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Robin Kingsland

ROBIN KINGSLAND

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    British
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Robin Kingsland trained as an English Teacher, before co-founding Taking Steps Theatre Company in Birmingham. His career has combined writing and acting ever since. as an actor he has appeared in leading roles in Rep and the West end, including roles in High Society, Lennon, Blood Brothers and Rat Pack Confidential, in which he played troubled rat-packer Peter Lawford. Most recently he played Charley Malloy in Steven Berkoff's acclaimed Production of On the Waterfront. His TV writing includes series of Dizzy Heights, Space Vets and Cartoon Critters. He adapted Hazel Townson's the Speckled Panic for Radio, and has written over thirty self-illustrated books for children, including the cult "Doghouse Reilly " Toy-room Noir comedy thrillers Donkey's Don't Just Die and Sitting Ducks, and the O.A. Peabody Spy stories, one of which "there are Pharaohs at the Bottom of my Garden" was shortlisted for the 1998 Children's Book of the Year award.

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         $yn Da Rilla - the Urban Panto         All Quiet On the Western Front         Around the World In Eighty Days         Bambi - A Life In the Forest         Breakin' Out         City Break         Desperate Measures         Elementary, Mr Holmes         Flo White & the $even Dawgs - the Urban Panto         Kat in Kixx - The Urban Panto         Moonstone, The         Mr Biff the Boxer         Pcuk - A Midsummer Night's Remix         Porky Pies         Pretend We're Friends         Princess and the Frog, The         Prospero's Children         Robin Hood         Sea Of Silence         Two Cool Rats         Viva Las Vegas         Wicked         Woyzeck

$yn Da Rilla - the Urban Panto

Synopsis:
Superstar Producer DJ Prince Charmin' is on the search for fresh new talent - and someone who will love him for himself. Downtrodden young cleaner Syn Da Rilla has a big talent and a bigger heart. Happy-ever-after should be just around the corner. . .. But stepmother Eva-Lynn Tent has other plans, that include marrying one of her appalling daughters to DJ Prince Charmin'. . .. Can a Fairy Godmother, an empty can of "Pump-kick" energy drink and Syn Da's BFF Buttunz thwart Eva-Lynn's evil schemes? Will Syn da Rilla escape the deep-dark-quite-possibly-haunted cellar and win the day? And whose foot fits the killer kick? All is revealed in "$YN DA RILLA - THE URBAN PANTO"

Notes:
A narrative twist on one of the British Panto staples. Traditional, family-friendly panto conventions, but blended with an upbeat urban style, featuring street dance, songs & featured original raps.

1st Produced:
Dugdale Centre, Enfield     20 Dec 2012

Organisations:
Pineapple Arts

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Genre:
Urban Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  4 (inc 2 "dames")            Female:  3            Other:  Chorus

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All Quiet On the Western Front

Synopsis:
Paul Baumer, a poetic young man, along with a group of his schoolfriends, is browbeaten by their teacher into joining the "Glorious adventure" of WWI. they soon find out the grim realities. We see the young men taking joy from little victories - the extra rations carelessly ordered before half the battalion was wiped out; the sing song in a bombed out house as it is reduced to rubble around them, an elicit liaison with women across a river on a midnight "mission". But there are also the losses of friends, and the atrocities that are unavoidable - for instance when Paul has to kill an enemy soldier and then lie all night in a shell-hole with the dying man, riven by agonies of conscience. One by one all his schoolfriends die, to be followed by Paul's unofficial "Father figure", Kat. and finally Paul too meets his end in the dying months of a war that has so inured the Germans to loss that dispatches on the day of his death only warrant the single sentence "all Quiet on Western Front"

Notes:
Originally directed by Giles Croft, A cast of ten bring to life erich Maria Remarque's classic WWI novel of A doomed generation, "the men, who even if they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war". In A bombed-out factory set (original des. Phil Brunner), miked up so that hammers raked Across corrugated iron becomes withering machine-gun fire, And slammed grilles explosions, the story unfolds like A testament from pergatory, with the comrades bewildered And surprised to learn of their own deaths.

