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The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing MA Scriptwriting Anthology for the 2016 cohort.

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Moving from satiric comedy to poignant family drama, Little Platoons explores what the retreat of the state and the growth of people power really means for society and its youngest citizens. When Rachel's ex threatens to remove their son from London to sort out his education, she joins a local group of parents setting up a 'free school'. Her new friends, led by the charismatic Nick, want to create an education their children can enjoy not endure. But the vision of the Big Society they seek to create tears their lives apart. Steve Waters' play Little Platoons was first staged at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011.

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From distraught bridesmaids who lose their bride to young adults searching for love on Tinder, theses stories showcase some of UEA s finest storytelling. The 2015 scriptwriting anthology comprises of eight original pieces from a wide range of talent some dark, some comedic, some a little bit of both.Here are scripts that give us a glimpse into eight wildly contrasting worlds filled with striking characters. Whether it s terminally ill adolescent patients finding unique ways to entertain themselves, or a father and son clockmaking duo who come to head in a shocking way, there s something in this anthology for everyone.

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A double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change – an epic portrait of Britain in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods. In On the Beach, glaciologist Will has followed in his father's footsteps, dedicating himself to studying climate change. Back from Antarctica, he visits his parents on the Norfolk coast. With catastrophic flooding growing more likely by the day, he has news that forces long-submerged secrets to rise to the surface. In Resilience, Will, freshly appointed as a scientific advisor, is in Westminster and he's out of his depth. Surrounded by ministers manoeuvring to impress, and with the threat of environmental disaster, can he get them to listen before it's too late? Impressive in scale and chilling as a prediction of our immediate future, the two plays are complementary but can also stand alone. Steve Waters' The Contingency Plan was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2009, and shortlisted for the John Whiting Award. It was revived, in this fully revised and updated version, at Sheffield Theatres in 2022, directed by Caroline Steinbeis and Chelsea Walker.

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A divisive left-wing leader at the helm of the Labour Party. A Conservative prime minister battling with her cabinet. An identity crisis on a national scale. This is Britain 1981. One Sunday morning, four prominent Labour politicians – Bill Rodgers, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins and David Owen – gather in private at Owen's home in Limehouse, East London. They are desperate to find a political alternative. Should they split their party, divide their loyalties, and risk betraying everything they believe in? Would they be starting afresh, or destroying forever the tradition that nurtured them? Steve Waters' thrilling drama takes us behind closed doors to imagine the personal conflicts behind the making of political history. Limehouse premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2017, directed by Polly Findlay. It is a fictionalised account of real events, and it is not endorsed by the individuals portrayed.

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On 15 October 2011, protest movement Occupy London makes camp outside St Paul's Cathedral. On 21 October 2011, a building that had kept open through floods, the Blitz and terrorist threats closes its doors. On 28 October, City of London initiates legal action against Occupy to begin removing them from outside the Cathedral... Steve Waters' play Temple is a fictional account of these events, set in the heart of a very British crisis – a crisis of conscience, a crisis of authority and a crisis of faith. Temple was premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in May 2015 in a production starring Simon Russell Beale, directed by Howard Davies.

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A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters. Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic writing – scenes, acts, space, time, characters, language and images – to show how a play is more than the sum of its parts, with as much inner vitality as a living organism. Almost uniquely amongst accounts of playwriting, Waters' book looks at the ways in which good plays move their audiences, generating powerful emotional responses that often defy conventional analysis. The Secret Life of Plays is for playwrights at any stage of their career, and will inspire and inform drama students as well as working actors and directors. Most of all it is for anyone who has ever laughed or cried in the theatre – and wants to know why. 'Theatre is a live medium, about bodies, sweat and feeling, even if it is informed by ideas and reason. How a thing composed of words manages to carry within it the currents of energy that generate that impression of life is what I want to explore…' Steve Waters 'Steve Waters' book is like his plays: clear, elegant and stimulating throughout' David Edgar

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A hard-hitting play about the collapse of idealism in contemporary politics. The founder members of a radical think-tank meet to toast their success – fifteen years of second-guessing the next big idea; fifteen years of shaping politics on the left; fifteen years of thinking the unthinkable. But there's a spectre at the feast, and a scandal is about to break that will ruin more than just the party. Steve Waters' play The Unthinkable was first staged at the Crucible Studio, Sheffield, in 2004.

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An absorbing study of attitudes towards outsiders, spanning two continents and sixty years. 1949. Small town Colorado. A group of regular American students struggle to accept a foreigner in their midst; their unthinking behaviour will have terrible consequences that are to change world history. In London, sixty years later, a university professor’s work analysing those consequences takes on a frightening personal dimension when Layla Ahmad walks into his office... Steve Waters' play Ignorance/Jahiliyyah was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2012.

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‘He is the sickness and you maintain that sickness.’ Idi Amin is the self-declared President of Uganda. When Scottish medic Nicholas Garrigan becomes his personal physician, he is catapulted into Amin's inner circle. A useful asset for the British Secret Service, is Garrigan the man on the inside, or does he have blood on his hands too? Giles Foden's multi-award-winning novel The Last King of Scotland is an electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity. This stage adaptation by Steve Waters premiered at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, in September 2019, directed by Gbolahan Obisesan.

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The UEA MA 2020 Scriptwriting Anthology presents an exciting look at the next generation of stage and screenwriters from around the globe. These writers have creaed a varied array of truly original work, tackling innovative story structures and dramatic techniques, pertinent and timely issues and a whole world of themes. Graduates of the MA in Scriptwriting include Bruntwood and BAFTA winners now blazing their own trails in TV, film, radio and theatre. This anthology features a foreword by recent graduate Tilly Lunken, as well as an introduction by course convenor and renowned playwright, Steve Waters.

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We invite you to open your mind and engage your imagination, with twenty-two diverse and gripping tales written for the stage and screen. Set across the world, from London to Paris, the backroads of Eastern Europe to the post-apocalyptic highways of the United States, across forests and cliffsides, and even to Heaven itself, these varied pieces tackle subjects from desperate survival, to unrequited love, to exploring new identities. Hiking through Rendlesham Forest, Jay searches for aliens and confronts his childhood trauma in Pareidolia. Jerry struggles with the most important decision of his life... whether or not to shave his moustache, in MoustOUCHe. Two young brothers make the discovery of their lives in Mortars.

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The latest volume of creative writing from the scriptwriting strand of UEA's world-renowned Creative Writing MA, from the 2020/21 student cohort.

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