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A full-length play toured in May and June, 2009. "Actors are truthful
to a lie that's the truth." Lifelong Yearning was first
performed at the Rose Theatre, Kidderminster, on Friday 29th May 2009. Cast:- Nia: Sarah Gordon. Oliver: Ben Rigby. Monica: Kaz Luckins. Pete: Alan Wales. Directed by David Wake.
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one-act play performed at the 2009 Science Fiction convention, LX2009,
under the He's Spartacus banner. "Does that drown out
your conscience?"
Insidious was first performed at the Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford, Sunday 12th April 2009. Cast:- Molly: Dawn Abigail. Sister: Cal Loveridge. Nurse: Jane Smithers. Dita: Clare Goodall. John: Chris O'Shea. Jacob: James Steeel. Luke: Peter Wareham. Martin: Mark Slater. Alice: Kate Solomon. Stewart: Peter Westhead. Beth: Traci Whitehead. Somerset: Mike Figg. Thompson: Richard Stephenson. Orderlies: Nigel Furlong and Gary Stratman. Voice: Gareth John. Chorus: Malcolm Davies, Dave Gullen, Gaie Sebold and members of the company. Stage Manager: Kathy Westhead. DSM: Karen Westhead. Tech: John Stewart. Thanks to:- Julie Chilton, Colin Fine, Peter Harrow, Sufia Szurma-Hasani, Mark Meenan, Dan Squier, Judith and Janet, and Andy and Mikey at the Bristol Pear. Directed
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A full-length play that toured in September and October: outside every thin woman, there's a fat man trying to get in. "I can change. I can. I'll even try some of that nonsense that Just Dave goes on about. You know, all that 'consider other people' bollocks."
Meeting Disorder was first performed at the Kidderminster Rose Theatre, Kidderminster, on Friday 21st September 2007. Cast:- Cindy: Kaz Luckins. Doug: Phil Rea. Directed
by David Wake.
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A comic one-act play about giving and thoughtfulness performed with a cat. "It's the thought that counts."
A Right Pair was first performed at the Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham, on Wednesday 20th June 2007 (as part of a double bill with Heidi Jackson's Invincible, directed by Ian Craddock). Cast:- Jack: Alan Magor. Frank: A J Siviter. Deirdre: Odette Still. Edith: Karen Bennett. Technical Stage Managers: Mark Webster and Kaz Luckins. Directed
by Mark Webster. |
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A one-act play written for the 2007 Science Fiction convention, Contemplation, and performed under the He's Spartacus banner.
Inveigle was first performed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Chester, Sunday 8th April 2007. Cast:- Dita: Clare Goodall. Luke: Colin Fine. Martin: Mark Slater. Alice: Kate Solomon. Molly: Dawn Abigail. Stewart: Peter Westhead. Beth: Julie Rigby. Jacob: James Steel. 1st Chorus: Pat McMurray. CHORUS: Philip Fine, Tony Keen, Alice Lawson, Caroline Mullen, Chris O'Shea, Richard Stephenson. Stage Manager: Kathy Westhead. Backstage: Derrick Walford. Sound: Chris. Thanks to:- Brent Leman, Kaz Luckins, Phil Rea, Tim Ward and John Williams. Executive Producer: Peter Harrow. Directed
by David Wake. |
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A one-act play co-written with Clive Jenkins for the mac Youth Theatre. "I dont usually have a problem talking to people. Well, except teachers, my dad, my mum, my sisters friends... and girls. The thought of a girl actually listening to me, hearing what Im saying, its unnerving, unnatural. It fills me with dread and I get this clammy feeling all over. I become completely, utterly and stupendously inarticulate." Re-jig was first performed at the Hexagon Theatre, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham on Friday 25th June 2004. Cast:- Ian: Sophie Cowley. Vince: Liz Kerr. Gloria: Natalie Cooper. Selina: Nathalie Fisher-Bazan. Bronwyn: Margarita Chakalova. Phone Lady: Lizzie O'Connor. Chorus: Chloe Amoo, Sacha Douglas, Anna Palmer, Leonie Peet, Rebecca Shepherd. Directed
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A full length play written for the 2004 Science Fiction convention, Concourse, with a cast of fifty or so, video projection, fight scenes, a choir and a bicycle crash on stage. The third and final part of the Tartan Trilogy performed again by the Reconvene Rubber Tree Company.