1st Produced:
Nottingham Playhouse >>>     01 Feb 2006

Organisations:
Nottingham Playhouse

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Around the World In Eighty Days

Synopsis:
Set in a circus, to which Passepartout has returned after his master Phileas Fogg has settled down. When the workers are apparently "late" finishing a break, their new foreman demands to know why. the reason? "We go by the Frenchman". It seems that Fogg's parting gift to Passepartout was his flawlessly accurate timepiece. the workers proceed to tell the story of Fogg's epic journey. With six actors playing all the parts, and a set in which everything from steamships to land yachts to elephants are built before the audiences eyes from the circus paraphernalia, the play tells the story faithfully but points up the softening of Fogg's stiff, starched heart.

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1st Produced:
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch     01 Apr 2007

Organisations:
Cut to the Chase (Dir Bob Carlton)

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Genre:
Comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bambi - A Life In the Forest

Synopsis:
Bambi is born, and explores his new world. He befriends Faline and her slightly frail twin brother, Gobbo, whose mother is convinced he will lead the herd some day. Later, when Man first comes to the forest, Gobbo is too weak to run with the others and is assumed to have been killed. Bambi slowly assumes more authority. When another deer tries to take Faline from him, he fights for her. everybody assumes Bambi will now lead the herd, but suddenly Gobbo returns, having been, not killed, but caught and taken home as a pet. He has the mark of a halter around his neck. He is full of stories of how loving man is - not the monster to be feared that Bambi describes. When man returns there is a battle of wills., which deer will follow Gobbo and run towards Man, and which will run away from him with Bambi. Some follow Gobbo. . . and with him are cut down by the hunters' guns. Bambi, saddened, but now recognised as leader whose instincts are good, takes over the herd, until his own fawn is born to Faline, and the cycle begins again.

Notes:
Based entirely on Felix Salten's original story, with no forest fire, no Thumper, no skunk And no walking on ice, this play revolves Around the subplot - omitted in Disney's version - featuring Gobbo - Another fawn who is eligible to succeed As leader of the heard. Intended for more mature Audiences of 7/9 +, it is A Dramatic story with some humour, And A lot of emotional depth. It Also raises questions About loyalty And politics in A way. (hitherto blocked by Disney Corporation)

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Genre:
Children's theatre

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Breakin' Out

Synopsis:
a group of convicts sing, dance and tell their stories in a series of scenes sketches and vignettes.

Notes:
Commissioned for the 2006 Big Dance initiative, sponsored by the Mayor of London's office, Breakin' Out showcased the talents of Y@P (Youth @ Pineapple), And was A specially commissioned script built Around the group's singing, Acting And street dance Abilities.

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Pineapple Performing Arts School

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City Break

Synopsis:
Having snuck out of their homes for an elicit evening in the city, two young lads miss their last bus and are stranded. they meet a homeless, streetwise lad their own age, but reject his offer to look after them till morning. Before long they are drawn into the underbelly of the city, where they meet a charming but ruthless drug-dealer-to-the-stars; a Drug Lord's "enforcer" Polyphemus; under-age prostitute Calypso, Ty, an aged, homeless, drug-ruined intellectual and Circe, boss of "Transformatrons" - where men can be turned into whatever they want to be for a price. But the lads' homeless benefactor, well aware of the dangers they face, has followed them, and fights tooth and nail to stop them being sucked in and destroyed by the city. . .

Notes:
Developed As part of A writer's course At Performing Arts Labs, this is A modern day retelling of Homer's Odyssey, set in A mythologised Metropolitan City, poised on the edge of the new Millenium. Written for youth theatres, it has A large cast of characters

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Genre:
Youth theatre

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  multiple

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Desperate Measures

Synopsis:
1960s London - the world of Profumo, Christine Keeler and the Kray Twins. Pop singer Milo is condemned to hang under severe new morality laws. His sister Isobel sets out to rescue him. But she's a nun, and the stakes will threaten all that she lives for. . .

Notes:
music and lyrics by Chris Barton; book and lyrics by Robin Kingsland. Based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Elementary, Mr Holmes

Synopsis:
It is 1993 - Jo Watson's's prospective Sister in Law works at the interactive Shelock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker Street. When Jo has to meet her there after hours, a weird cabinet catapults her back one hundred years, where she becomes embroiled in a nasty plot by Moriarty to discredit his arch nemesis, Holmes, along the way, Jo teaches Holmes to rap, warns him of the dangers of smoking, sees what docklands was like before it got gentrified and tries to explain dvds, traffic, and the moon-landings. In turn she learns the joys of scientific curiosity. as Holmes says "Beyond what we understand of the world is darkness. I want to take you to the edge of that darkness and have you say. . . "I wonder.."" Thwarted, Moriarty tries to escape into the twentieth Century but Jo drives him bluffing that her label-maker is a 20th century superweapon. Holmes follows Moriarty back to the 1890's - and their shared destiny at the Reichenbach Falls

