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Kevan Ogden

KEVAN OGDEN

  
Nationality:    British
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Kevan Ogden's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Another Life         Click         Disappearing Act, A         Ersatz         Johnnie from the Blue         Last English Eagle, The         Leaving for Luskentyre         One to One         Outside In         Separate Together         Snoopers         Summerland         Sunlight on the Moors

Another Life

Synopsis:
Darren has constructed a virtual self but he's already living a virtual life.

Notes:
Given a read through at Live Theatre - an excerpt was featured on two nights in 2011.

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Click

Synopsis:
Martin is trying to make a new life as a studio photographer but what is haunting him?

Notes:
Selected for 10 minute "Short Cuts" programme on the theme "Poetic Licence". The play has now been extended to 45 minutes and re-titled "Click-Click"

1st Produced:
Live Theatre, Newcastle    07 Nov 2011

Organisations:
Live Theatre, Newcastle

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Music:
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Genre:
ten min play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Disappearing Act, A

Synopsis:
Why has Yasmin made the decision to wear a burkha?

Notes:
Selected for 10 minute "Short Cuts" programme. A Disappearing Act was voted winner in the "Escape" theme.

1st Produced:
Live Theatre, Newcastle    08 Jul 2010

Organisations:
Live Theatre, Newcastle

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Music:
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Genre:
ten min play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Ersatz

Synopsis:
Ersatz tells the story of a contemporary two grown up child professional family, that out of the blue is stricken with tragedy. Long buried hurts and suppressed disappointments snake through the left over lives that they have to live in the new circumstances that they are now placed in - review.

Notes:
Winner of the People's Prize 2012

1st Produced:
People's Theatre , Newcastle    20 Nov 2012

Organisations:
People's Theatre , Newcastle

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5 (or with doubling 3)            Other:  -

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Johnnie from the Blue

Synopsis:
Tom and Jessica are rehearsing a play about Amy Johnson. Roisin is the director. Amy's life is performed - their own lives also prove to be a drama.

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Genre:
Drama with humour

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Last English Eagle, The

Synopsis:
An eagle (the last of its kind in England) circles above the hotel where Neil had his honeymoon and to which he has returned to commit suicide.

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Genre:
Drama with humour

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Leaving for Luskentyre

Synopsis:
A play about memories, hopes and appetites.

Notes:
Sexual content - definitely for an adult audience

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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One to One

Synopsis:
Two lovers in East Germany consider the possibilty one of them was working for the Stasi.

Notes:
Selected for 10 minutes "Short Cuts" programme on the theme of "Duplicity".

1st Produced:
Live Theatre, Newcastle    01 Apr 2010

Organisations:
Live Theatre, Newcastle

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
ten min play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Outside In

Synopsis:
Something is stopping Don from leaving his room. His sister Angela has tried her best - maybe an obscure figure from the past will have better luck.

Notes:
John Hargrave developed a navigation system that was stolen and used in Concorde - he founded the Kibbo Kift and the Greenshirts - he became a faith healer - and yet nobody appears to have heard of him.

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Genre:
Drama / comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Separate Together

Synopsis:
Vanessa and Gordon have come to the decision that they can't live together. The trouble is they can't sell their house either so it has to be split into zones. Confusion leads to farce and thence to drama when they each decide to bring a date home.

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Genre:
Drama / farce

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Snoopers

Synopsis:
It's 2013 and Nicola, her friend and boyfriend are finding it hard to carve a life out for themselves. When Nicola is handed her great grandmother's box a life lived out during 1937 unfurls itself. Betrayal lurks in both periods.

Notes:
Long-listed for the Verity Bargate Award 2013

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4 (or 3 with doubling)            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Summerland

Synopsis:
Oliver Lodge is a rational scientist so why is he championing belief in an after-life? Are the two mediums conning him - or is there such a place as "Summerland"?

Notes:
In 1916 Oliver Lodge's son Raymond reputedly began communicating with him "from the other side". The play is based on historical "fact".

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sunlight on the Moors

Synopsis:
It is 1920. Lord Leverhulme, born in Bolton 69 years before, is at his summer home in Rivington when the celebrated and eccentric artist, Augustus John, arrives to paint his portrait. A warm and witty mixture of fact and fiction, the world premiere of 'Sunlight On The Moors' explores family tensions, the legacy of World War I, the paradox behind philanthropic industrialisation and the nature of art itself - director's notes.

Notes:
The production won 3 Greater Manchester Drama Federation Awards for 2014: best director, best supporting actor and the special "adventure in theatre" award. It was also nominated for best production.

1st Produced:
Bolton Little Theatre    10 May 2014

Organisations:
Bolton Little Theatre

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  6 (or 4)            Female:  2 (0r 4)            Other:  -

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