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Nina Rapi

NINA RAPI

  
Nationality:    Greek British
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London based, Greek born playwright and Short story writer. Her work has been produced/published/performed read in the UK, Greece, Italy, Portugal, India, usA. She is also the Founding Editor of BRAND Literary Magazine.

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         Angelstate         Critical Moments         Dance Of Guns         Dangerous Oasis         Dream House         Edgewise         Edgewise (Translated As Akrovasia)         Gentle Persuasion         Ithaka         Johnny Is Dead         Josie's Restrooms         Kiss the Shadow         Love, Yeah!         Lovers         Mrs Jones Matters         No Trouble         Pain(ting) With Colour         Raven         Reasons to Hide         Tricky         Wild Beats (Agries Notes)

Angelstate

Angelstate
A meditation on loss, guilt and the memory of love.

Notes:
Angelstate was Awarded A theatre Writing Bursary by the Arts Council of England and A London Writers prize for its extract CONFESSION . The play neared completion years later when translated into Greek by Alexandros Mikhail and was finally completed after its performed presentation at Theatro Technis in 2015. Directed by ARGYRO CHIOTI (performed presentation)

1st Produced:
Theatro Technis, Athens, Greece     Nov 2015

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Inter-connected monologuesnon

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Critical Moments

Synopsis:
Three short plays inter-connected by the themes of love, loss and desire

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Soho Poly Theatre     1990

Organisations:
Womens' Theatre Workshop

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
three stylised shorts for the theatre One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dance Of Guns

Synopsis:
A play about conflicting loyalties in a family of women during the Greek Civil War.

Notes:
the play was commissioned by Broadsword T.C. And had A London Tour, including Oval House theatre, Kings Head theatre, colleges And community centres. Quotes on Dance of Guns: ". . .pertinent. . .excellently staged. . .really moving." Cherry Smyth, CITY LIMITS,

1st Produced:
Jackson's Lane Theatre, London     1992

Organisations:
Broadsword T.C

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
social realism

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Dangerous Oasis

Synopsis:
A monologue exploring the passionate, nomadic life of cross-dressing adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt.

Notes:
the play was commissioned by Lunar T.C. And performed As part of the Award Winning Women's Work Season, 1993. Quotes on Dangerous Oasis: " . . .inspirational." Michael Billington, the GUARDIAN, 1993. " . . .sensitive. . .powerful. . . excellent. . ." Carole Woddis,

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Lunar T.C

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dream House

Synopsis:
Three sisters and their mother live in a state of perpetual childhood. Messenger is their only contact with the outside world.A play about secrets, dreams and the power of androgyny.

Notes:
Dreamhouse was commissioned by Aspect T.C. It was N.R.'s first production of A full-length play. Quotes on Dreamhouse: " the play unravels with the compulsive integrity of A Greek tragedy." Cherry Smyth, CITY LIMITS, 1991. " Atmospheric And economical, h

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Aspect T.C.

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
non-naturalistic theatre play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Edgewise

Synopsis:
Families are where you get pushed to the edge. . .Manos returns home after 7 years of immigration in the States. Home is a small border town in the North of Greece. He wants, at 29, to leave behind him a life of law-breaking and alienation. He wants to belong and 'make good'. His sister, Daphne, however and his brother Elias have other plans. His mother, Father and his father's sister, a 'seer', watch on seeing nothing until their world collides with the force of trying to escape the inescapable.

Notes:
Edgewise first had A Writers' Reading At Battersea Arts Centre, 1996

1st Produced:
Gate Theatre & Theatrelab (Staged Reading)     2003

Organisations:
TheatreLab

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Urban Realism

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Edgewise (Translated As Akrovasia)

Synopsis:
To love is to set free. . .

Notes:
the play had Another performed presentation in English At the Gate theatre in 2003.

1st Produced:
National Theatre Of Greece, Athens (Performed Presentation)    

Organisations:
Analogio Theatre Festival 2010

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Realistic

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gentle Persuasion

Synopsis:
A young peace activist is being interrogated for ¦what exactly? - Inspired by the Tali Fahima case

Notes:
subVERSE, A new writing theatre company with An Ambitious programme reflecting the ongoing global political situation, presents ten new pieces At theatre 503 (the Latchmere Pub, 503 Battersea Park Road London SW11 3BW)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
SubVerse

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ithaka

Synopsis:
A young woman's quest for love and freedom. . .

Notes:
Ithaka was the first play N.R. wrote. the play was successfully produced At the University of Reading, 1995. Quotes on ITHAKA. "theatrically inventive, often surreal, witty And funny. . ." David Hunter, literary manager, Bush theatre, 1990. " . . .strong dia

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Women's Theatre Workshop

1st Published:
in Seven Plays by Women, Aurora Metro, 1991, winner of the Raymond Williams Award,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
non-naturalistic theatre play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Johnny Is Dead

Synopsis:
Hara keeps setting dinner for two, even though her womaniser and bully of a husband has long since died. She's got some standing up to do before she can 'knife him' out of his omnipresence.