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Genre:
Play for 7-10's Children's theatre

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Flo White & the $even Dawgs - the Urban Panto

Synopsis:
When needy fading pop-star, Belladonna Bianco, learns from her magic mirror that stepdaughter Snow White has a secret life as up and coming rapper MC "Ice-Flo" White, she gets seriously vengeful. She contacts the Panto Baddie Hotline (one-one hate, one-one hate) and hires the Hench Gang to do away with her "rival". Meanwhile Prince Bertram, having discovered hip-hop in his first term at university, demands to be called "Korg E" and sets out in search of a rapper by Royal Appointment. Will Belladonna succeed in her fiendish plan before Korg E can hire Flo White? Can Flo's loyal friend Muddles stand by while "Korg E" wins the heart of the girl he loves? And are diminutive rap cru "the $even Dawgs" the original "shrink rappers"? The audience finds out in "FLO WHITE & THE $EVEN DAWGS"

Notes:
A narrative twist on one of the British Panto staples. Traditional, family-friendly panto conventions, but blended with an upbeat urban style, featuring street dance, songs & featured original raps.

1st Produced:
Dugdale Centre, Enfield     14 Dec 2013

Organisations:
Pineapple Arts

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Urban Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  3 lead 2 featured            Female:  3 lead 2 featured            Other:  Chorus & minor roles

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Kat in Kixx - The Urban Panto

Synopsis:
When broke Maxxi Miller finds she has inherited something from a rich second cousin, she's thrilled. When that is nothing but one skanky-looking cat, she's dumped. This cat, though, is no run-of-the-mill moggy. For one thing, it promises to solve all Maxxi's problems in return for a new pair of box-fresh kixx, and the best snap-back cap on Dottie's stall. The moment the kixx are on his feet, the cat becomes Kitt Kat - half-cat, half -man- all charm and street smarts. Meanwhile, reality show millionaire Sir Alvin Treacle's problem is his spoilt daughter. He's promised her a private theme-park. He's even selected an old factory site to build it on - the very site that Maxxi, Dottie and Free-Zee are desperate to save. It turns out Kitt has his problems too - in the shape of shape-shifting sorceress Circe, She turned him into a cat, and now she's determined to take the last of his nine lives! Can the factory be saved? Will Dottie find love, or make money from her stall? Can Kitt, Maxxi and their friends escape the evil clutches of Sorceress Circe and her Gormless "Guardgoyles". And just who is Otto Von Bottel of Melk?

Notes:
Robin's third Urban Panto, inspired by the original tale of "Puss in Boots", This one featured a gymastic cat, a UV statue dance, a spectacular comedy "robbery", In which Kitt Kat beats himself up to make Maxxie look like a hero, and a clove story told entirely with Trainer brand names - and where else would you see a wicked sorceress tricked into turning herself into a bottle of milk!!

1st Produced:
Dugdale Centre, Enfield     12 Dec 2014

Organisations:
Pineapple Arts

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  Ensemble (flexible)

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Moonstone, The

Synopsis:
the play opens with the desecration of a hindu Temple and the theft of the Moonstone by the tempestuous Captain Herncastle. the action then moves to england, where various witnesses are called to give their accounts of actions following the theft of the jewel after it has been presented to Herncastle's neice as a birthday present. each narrator: Gabriel Betteredge, major domo to the family house who lives by the wisdom of "Robin son Crusoe" - having need of no other book; Miss Clack, the tract-pushing busybody; the retired detective Cuff - each has a distinctive point of view and voice as Wilkie Collin's original detective story unfolds with suspects, plot twists and personal tragedies all encompassed within its plot, before a chase through London's docklands and the surprising revelation of the true culprit.

Notes:
an Adaptation of the first detective whodunit by Wilkie Collins. Written for A cast of 8, with A fast moving And fluid playing style, the story is staged As And enquiry into the events, Allowing its multi-narrator style, Along with the strong Characters of those narrators to survive.

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Genre:
Detective Thriller

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Mr Biff the Boxer

Synopsis:
an adaptation of the ahlberg Classic from the "Happy Families" series. When Mr Bopp is invited to box for a charity event, his friend Mr. Biff is put out. the two men fall out and pretty soon their children are at loggerheads too. Can the two wives manage to keep their own friendship intact and get their warring families to see that friendship is more important than pride? and can Mr. Biff lose the flab and get fit again?

