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Irvine Welsh

IRVINE WELSH

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    Scottish
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Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is recognised for his novel Trainspotting, which was later made into a critically acclaimed film of the same name. His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect, and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

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         Babylon Heights         Creatives         Ecstasy         Headstate         Performers         You'll Have Had Your Hole
Babylon Heights

Babylon Heights
MGM are making the film "the Wizard of Oz". they have recruited people from all over the States to play the Munchkins. they are all put up in the same hotel. If you put four dwarfs in one room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears. . .

Notes:
written by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh

1st Produced:
Exit Theatre, San Francisco     14 Jun 2006

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1st Published:
Vintage Books, London (2006)   

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Creatives

Synopsis:
The pupils in a song writing class are asked to write and perform a song. The best one will be judged by a former pupil who has gone on to great things

Notes:
Written with Don De Gracia

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Fringe Festival     2019

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Genre:
Musical

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Ecstasy

Synopsis:
Lloyd has a transfiguring passion for the unhappily married Heather. Together they explore the true nature of house music and chemical romance. Irvine Welsh's tale is guaranteed to set the heart aflutter and pulses racing.

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Organisations:
Easy Tiger Productions

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Headstate

Synopsis:
about 4 young clubbers messsed up on drugs, Tina, Martin, John and Mickey. Mickey sells love, Tina has given it away, John denies it and Martin will always use it for a scam. the play jumps around in terms of chronoloigcal time and is set in a club and in a flat. Mickey is killed by the three of them and the play unravels how this occurred. "A shocking and humourous look at modern Britain: where we are now and how we got here".

Notes:
written with the Boilerhouse theatre Company"

1st Produced:
Trinity Bouy Wharf, London     1997

Organisations:
Boilerhouse - Greenwich Festival

1st Published:
Minerva Press, 1996   

Music:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Performers

Synopsis:
Two actors are waiting to audition for parts as heavies in an upcoming movie "Performance". The person they are waiting to see is held up with the star of the movie Mick Jagger. They pass time talking to the secretary. Then a would be Avant Garde film maker comes in. He wants the two actors to strip off to see if they would be suitable for the movie he wants to make

Notes:
Written with Dean Cavanagh

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Fringe Festival     2019

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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You'll Have Had Your Hole

Synopsis:
Two inner city lowlife types exert their own form of justice

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Courtyard, West Yorks     1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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