TARTAN: reviewed If there is a David Wake play on at a convention near you then you really should skip supper to see it. I laughed so much I cried. Then I cried so much my eyes hurt. To paraphrase Jon Courtenay Grimwood: any good sequel should stand up to reading without experiencing the earlier works. But if you had read the first work then you should get more out of it. This was the cast for TARTAN: restrung which parodied Blade Runner, The Matrix I, II, and III, Captain Scarlet, and so many other shows you probably would have missed a few of them. It even self-parodied David Wake plays which have memorable last minute script changes. Davids last few years as a professional playwright have toned up his writing making the whole thing a lot tighter than previous productions and was impressively stage managed for something which didnt have a complete run through rehearsal. Costumes included the white rabbit which Eira stripped out of. I cant wait for the video, I mean DVD. [AM] Tartan: Restrung was first performed at the Wintergardens, Blackpool, on 11th April 2004.
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A one-act play based upon the improvisations of The Rage Ensemble. "My father said he saw all of life here. I cannot think what he meant. I was following in his footsteps, but what is the point? I have learnt nothing." Journeys was first performed at the ANT, Birmingham University, on Friday 2nd April 2004. Cast:- The Pilgrim: Darren Gumbs. Pride: James Webster. Envy: Owen Radmore. Gluttony: Lavinia Richards. Lust: Marcia Fearon. Anger: Elizabeth Moy. Greed: Julian Beard. Sloth: Annalisa Higgins. Directed
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A short sketch that won the only Outstanding at the Chipping Norton Music Festival. Performed by Acting Up. "His pauses. (Pause.) His Pinteresque pauses." Pauses was first performed at the Chipping Norton Music Festival on 12th March 2004. Cast:- Larry: Gerard Charles. Marilyn: Robert Seward. Max: Cymon Snow. Directed
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A one-act play exploring a dark love affair from the internet age. It won the Sir Cedric Hardwicke Trophy for 'Best Original Script or Play' in February 2004 at the Birmingham Festival of Acting and Musical Entertainment. Performed by Something Blue. "Dont you dare. You gave me your word. Your word! Everything that we planned, everything that you wrote, those things... I want you to do them now." Groom was first performed at the Dovehouse Theatre, Olton, Solihull, on 26th February 2004. The cast was as follows:- Tom: Clive Jenkins. Mandy: Helen Edwards. Amanda: Sarah Gordon. Original music by Clive Jenkins. Directed
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A one-act psychological drama set in a police cell during a hostage crisis. Performed in February 2003 at the Birmingham Festival of Acting and Musical Entertainment. It picked up two certificates (for female actor and writing) and two awards: The Rose Bowl for 'a moment of theatre' and the Will Horton Trophy, overall festival runner up. Performed by Pink, Pink, Blue. "We tell him about ourselves: our names, our backgrounds, anything. The more personal it is, the better. We have to build up a relationship. Then hopefully he'll see us as human beings and not as objects." Stockholm was first performed at the Dovehouse Theatre, Olton, Solihull, on 28th February 2003. The cast was as follows:- Beth: Dawn Abigail. Carter: David Wake. Simon: Brent Leman. Sleeping Policeman: Gerard Robinson. Sergeant: Jan Summerfield. Police: James Harris, Ben Lester, Ian McDairmid and Marc Phillips. Directed
by David Wake. |
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A full length play loosely based upon 2001 and 2010 performed at Paragon, appropriately the 2001 Science Fiction Convention held in Hinkley, and performed by the Reconvene Rubber Tree Company.
