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LEMN SISSAY |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Lakin McCarthy Entertainment |
Lemn Sissay is Artist in Residence at The South Bank Centre, London (2007-8). He has held numerous writer-in-residencies around the world. In January 2008, he was British Council Writer-in-Residence, at The State University of California, Los Angeles. Author of four poetry collections: Tender Fingers in a Clenched Fist (1988); Rebel Without Applause (1992); Morning Breaks in the Elevator (1999) and The Emperor's Watchmaker (2000) and the editor of The Fire People: A Collection of Contemporary Black British Poets (1998). His work is extensively anthologised and he is a regular contributor to Poetry Review. His previous stage plays are Chaos By Design (1994) and Storm (2003). Something Dark toured nationally and internationally, was adapted for Radio 3 and won the RIMA award (2006). His latest play, The Lost Boys of Africa, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (November 2007) and he has been commissioned by the West Yorkshire Playhouse to write the adaptation of Benjamin Zephaniah's book, Refugee Boy (2008). His next collection of poems Listener (working title) will be published by Canongate (September 2008) and a new poem will be unveiled - inlaid in a sculpture - in The City of London in the same year.
Plays by Lemn Sissay
OK Systems | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #32410 | |||
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Genre: | play Ten Min | |||||
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One Man Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #32411 | |||
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Genre: | Solo Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Something Dark | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | Apples & Snakes in association with BAC | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43782 | |||
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Genre: | Performance Piece Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Sissay was brought up as a lone black face in Northern children's homes, the piece charts his rocky life story | |||||
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Storm | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #32412 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Why I Don't Hate White People | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | Artsadmin | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93345 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | a brief journey around racism, guilt, denial, political correctness and the meaning of colour. | |||||
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