Notes:
adapted from A.ahlberg

1st Produced:
Quicksilver Theatre Company     1989

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Genre:
Children's theatre adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pcuk - A Midsummer Night's Remix

Synopsis:
It is the eve of the wedding of Duke theseus to R&B Diva, Hip-hopolyta. "Ciao" Magazine" are busy snapping pictures and stroking egos. But elsewhere, the path of true love is definitely not running so smoothly. Hermia wants to elope with Zander - a Club DJ, instead of marrying her father's favoured choice, Demetrius. Meanwhile Demetrius' ex, Helena is still pining after him. elsewhere, in his "Hood in the wood" Byron, leader of a very Street-Chic Crew of elves, has fallen out with Tania, his fairy wife, setting fairy and Elvish worlds at odds. Feeling belittled and Disrespected, Byron, with the help of his Chauffer-Gopher Puck, plans a spiteful revenge, putting a spell on Tania to fall in love with a beast. and somewhere nearby, pretentious Quincy and his rapper crew rehearse his cultural fusion of Rap and Opera, "the "Rappera" of Pyramus and Thisbe" which they are hoping to perform at the wedding celebrations. . . . . the stage is set for a catalogue of comic confusions, catfights and misplaced love potions, before somehow, all is set right again

Notes:
Written in blank verse, but in A completely up-to-date, street smart idiom, this show was presented As A hip-hop musical, with original rap lyrics - including the renditon of "Pyramus And Thisbe" in rap, And featuring in its premiere production exuberant street dance from it's young, multi-talented cast.

1st Produced:
Leicester Square Theatre, London     12 Jul 2010

Organisations:
Pineapple Performing Arts School

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  10            Other:  ensemble (flexible)

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Porky Pies

Synopsis:
Bea Bear, while covering the trial of the three wolves for multiple crimes, accidentally aids their escape by giving them her "Lucky" paperclip, with which they promptly pick the lock of their cell. Now Bea enlists the aid of detective Polly Flinders to prove her first instinct, - that there is more to this case than meets the Private eye. Polly follows the clues, that lead her to Mary Mary, Mother Hubbard, the Three Little Pigs, Bo Peep, notorious cat-dunker Tommy Thin and a host of other nursery characters as you've never seen them before, leading to the unmasking of the true culprit and the real reason for the crime wave that has shaken the area. . ..

Notes:
a play written for School productions, with witty And original songs ranging from Bo Peep's country And western song "the Only ewe That I Adore" to the wolves plea for understanding. With no lead characters, And the cast split into groups, it is designed to be easy to stage And rehearse. Sheet music is included with the script.

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-     2001

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1st Published:
a&C Black ("Curtain Up" series), 2000   978-0713653700

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Genre:
children's musical comedy play Youth audience

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  flexible

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Pretend We're Friends

Synopsis:
a new child arrives at the child-minders, to the consternation of the sole regular child. at first the newcomer is unwelcome and each toy he picks up is taken from him and stockpiled. But slowly, through a sort of ritual, and through their own make-believe play, the barriers are removed. . .

Notes:
at the time, A groundbreaking pre-school show commissioned by Quicksilver theatre. Written in collaboration with Fiona Shepherd, An early years' practitioner, based on first hand observations And talking to pre-schoolers, And with genuine Audience participation with no "pre-set" Answers.

1st Produced:
Quicksilver     1992

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Genre:
Children's theatre

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Princess and the Frog, The

Synopsis:
A haughty princess looses a gold ball down a well. A frog retrieves it but only after getting the princess to make certain promises

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1st Produced:
Neville Studios, Nottingham Playhouse     Dec 2016

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Prospero's Children

Synopsis:
On a remote island, bitter Prospero studies magic and plots revenge on the brother who marooned him. Meanwhile his three daughters suffer in different ways - ariel, the eldest, expected to take responsibility for everything, including her sisters; Caliban the middle child, determined to get attention, even by bad behaviour, and youngest Miranda, adored but patronised and over-protected. When Prospero's conjured storm brings old enemies and new friends to the island, he soon finds that he cannot control everything. . ..

