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Alan Gordon

ALAN GORDON

  
Nationality:    Scottish
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Alan is an Edinburgh-based playwright, originally hailing from Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway. He graduated from Queen Margaret University with a BA (Hons) in Drama and Theatre Arts after specialising in playwriting. One of the Traverse 50, a group of emerging playwrights who were supported by Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Alan has also been mentored by Playwrights' Studio Scotland and was a recipient of their New Playwright Award in 2016. Working with Edinburgh-based Youth Theatre and Young Company, Strange Town, he has had two plays run at the Traverse (Last Night Me and What Now / What Next).

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Alan Gordon's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Buffer         Dinner For Four         Last Night Me         Meet You For the Bells         Occupy Meadows         Passing Glance         Snow White And the 7 Delinquents         Teach Me         Tinseltrash         What Now / What Next
Buffer

Synopsis:
We type, we mail, we text, we Skype, we friend, but in a world that is more connected than ever, what happens when we strip away technology and remove the buffer between ourselves and reality? Join three 20-something examples of the first generation to grow up texting and Facebook-ing their way through life and for whom face-to-face communications, and even talking on the phone, have fast become relics of a bygone era. A new play by Traverse 50 writer, Alan Gordon ***** (EdinburghGuide.com, Teach Me, 2012).

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1st Produced:
Thespace On North Bridge, Edinburgh Fringe Festival     01 Aug 2014

Organisations:
Thrive Theatre

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New writing, Comedy, 45 minutes

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Dinner For Four

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part of Shortened Attention Span Horror Fest

1st Produced:
Players Theatre, NY     2008

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Shortened attention Span

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Short Play

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Last Night Me

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Meet You For the Bells

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1st Produced:
The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh     16 Dec 2012

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Strange Town Young Company

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Occupy Meadows

Synopsis:
One day. One Park. One tragedy. Join our wandering minstrel as he explores the lives and loves of our ill-fated collective. Its time to Occupy Meadows.

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1st Produced:
The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh     17 Jun 2012

Organisations:
Strange Town 14-18s

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Passing Glance

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One city, 50 writers, 50 plays, 25,000 words. In celebration of our 50th anniversary, we invited fifty emergent playwrights to work with us over the course of our birthday year. the worldwide search for the Traverse Fifty started last September with a challenge to write a 500-word Play for Edinburgh. Of the 630 applications, we selected the most urgent voices to form our Traverse Fifty. In January, these 50 plays were premiered all together, in one epic performance. This August, in the midst of our Festival Fever, we are re-staging these extraordinary plays, over two thrilling nights. This is your chance to see the future.

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5 min play

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Snow White And the 7 Delinquents

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With step-mummy raging at her magic Mirror App and Prince Charming desperate to be Heat's "Torso of the Week", its up to seven teenage tearaways to point Snow towards her, like, totally happy ending.

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1st Produced:
The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh     08 Dec 2012

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Strange Town Young Company

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Teach Me

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When did you learn to ride a bike? Did a maths exam ever leave you in a cold sweat? Does anyone really enjoy pureed broccoli canapes? Simon is 18. Emma is not. Both have a lot to learn. Fresh from last year's Hex, 'startlingly talented' (Joyce McMillan), Strange Town theatre Company returns with a hilarious coming-of-age tale for our all-too-modern world. Alan Gordon, 'A beautiful eye for detail in his dialogue' (FringeGuru.com), delivers a brand new comedy for anyone who's ever had a first time. Sometimes, you just need someone to teach you.

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1st Produced:
Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe     02 Aug 2012

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Strange Town Young Company

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Genre:
50 min comedy

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Tinseltrash

Synopsis:
the Christmas show for people who don't like Christmas

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written by Alan Gordan, Tim Primrose and sam Siggs

1st Produced:
The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh     18 Dec 2012

Organisations:
Strangetown Theatre Company

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Genre:
Christmas Show

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What Now / What Next

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