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Sarah Sigal

SARAH SIGAL

  
Nationality:    USA
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Sarah Sigal has a BA in English Literature and Theatre Arts from Gettysburg College and an MA in Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths College where she has recently completed a PhD on the role of the writer in collaborative theatre-making. She is a writer, dramaturg and director working in physical theatre, radio, devised work, live art, site-specific theatre, new writing and cabaret. Her most recent writing credits include Alices Adventures in the New World, which was produced at the Old Red Lion in 2010 and went on a national tour in 2011, and The Odyssey, which was produced at the Albany Theatre in 2012. Additionally, she has made work for the Shunt Vaults, the Union Theatre, the Cheltenham Everyman, the Arcola, the Edinburgh Festival, the Bike Shed, the Rondo, the Etcetera, the Bunker, the Rosemary Branch, Theatre503 and Horse Trade Theatre in NY. Sarah is currently working on a book about the role of the writer in collaborative theatre for Palgrave Macmillan. She is the Writer-in-Residence for Fluff Productions and the Creative Director of the performance-events company Hush-Hush Hoopla. Originally, from Chicago, she currently resides in London. - See more at: http://parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/world-enough-and-time/creatives#sthash.3eEtv2TX.dpuf

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         Alice's Adventures in the New World         Better Deal, The         Dogfight         Merry Christmas from the Bailey Family         Odyssey, The         This is a Test. This is Only a Test         World Enough and Time

Alice's Adventures in the New World

Synopsis:
All-female company fluff productions are pushing an Agenda with Sarah Sigal's Alice's Adventures in the New World, which forsakes Carroll's allegorical Wonderland for a dialectic quest across America in search of a literal and figurative feminist ideal. Subtle it ain't, but it is rollicking good fun. This alternate Alice (Ailsa Ilott), whose discombobulated naivete hides a steely core of unassailable common sense, manages to avoid tumbling down any rabbit holes, but still runs across plenty of colourful (and instructive) characters. the object of her search is her mother: not the victim of a hunting accident at all, but rather a divorcee (gasp!) living in America. Yes, this is the Victorian era, when accidental death really was more socially acceptable than divorce - making it the perfect setting in which to explore fluff's gender agenda. Alice is seeking her mother to find out why she abandoned her husband and children, a question (it transpires) only answerable by asking larger questions about gender equality: is it automatically a woman's responsibility to raise her children? and what does a woman get out of marriage anyway? Alice never finds herself short of advice on that score. From a nymphomaniac poet, who advises forsaking polite society altogether in favour of self-gratification, to a New York debutante interested only in snaring a wealthy husband, to the sage wisdom of one Mr Wilde, Alice's journey is a parade of entertaining archetypes.
- Matt Boothman, British theatre Guide

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fluff productions

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Better Deal, The

Synopsis:
New exploration of female sexuality in this story of six women working in the adult entertainment industry

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written by Christopher Brandon And Sarah Sigal

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Dogfight

Synopsis:
Cynthia and Bob have a problem. A canine problem. the gardening gloves are off, the binoculars are out and all because of a couple of dogs . . . American suburbia erupts into chaos in this hilarious and bitingly sharp new satire.

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part of ShorTheatre Companyuts 2006

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Short play One Act

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Merry Christmas from the Bailey Family

Synopsis:
family values

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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)

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short play

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Odyssey, The

Synopsis:
A promenade performance that takes the audience on a man hunt down seemingly normal high streets and into the heart of this classic story. Help Telemachus find news of his father and experience an epic adventure. Telemachus has invited you to join him at his Father's house. Only his war hero Father is not there, he's been missing for the last ten years. Desperate to discover the truth, Telemachus asks you, the audience, to go on your own Odyssey and bring back news of wily Odysseus. On your journey you may come across gods and goddesses, nymphs and monsters, death and desire when an everyday high street becomes the back drop to some bizarre and brilliant stories. Expect a journey into the unknown, dress for the weather and let the adventure begin...

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inspired by Homer re-written by Vic Bryson, Sarah Sigal and Michael wragg

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Teatro Vivo

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Genre:
promenade performance

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  doubling

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This is a Test. This is Only a Test

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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)

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short play

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World Enough and Time

World Enough and Time
2014. Celia appears to be the woman who has it all--a high-flying career, financial security and a picture-perfect family. . .But then a friend from her past re-appears and the certainties of her spotless life start to crumble. . .1936. Pamela, a journalist, is assigned to interview little-known American socialite Wallis Simpson. What starts as piece on cocktails and couture becomes more dangerous when she meets Charlie, an MI5 agent monitoring the relationships between Simpson, the Prince of Wales and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. . . . 1647. With the men of the village away fighting, Lady Annes Royalist household is struggling to survive the winter with Cromwell's Army bearing down on them. When Joan, Annes illegitimate half-sister and suspected witch, shows up on her doorstep looking for protection, Anne is faced with a terrible choice. . . . World Enough and Time interweaves these three stories in a provocative new play about womens lives in political landscapes.

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1st Produced:
Dalston Bunker, London    09 Jul 2013

Organisations:
fluff productions

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Playdead Press, 2014   -

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Play/Drama

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