love Lies and London         Month Of Sundays. A         Pieces         Priceless         Restoration         Scarcity         Split, The         Strange Rain         This Land         Tide, The         Turn, The         Untitled
Bad Blood

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Between The Sheets

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Box Of Tricks

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Part of "Word: Play 4"

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Arcola Theatre, London     01 Mar 2011

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Classic

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Part of "Playlist: International Women's Day". Inspired by "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush

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Theatre 503, London     27 Mar 2011

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Dirty Protest

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Milgi's Yurt, Cardiff    

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How To Be Brave

How To Be Brave
A woman is running in panic. She steals a bicycle and rides in panic she visits places she had confrontations in the past such as boys from school bullying her in the park. Her young child is very ill and this has caused her panic

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival     Aug 2019

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Samuel French 2019   

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I'm Thinking I Was Wrong

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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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Love Lies and London

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10 writers, 10 directors and 10 teams of actors will perform 10 short plays during the evening festival at the underground venue in the heart of London. Love, Lies and London follows on from the success of last years the Story Project, and offers an intriguing evening of music theatre and superb stories. More than just your average happily ever after, the pioneering project will showcase the UKs best emerging playwrights, directors and actors from up and down the country all in one space. Written by: Gareth Jandrell; David Lane; Laura Stevens; Dan Green; Matthew Bulgo; Lee Mattinson; Tim Downie; Emily Juniper; Darren Murphy; Sian Owen.

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Month Of Sundays. A

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Brighton Fringe Festival     2009

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Pieces

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Priceless

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Part of "Playlist Christmas". Inspired by "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" sung by Nat King Cole

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Theatre 503, London     14 Dec 2010

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Restoration

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Oxford Playhouse     2010

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Scarcity

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Theatr Clywd     2013

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Split, The

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Strange Rain

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This Land

This Land
Bea and Joseph are rekindling their love. But, with the arrival of a fracking company ready to dig, their village is falling apart. Through the lives of a young couple, This Land tells a story of community, belonging and the ground beneath our feet. What does the place where you live mean to you? What happens when someone else comes along and stakes their claim? Come on a fast-paced journey through an ever-changing landscape with this funny, thought-provoking and explosive new play by Sian Owen.

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1st Produced:
Shropshire, Pentabus Theatre     09 Mar 2016

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alisbury Playhouse and Pentabus Theatre Company Production

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Methuen Drama 2016   

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Tide, The

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival     2017

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Turn, The

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The funfair is in town - but it is not all fun. Brothers Joseph and Lewis are stuck on the Ferris Wheel. Lewis' girlfriend meanwhile is consulting a fortune teller as to whether she should stay with him

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Part of "Word: Play 4"

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Arcola Theatre, London     01 Mar 2011

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Untitled

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the piece centres on a family who have been told they must leave their house forever; do they resist, do they acquiesce, are they are running out of time.

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