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Oscar Lumley-Watson

OSCAR LUMLEY-WATSON

  (1961 - )
Nationality:    Jamaican (BAME)
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Born Kingston, Jamaica. aka Oscar Watson. Oscar was educated at a West London Grammar School and obtained a BA in Drama and English at Norwich. He taught Drama for a year before training as a director at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Since then he has run a youth project at the Albany Empire; run the London Lesbian and Gay Centre and a number of other gay clubs. He also has run a pub Theatre. He is a director of the Actors Centre and a co-ordinator of the Black Theatre Forum. Named Oscar Watson but he is now known As Oscar Lumley-Watson

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below is a list of Oscar Lumley-Watson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Battie-Man Blues         Flatmates         Quick, Phyllis: Grab A Dyke And Dance Your Way Out: It's A Raid!!
Battie-Man Blues

Synopsis:
Battieman is an abusive word of Caribbean origin for homosexual. Lloyd, a fashion photographer is picked up by Paul and they spend the night together. they talk about their lives and the pressures of being black and gay. "Come the revolution, when they line up the gays against one wall and the blacks against another, I wont know where to stand."

Notes:
Battie-Man Blues was written under the name Oscar Watson but he is now known As Oscar Lumley-Watson.

1st Produced:
Lilian Baylis Theatre, London     04 Nov 1993

Organisations:
Truly Fierce Productions

1st Published:
Playtext: National Theatre BBPA/4/28   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Flatmates

Synopsis:
about guys tussling for the affection of their female flatmate, premieres, more episodes are in the pipeline.

Notes:
written by Oscar Watson and Clive King

1st Produced:
Bird's Nest Theatre, London     19 Apr 2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
pilot of a TV style sitcom

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Quick, Phyllis: Grab A Dyke And Dance Your Way Out: It's A Raid!!

Synopsis:
Heaven Nightclub, London, 1979; a house in Hampstead; Brompton Road Cemetry

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Albany Empire Studio, London     1987

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playtext: National Theatre BBPA/4/31   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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