Ron Hutchinson

THE STORY: 1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down produc-tion of his new epic, Gone with the Wind , a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn't work. So what's an

Moonlight and Magnolias

Rat in the Skull

Irish Tracy got hit on the head with a brick and, having lost the connection between words and objects, between herself and what she sees in the mirror, is now an 'eejit' and constant 'yakker'. English Julia was in a car accident and is the opposite: dislocated from her emotions, she wrestles strangled words from a mind that is 'stuck'. Head/Case takes a look at national identity through the eyes of two contrasting brain-damaged women who typify Irish and English stereotypes. How do you define yourself when you literally don't know who you are anymore? How do you begin to heal when you cannot fix your sense of self? And how much does nationality, culture and memory shape who you actually are?

Head/Case

'Wherever Tango leads, you must follow.' Virginia has a decision to make: whether to continue withthe comfort and security of her mundane British life or to gamble – to walk out on everything she knows, get on aplane, travel seven thousand miles to Buenos Aires and learn the Tango. Sometimes you have to follow your feet. And your heart. Flying into Daylight is a vibrant, life-affirming journeyto a place where music can change your life forever.

Flying Into Daylight

William Nicholson

Michael Tolkin

William Mastrosimone

The Burning Season

Somebody hit Tracy on the head with a brick. And something just as bad has happened to Julia. But how can you hang on to your identity when you don't know who you are anymore? Head/Case is a powerful drama about identity and a mind damaged almost beyond repair. How do you define yourself when you literally don't know who you are anymore? How do you begin to heal when you cannot fix your sense of self? And how much does nationality, culture and memory shape who you actually are? Produced at the Soho Theatre in January 2005.

It is the winter of 1819. The most famous wit and dandy of them all, the man who taught a generation of Englishmen how to dress, friend and confidant to lords, ladies and royalty, is preparing to receive the Prince of Wales. But this is not Bath or Brighton or any of the other fashionable watering holes where for years Beau Brummell held court to regency swells. The most stylish man of his day now lives in a madhouse in Calais with his valet, determined as ever to relive past glories. Beau Brummell had its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Bath in February 2001, and starred Peter Bowles.

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