Notes:
Quotes: ON JOHNNY IS DEAD "A powerful And inspiring play in search of freedoms long forgotten. " PARIKIAKI Newspaper, 1991. "Nina Rapi has succeeded in creating A female character, whose despair makes her oscillate between silent containment And manic beh

1st Produced:
Etc Theatre     1990

Organisations:
London First One Person Play Festival

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Josie's Restrooms

Synopsis:
A rough trade performance piece with its tongue in all the right places. . . Josie is a toilet attendant with a bruised past and grand ideas for a bright future. . .where fantasy and reality collide.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
ICA, London >>>     2000

Organisations:
Mardi Gras Arts Festival

1st Published:
Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica, ed. Rose Collis, Robinson, 2000   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue - dark comedy. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Kiss the Shadow

Synopsis:
When nothing seems real, what can you believe?

Notes:
Extracts from KISS the SHADOW were performed At the Royal Festival Hall, July 2010; And At the Lyric theatre studio, February 2010.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
theatrlab

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Love, Yeah!

Synopsis:
A man torn between his sexual urges and the need for love. . .

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Empros Theatre, Athens, Greece     May 2014

Organisations:
4days stand Queer Festival

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Queer darkly comic short play/performance

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lovers

Synopsis:
A stylised take on an intense sexual relationship between two women. A play about lovers as enemies, friends as family, family as friends.

Notes:
Lovers' full-length version was A top finalist At the FuturePerfect competition 2000, 'hotly debated to be A winner' According to the judges, And was given A rehearsed reading At the Three Mills Studio As A result.

1st Produced:
Gielgud Theatre, West End Shorts     2001

Organisations:
London New Play Festival

1st Published:
extract published in Dummy Magazine, 1999   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Urban Realism. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Mrs Jones Matters

Synopsis:
Mrs Jones, dirt consultant extraordinaire will stop at nothing to cleanse the world from dirt, human or otherwise. . .

Notes:
MRS JONES MATTERS was produced As part of 10X10, in January, October And November 2010, Porto, Portugal

1st Produced:
Porto, Portugal     01 Jan 2010

Organisations:
Estaca zero teatro

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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No Trouble

Synopsis:
Thanos Katou is preparing to stand for the next elections as a Mayor in his small, border town in the North of Greece. the 'Albanian invasion' is a big issue. His agenda is to control this wave, while staying humanitarian. His headstrong daughter Tasia, throws everything in the air by starting a relationship with Arif, an illegal immigrant Albanian. Drastic measures are required.

Notes:
No Trouble was developed with A bursary And Dramaturgy from Soho theatre, London 2001. This play is N.R's only unfinished play

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Soho Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
theatre play - dark comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Pain(ting) With Colour

Synopsis:
A dance-performance with text and music, exploring sexual dynamics in homo/hetero/bi permutations in all their intensity, ambiguity and obsession.

Notes:
This production was the result of A long collaboration with the company. Ideas were initially exchanged to establish common themes. N.R. then provided text, the company improvised on it And created scenes. these scenes inspired further text, which in turn

1st Produced:
Warwick Arts Centre     2001

Organisations:
Boundless T.C.

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dance Performance with text

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Raven

Synopsis:
Chamber opera libretto based on poems by Edgar Alan Poe

Notes:
libretto, music by KOSTIS KRITSOTAKIS

1st Produced:
Onassis cultural centre, Athens     Dec 2014

Organisations:
Onassis Cultural Centre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Opera

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Reasons to Hide

Synopsis:
shows the way in which the increase in national security and surveillance systems impact on the lives of a researcher into terrorism and her politically active friends. At the same time it explores the question of trust and misuse of intimacy in personal relationships.
- Howard Loxton, British theatre Guide

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Lab Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Tricky

Synopsis:
Blue is trying to escape her obsessive lover who follows her everywhere, only she is obsessed with her herself. . . Who is stalking whom?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Tart Gallery     2001

Organisations:
Salon Shorts

1st Published:
New Monologues for Women, ed. Haring-Smith & Engelman, Heinemann, 2005   

Music:
-

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Genre:
monologue - dark comedy. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Wild Beats (Agries Notes)

Synopsis:
A marble mason, a guard, a singer and her replacement - who is the captive and who the captor? The play explores the suppression/expression of cultural forms that deviate from the prescribed norms.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Aggelon Vima theatre, Athens     2014 & 2015

Organisations:
Festival of Greek Plays of the 21st century

1st Published:
Sokolis publisher, Athens 2014, BUY at: http://www.sokolis.gr   

Music:
-

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Genre:
inter-connected monologues

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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