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STEVE THOMPSON |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Independent Talent Group Limited |
Steve trained on the RADA playwrights' course. His first pI.ay, Damages, was commissioned with the support of the Peggy Ramsay Award. It was performed at The Bush Theatre in 2004 and won the Arts Council's Meyer-Whitworth Award for new writing. In 2005 he was made Pearson writer in residence at The Bush. He has developed a three part serial for the BBC, a single drama for Granada, a film for Channel S and is writing on the new Carnival/ITV serial Whistleblowers, due for broadcast in 2007. Steve is married to the media barrister Lorna Skinner and they live in Heitfordshire with their three children.
Plays by Steve Thompson
Damages | ||
| 1st Produced: | 02 Jun 2004 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Josef Weinberger, London, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43052 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | virilically funny play about newspaper tabloid morality. Do we or don't we print this nude picture of a television celebrity? Cui Bono? Who will profit? Who will suffer? Does it matter? | |||||
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No Naughty Bits | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 3EU >>> | 08 Sep 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848422056 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126425 | |||
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Genre: | comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Inspired by a true story, this gloriously funny play investigates the nature of comedy, the operation of censorship, and the complex misunderstandings implicit in the Anglo-American relationship. In December 1975, Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast coast to coast in the US. It was the Pythons' first time on a major network. . . but somebody cut out all the naughty bits! Undismayed, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam flew to New York to persuade the network to reinstate the cuts - and, somewhat by accident, found themselves at the centre of a landmark court case concerning freedom of expression and the protection of artistic integrity. . . | |||||
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Roaring Trade | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Jan 2009 | |||||
Company: | Paines Plough/Soho Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781848420403 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #92222 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Fast-paced and astute, Roaring Trade exposes just how far people go for the highest-risk jobs in the City. Pressure is mounting on the bond traders' floor and millions stand to be lost or won. Jess is playing FTSE with the clients, PJ's practising his poker face for bonus day, and superstar trader Donny's in danger of losing his crown to the new boy. Could they be headed for more than a financial crisis? | |||||
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Song Of The City | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
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 | #99750 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Notes: | Part of Soho Theatre's season "Everything Must Go" Short rapid response pieces relating to the economic crisis. | |||||
Synopsis: | jaunty musical number in two parts, Song of the City, handily breaking down the timeline of the crisis | |||||
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Whipping It Up | ||
| 1st Produced: | 08 Nov 2006 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1854599575 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #58471 | |||
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Genre: | satirical farce Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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| It's a week before Christmas, and the new Tory government is facing dissent over its latest Bill. With a majority of only three, the Whips' office is out in full force, and they'll stop at nothing to keep the strays in line. But they're in for a long night: boy scouts are rioting in Whitehall, the PM's golfing with the President, five Tory rebels are on the loose and the Chief Whip's playing at Santa - could this be the beginnings of a leadership challenge? Whipping It Up is a fast-moving switchback of a play, with more twists and double-bluffs than a poker game between conmen. | |||||
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