One Minute Past Eight - a sunday odyssey was first performed at the Hanover Hotel, Hinkley, on 15 April 2001. The cast included among many, many others:- Doctor Heywood Floyd: James Steel. Capt. Tanya Somethingwecouldntreadoffthecreditski: Dawn Abigail. Dave Bowman: David Wake. Frank Poole: Mark Slater. CAL 9000: Caroline Loveridge. Cmdr. Redshirtski: Brent Leman. Dr. Solomon: Chris O'Shea. Prof. Bergman: SMS. Choir: nMC. Choreography: the monolithettes. Directed
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A one-act play about two old ladies meeting by a bus stop. It won the Sir Cedric Hardwicke Award for Best Original Play or Script at the Birmingham Festival of Acting and Musical Entertainment in 2000. Performed by the MCS Repertory Company. "Who's going to carry on now? It isn't fair. I worked all those years to raise a family, to keep it all together, for the next generation, and they just go off gallivanting. If I'd known, I would have gone off gallivanting. I wanted to. I wanted to." Published by New Theatre Publications: www.plays4theatre.com. This is a quite fascinating and well-constructed play focusing on two elderly ladies [...] An unusual play in an unusual setting providing two splendid leading roles for ladies of a certain age. - AMATEUR STAGE Flowers was first performed the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, on 22 February 2000. The cast was as follows:- Lily: Sheila Palmer. Daisy: Dawn Abigail. Kissing man: David Wake. Kissing Woman: Disa Collier. First man wanting cab: Brent Leman. Second man: David Gorton. Bus driver: Lee Thacker. Directed
by David Wake. |
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An extraordinary undertaking with 53 people on stage and behind the scenes performed at Reconvene, the 1999 Science Fiction Eastercon, in the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool. It tells the story of the secret patterned division of Spectrum and how one man can overcome all the odds even though he's a puppet. There's a video edited from three camera angles with extra CGI effects. Performed by the Reconvene Rubber Tree Company. "For this special undercover operation, we shall use code names. If we enter the Secret Mysteron Base and start referring to each other as Captain Blue and Captain Tartan, we'll give ourselves away immediately. So, I'll be Mr. Blond, you can be Mr. Brown, you can be Mr. Green." Captain Tartan Saves the World - Again! was first performed at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, on 4 April 1999. The cast included among many, many others:- Capt. Black: Mike Cule. The Fallen Angel: Eira Latham. Capt. Blue: Mark Slater. Capt. Tartan: David Wake. The Blue Fairy: Chris O'Shea. Col. Mustard/Prof Bergman: SMS. Directed
by David Wake. |
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A one-act play about a group of people trapped in a nuclear fallout shelter. This play enjoyed a second run during the MCS Repertory Company's May Feast in 1999. Performed by the MCS Repertory Company. "Fails safe? Are you sure 'fails safe' is the right expression?" Down the Hole was first performed at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, on 25 February 1999. The cast was as follows:- Miss. Eden: Anna Higgins. Professor: David Gorton. Frank: Brent Leman. John: Glenn James. Mrs. Bailey: Sheila Palmer. Herbert: David Wake. Directed by Sheila
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A one-act play about a couple meeting in a pub. It was first performed in 1998 at the Birmingham Festival of Acting and Musical Entertainment in the (old) Crescent Theatre. We won the Rose Bowl. This was also part of the MCS Repertory Company's May Feast in 1999. "I don't know. At the time... I was stupid, how could I have been so stupid? Just so stupid. You can't trust anyone. But at least, you think you can trust yourself. I used to believe I was a good judge of character, but now I know." The Hen and Fox was first performed at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, on 17 March 1998. The cast was as follows:- Jackie: Dawn Abigail. Alex: Glenn Reed. Andy: David Wake. Trica: Patricia Hunter. Directed
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Break A Leg
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Here's a picture of
the moment I broke my wrist on the stage of the Old Repertory Theatre
during the first act of Alan Bennett's "Habeas Corpus" in
1997. I finished the play you'll be glad to know. |
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And here's a picture
moments before I came off the stilts and broke my ankle during a
performance of the finale of "ALIENS" for the Masquerade at the
SF convention Intuition in 1998. That's my daughter
Rachel as Newt running away from my interpretation of the Alien
Queen. We won Best in Show, so worth six weeks in plaster
really. |