Notes:
Shakespeare's "the Tempest" re-imagined in modern blank verse As A story of forgiveness, redemption And family relationships: "full of light And sparkle. . .. "the Tempest" has Always been one of my favourite Shakespeare plays And I have seen four productions of it - this one which did not Aim so high flew the furthest." "Flying inkpot reviews", English Speaking theatre of Singapore

1st Produced:
National Tour     1998

Organisations:
Quicksilver Theatre Company

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Genre:
Childrens' play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Robin Hood

Synopsis:
Robin Hood is the wayward son of a Nobleman. Poaching the King' s deer with his commoner friend, the two boys are caught. Robin is horrified when he is let off, but his friend is taken to be hanged. Shamed and guilt-ridden, Robin runs away to France. He returns to find his Father dispossessed, his lands confiscated and himself declared outlaw. Prince John is in charge and injustice is rife. Robin sees the corruption all around him and, when he is held up by Little John and Will Scarlett, he instead enlists their help to rob an avaricious Bishop. Before long robin's fame has spread and his band of dependants has grown. He helps an impoverished knight to retain the lands he was about to be cheated of, but when the sheriff of Nottingham declares war on the outlaw, the scene is set for a Dramatic showdown. Betrayed by a common murderer who is embittered to be refused entry to Robin's band, Robin is captured, and only a daring trick on the scaffold itself can save him.

Notes:
Inspired by the original ballads And legends, which tell of A hero outlawed, not by injustice, but by his own failings, this more layered than Average children's version of Robin Hood is brooding "dark knight" rather than A chortling hero in Lincoln green, making up for his earlier failings, And plagued by doubts that he is strong enough to take the burden of so many trusting him to fight oppression. For All that, the play buckles A swash with the best of them, And has plenty of lighter moments And high Adventure to keep An Audience entertained. And Peace is still restored with the return of Coer de Leon!

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Genre:
Play for 7 and up Children's theatre

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sea Of Silence

Synopsis:
a soldier returns from war to marry his sweetheart and settle back to life in his fishing. But his oldest friend has also returned with a comrade who soon turns against our hero. Pushed to the limit he throws himself into the sea to drown, but a magic turtle that his young wife has spared from the cookpot promises to keep him safe - if she stays silent for a period of time. Prevented from speaking out against the bully, she is forced to suffer at his hands, but following the turtle's advice, she clings to her last grain of self-belief, and survives to see her husband return. after his own adventure under the sea.

Notes:
a play About bullying, but set As A faux "Japanese Folk Tale". Dealing with A difficult subject without providing pat solutions or easy happy-endings. Quicksilver theatre toured this powerful And gripping show twice to great Acclaim, And Mexico's Grupo 55 have toured it several times.

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Organisations:
Quicksilver Theatre

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Two Cool Rats

Synopsis:
Due to an administrational error, Frank and Dean find themselves awakened in the vaults of a Las Vegas cryogenic facility. With no-one to talk to and nothing to do, the reminisce, catch up on the news, and play to an imaginary audience, before a nurse comes to tell them it's been a mistake and refreeze them. But what if the two cool rats don't want to be re-popsicled?

Notes:
Commissioned by two seasoned Rat-Pack impersonators, this was A cabaret format And script featuring Dean And Frank, plus A guest female singer As the nurse. the show incorporated some of the duo's classic exchanges, plus new material written in the style of the sands shows banter And witty new topical lyrics to some old standards.

1st Produced:
Pizza On The Park     2004

Organisations:
Two Cool Rats Prod.

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Cabaret

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Viva Las Vegas

Synopsis:
Troy and Casey have run away to get married in Vegas. But Troy doesn't have a ring. When he meets a backstreet dealer and offers money in exchange for a "Rock" the guy rips him off and leaves him with hardly any cash. and when he threatens to gamble the rest to try and win some back, Casey and he have a huge row. they go their separate ways, and embarking on min-odysseys of self-realisation, they each discover a deeper and more lasting meaning of love. Reconciled, Troy turns his back on the crap tables, but with his last fling of the dice, he wins just enough for them to go home and get married properly. . .

Notes:
Specially commissioned As A linking narrative to suit the sings And dances learned in that term by PPaS students.

1st Produced:
Shaw Theatre Euston Road, London     2004

Organisations:
Pineapple Performing Arts School

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Comedy Musical

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Wicked

Synopsis:
Concerned with bullying

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Quicksilver     2002

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-

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Music:
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Woyzeck

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Buchner

1st Produced:
The Playhouse, Nottingham     12 Apr 2012

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Genre:
Adaptation

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