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词条 Sarah Grochala
释义

  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. Publications

     Plays  Books  Digital 

  4. References

  5. External links

Sarah Grochala (born 9 January 1973) is a British playwright. Her plays have been performed at the Finborough Theatre, Theatre 503, Hampstead Theatre, Arcola Theatre and Soho Theatre in London. Her plays have been produced internationally by the Griffin Theatre, Sydney, Tiyatro Yan Etki Istanbul, Turkey and on the Toronto Fringe Toronto Fringe Festival, Canada.[1] Her book on playwriting, The Contemporary Political Play, was published in 2017.[2]

Career

Grochala originally trained as an actress at the Drama Centre in London and studied English Language and Literature at St John's College, Oxford University. Between 1998 and 2006, she worked as actress in theatre and television. She appeared in the television drama Every Woman Knows a Secret and the TV series Judge John Deed.[3] She also starred as Jo March[4] in the 2004/2005 West End production of Little Women.[5]

She studied playwriting on the MPhil in Playwriting Studies at Birmingham University, a course created by the British playwright David Edgar. She later gained a PhD in contemporary British playwriting from Queen Mary, University of London.

Her early plays Open Ground (2005)[6] and Waiting for Romeo (2006)[7] were produced on the fringe in London and Edinburgh. Waiting for Romeo was revived by Tiyatro Yan Etki in Istanbul in 2014 and ran in rep at the theatre until 2016. The production won the 2015 Ekin Yazin Dostları Theatre Award for Best Play (Small Venue).[8]

Her breakthrough play S-27 won the 2007 Protect the Human Playwriting Competition[9] and was also shortlisted for the 2007 King's Cross Award and the 2010 Leah Ryan Award for Emerging Women Writers.[10] S-27 premiered at the Finborough Theatre in June 2009.[11] It has since been revived internationally by the Griffin Theatre in Sydney in 2010[12] and by Intersection Theatre on the Toronto Fringe in 2012.[13]

In 2011, Grochala was the winner of OffWestEnd.com's Adopt a Playwright Award for her play Smolensk.[14] Her most recent play Star Fish was shortlisted for the 2016 Nick Darke Award.[15]

From 2012 to 2016, she was an associate artist with the theatre company Headlong, where she worked on creating theatrical experiences using digital media. These included: The Nether Realm (Royal Court 2014) made in collaboration with the visual artist Michael Takeo Magruder, the director Jeremy Herrin and the playwright Jennifer Haley; and What's She Like made in collaboration with the interactive theatre company Coney.

Personal life

She was born in Hemel Hempstead and grew up in Nantwich, Cheshire. She now lives in London and is the course leader of the MA MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media Programme at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.[16]

Publications

Plays

  • Open Ground (Teatro Technis, London 2005)
  • Waiting for Romeo (Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh 2006)
  • Gift (Kings Head, London 2008)
  • Viable Alternatives (Green Man Festival, Wales 2008)
  • Remains (Theatre 503, London 2009)
  • S-27 (Finborough Theatre, London 2009)
  • The Return (Birmingham University, 2010)
  • Standing Out of the Light (Theatre 503, London 2010)
  • Skin (Arcola, London 2010)
  • The Beautiful Ones (Latitude Festival, England 2011)
  • Red Shoes (Chapter Arts, Cardiff; Theatre 503, London; Arches, Glasgow 2012)
  • Emperor's New Clothes (Cockpit Theatre, London 2012)
  • The Shadow (Soho Theatre, London 2014)
  • Little Mermaid (Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 2014)
  • Alexandria n. (Primrose Hill Community Library, London 2015)

Books

  • The Contemporary Political Play (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2017)

Digital

  • 1984 Digital Double (Headlong/Cultural Institute at King's 2013)
  • PRISM (Headlong/Cultural Institute at King's 2014)
  • The Nether Realm (Headlong/Royal Court 2014)
  • What's She Like (Headlong/Coney 2016)

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahgrochala.com/plays |title=Plays â€" Sarah Grochala |website=Sarahgrochala.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-contemporary-political-play-9781472588463/ |title=The Contemporary Political Play: Rethinking Dramaturgical Structure: Sarah Grochala: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |website=Bloomsbury.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1109321/?ref_=nv_sr_1|title=Sarah Grochala|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=2017-03-23}}
4. ^{{cite web|last=Thaxter |first=John |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2004/little-women-review-at-duchess-london/ |title=Little Women review at Duchess London | Review | Theatre |publisher=The Stage |date=2004-10-27 |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
5. ^[https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1849435502] {{dead link|date=March 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=Awde |first=Nick |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2005/other-rooms-open-ground-review-at-theatro-technis-london/ |title=Other Rooms/Open Ground review at Theatro Technis London | Review | Theatre |publisher=The Stage |date=2005-06-23 |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/shocks-await-sisters-in-waiting-for-romeo-7412218.html |title=Shocks await sisters in Waiting for Romeo | London Evening Standard |website=Standard.co.uk |date=2009-01-20 |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://turkiye.net/kultur-sanat/ekin-yazin-dostlari-tiyatro-odulleri-2015/ |title=Ekin Yazın Dostları Tiyatro Ödülleri 2015 |website=Turkiye.net |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://iceandfire.co.uk/blog/everyone-has-the-right/ |title=Everyone Has the Right |publisher=Iceandfire |date=2009-12-09 |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jtmanagement.co.uk/clients/sarah-grochala/ |title=JTM |website=Jtmanagement.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
11. ^{{cite news|author=Lyn Gardner |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jun/16/s-27-review-finborough |title=Theatre review: S-27 / Finborough, London | Stage |newspaper=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.griffintheatre.com.au/griffin-independent-season-2010/s-27/ |title=S-27 |publisher=Griffin Theatre |date=2010-04-10 |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
13. ^{{cite web|author=George Perry |url=http://www.mooneyontheatre.com/2012/07/08/s-27-intersection-theatre-2012-toronto-theatre-review/ |title=S-27 Intersection Theatre 2012 Toronto Theatre Review |publisher=Mooney on Theatre |date= |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/adopt_a_playwright |title=Adopt_a_playwright - The definitive guide to London's Off West End theatre scene, featuring listings and details for over 80 theatres, news, discussion and exclusive special offers |website=OffWestEnd.com |date=2010-04-10 |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/nickdarkeaward |title=The Nick Darke Award 2017 | Falmouth - No 1 Arts University |website=Falmouth.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-03-23}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff/dr-sarah-grochala-ma-oxon-mphilb-phd-afhea |title=Dr Sarah Grochala, MA Oxon, MPhil(B), PhD, AFHEA | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |website=Cssd.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-03-23}}

External links

  • Sarah Grochala Official Website
  • Biography on Agent's Website
  • [https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff/dr-sarah-grochala-ma-oxon-mphilb-phd-afhea Academic Profile] on [https://www.cssd.ac.uk Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Website]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1109321/ Sarah Grochala] at the Internet Movie Database
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5 : 1973 births|English dramatists and playwrights|Living people|Writers from London|Alumni of St John's College, Oxford

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