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Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

1998

Royal Court Young Peoples Season

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2005

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Tricycle Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2009

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in The great game: Afghanistan, Oberon Books, London (2009) >>>

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part of a three month long festival about the culture and history of Afghanistan. Entitled The Great Game: Afghanistan. The festival will be divided into three parts, each focusing on a period of Afghan history: 1996 - 2009 : Enduring Freedom

Simon Stephens ensured that the long trek ended on a high, after a second short Verbatim piece compiled by Richard Norton-Taylor, the Tricycle's resident specialist. These brought us right up to date, with an idea of the possible impact of President Obama's Afghan strategy seen from the viewpoints of both sides in the struggle, NATO, Oxfam, the UN and the US. Stephens shows us a pair of British soldiers, getting the demotic blokeish speech absolutely right as Private Kendall (Hugh Skinner) explains that he is there fighting for his mates, while Tom McKay's Sergeant Watkins has nobler ambitions. He has an ideological hatred of the Taliban and wants to save the people from their occupation. So far so good. In the second scene, we move to Watkins' home at two in the morning where it becomes clear that his social commitment doesn't extend to Jemima Rooper as his wife and the young son whom he is unable to look in the eye, having effectively sacrificed them to the cause. .
- British Theatre Guide

Bush Theatre, London >>>

2004

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Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2003

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People don't mourn out of love, they mourn out of fear and the fear makes them stop. Michael, Billy and Giuseppe are biding their time before Christmas away from their loved ones. When Charlie comes in with his cello, and a fear of stepping outside the door because he's been told today is the day that he'll die, they know that this'll be a long night. Set over the course of one night in a bar in East London, Simon Stephens' play is a slow-burning, evocative play about selling up, growing old and moving on.

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

2004

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Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2004

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A story of crime and redemption, starting at the mouth of the River Thames and moving across England over twenty years. It begins with a life choice for Jamie Carris and ends with a re-union with his young daughter. It is also a story about a killer.

Cottesloe, National Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2008

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Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2008

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In her late forties, Harper Regan suddenly leaves her family in the suburbs of West London and sets off on a mission to see her father before he dies. Her journey becomes a road trip through the heart of England in this violent and comic exploration of the moralities of sex and death.

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

2001

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Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2001

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Set around Limehouse Cut and the Lee River in East London, Herons is the disturbing and moving story of fourteen-year-old Billy, whose life has been made a misery by his father's actions. As the teenagers that surround him on the estate step up their campaign of bullying, the play escalates to a violent climax

Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London >>>

2006

Royal Court Theatre 50 Season

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2006

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Danny returns from Basra to a foreign England and a different kind of battle. He visits an old flame, buys a gun and goes on a blistering road trip through the new home front. 'I don't blame the war. The war was alright. I miss it. It's just you come back to this.' Written during the London bombings of 2005, Motortown is a fierce, violent and controversial response to the anti-war movement - and to the war itself. Chaotic and complex, powerful and provocative, Simon Stephen's new play portrays a volatile and morally insecure world.

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, UK >>>

2005

National Theatre, London >>>

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2005

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Something is about to happen that will change one family forever. Set over the course of nine months, On the Shore of the Wide World is an epic play about love, family, Roy Keane and the size of the galaxy.

Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield >>>

2003

ATheatre Company, London >>>

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2004

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Robert Evans is new to the police force, and his enthusiasm for the case is keener than that of his cynical colleague Gary Burroughs. They're both looking for a missing child. But as the mother, Dr Anne Schults, wants to know, when does "missing" become "presumed dead"? Simon Stephens' new play is a disquieting portrait of the many lives that are united in the single moment it takes for a child to disappear.

Edinburgh: Traverse Theatre, Scotland, EUR >>>

2008

co-production with Birmingham Rep

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2008

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English language premiere. Pornography was first produced at Schauspielhaus, Hanover in June 2007

captures Britain as it crashes from the euphoria and promise of 2012 into the chaos and reality of 7/7

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, UK >>>

2002

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Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2002

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Stockport 1988-2002. Rachel Keats is growing up in town she doesn't like. Abandoned by her mother, her family life is torn to tatters as she is left to bring up her younger brother, who, increasingly is drawn to the excitement out on the streets. When her new partner starts to abuse her, and those she loves leave her behind, will she stay or will she find the strength to make her own way in the world?

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London, EUR >>>

2009

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Punk Rock about a group of "A" level students in a private sixth form college in Stockport

Bush Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2008

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Part of the Broken Space Season - plays that are performed either with domestic lighting or in semi-darkness

a quietly gripping monologue about grief and belief performed in the dying light of a winter's evening.
- Lyn Gardner, Guardian