Gary Owen (playwright)
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Gary Owen is a Welsh
playwright
and winner of the Arts Council England 2003 Meyer-Whitworth Award for new writing for the theatre.
He was writer in residence at Paines Plough
between 2001 and 2002, and was previously script editor at BBC Wales Drama (1998–2000). His plays have been performed around the United Kingdom from London to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and abroad as far as Canada, Australia and Germany – in which Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco was performed in German at Theater in Der Fabrik, Dresden in February 2003.
His latest work, Mary Twice, was premiered at Porthcawl Pavilion, South Wales by Bridgend County Youth Theatre on 4 and 5 April 2008.
His 2010 play Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian is a nominee for the 2010 TMA Awards
best new play.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and winner of the Arts Council England 2003 Meyer-Whitworth Award for new writing for the theatre.
He was writer in residence at Paines Plough
Paines Plough
Paines Plough is a London-based British touring theatre company founded in 1974 by writer David Pownall and director John Adams. They named the company after their favourite pub, the Plough, where they would drink pints of Paines....
between 2001 and 2002, and was previously script editor at BBC Wales Drama (1998–2000). His plays have been performed around the United Kingdom from London to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and abroad as far as Canada, Australia and Germany – in which Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco was performed in German at Theater in Der Fabrik, Dresden in February 2003.
His latest work, Mary Twice, was premiered at Porthcawl Pavilion, South Wales by Bridgend County Youth Theatre on 4 and 5 April 2008.
His 2010 play Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian is a nominee for the 2010 TMA Awards
TMA Awards
The TMA Awards, established in 1991, are presented annually by the Theatrical Management Association in recognition of creative excellence and outstanding work in United Kingdom theatres...
best new play.
Plays
Owen's work includes;- Crazy Gary's Mobile DiscoCrazy Gary's Mobile DiscoCrazy Gary's Mobile Disco is a play by Gary Owen that was first presented by Sgript Cymru in 2001. The play is set on a Saturday night in a small town in Wales and focus's on three lads in their mid-twenties stuck with their school reputations, of the gimp, the geek and the bully...
2001 - Fags (play) 2002
- The Shadow of a Boy 2002
- The Drowned World (Play) 2002
- Amser Canser 2003 (in WelshWelsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
) - The Low Hundreds 2003
- Cold Harbour 2003
- The Green 2003
- Ghost City 2004
- Hartleby, Oooglemore and Jeramee 2005
- An Enemy for the People 2006
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short-story collection Short Trips: SnapshotsShort Trips: SnapshotsShort Trips: Snapshots is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Joseph Lidster and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
2007 - Mary Twice
- Amgen:Broken2009
- Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian 2010
Trivia
- Owen went to Brynteg Comprehensive school
- Owen was one of the many notable signees of a letter to The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper deploring the cancelling of Gurpreet Kaur BhattiGurpreet Kaur BhattiGurpreet Kaur Bhatti is a British Sikh writer. She has written extensively for stage, screen and radio.-Life:Bhatti studied modern languages at Bristol University and has worked as a journalist and an actress....
's play BehztiBehztiBehzti is a play written by the British Sikh playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti. The play sparked a controversy in the United Kingdom in December 2004. A controversial scene set in a Gurdwara included scenes of rape, physical abuse and murder. Some members of the Sikh community found the play deeply...
in December 2004