Jonathan Edgington's Blog: The Playwright's Blog

My Plays in 2016

2016 saw productions of ten of my plays including my short play ITV which was performed by The Pensive Federation as part of The Significant Other Festival - Plus One at the Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, London on 29 Feb-5 March 2016; my full-length play ROBIN HOOD premiered by the Chesil Theatre Company as an open-air production in the gardens of Wolvesey Palace, Winchester on 12-16 July 2016; LAURA one of the David Bowie themed plays performed at the Chesil Theatre's 10x10 New Writing Festival on 8-9 October 2016 and LEGION which was performed by The Pensive Federation as part of The Collective Project at the Tristan Bates Theatre on 13-17 December 2016.

UNFORGETTABLE/GENDER FLUID

My 15 minute play Unforgettable in which a man suffering from amnesia has a strange encounter in a bar and my One Act World War One/Suffragette themed play Gender Fluid have both been published by TreePress.

https://www.treepress.org/playwright/...

Just Finished Play No. 25!

I've just finished my 25th play! Full details of all my plays are available at: http://www.jeplays.com/index.php?opti...

It's A String Thing (a poem about String Theory)

Five theories of String
Were a muddling thing
'Til the Eleventh Dimension
Brought some comprehension.

Then Science got sneery
Oh dear! The M Theory!
It sounds so inane
We're not just a membrane!

So matter is string - not particles
Enough science articles!
The universe a symphony?
Someone's got it in for me?!

Super gravity seeps
Or maybe it leaks?
Tie a knot in the String!
The Theory of Everything

If parallel universes abound
We'll try and track one down
Think that's too drab?
Build one in your lab!

But don't let it collide
With others inside
Hot doggy do dang
No second Big Bang!

Jonathan Edgington

The Slim Blonde Beauty

My 10 minute romantic comedy play script The Slim Blonde Beauty has just been published! It can be read on-line at: http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Scrip...

Quotes From The Woody Allen's Shark Plays...

SHARK BITES #1

"I won't think any the less of you for not doing amateur dramatics." *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play GONE

SHARK BITES #2

"Bloody hell, girl - you've got the Three Way Rampant Rabbit!" *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play BABIES

SHARK BITES #3

"I feel the same way about men as I do about snowflakes." *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play DATING

SHARK BITES #4

"A misunderstanding in a bar in Basingstoke, apparently." *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play HERBIE

SHARK BITES #5

"My mother doesn't have any tattoos!" *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY!

SHARK BITES #6

"How long did it take to grow back?" *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play QUANTO SEI BELLA

SHARK BITES #7

"You'll soon settle in. It'll be alright. I know it will be a bit difficult at first." *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play GUILT

SHARK BITES #8

"People don't understand mirrors." *

*quote from Woody Allen's Shark play LORELEI

Mizmaze, St Catherine's Hill, Winchester

Discover the story of Winchester's mysterious Mizmaze in my scary ten minute play published by Lazy Bee Scripts! Ideal for youth theatres and schools. Mizmaze can be read on-line at http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Scrip...

Aliens

Aliens (a collection of 7 short plays for schools & youth theatres including my play The Wow Factor) has just been published by Lazy Bee Scripts http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Scrip...

Baciato Dalla Grazia

Delighted to see the resurgence of interest in my short play about shyness Baciato Dalla Grazia from as far away as Australia and the USA!

Baciato Dalla Grazia can be read on-line at http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/scrip...

Woody Allen's Shark Giveaway

Many thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway & congratulations to the six winners. Copies of Woody Allen's Shark were posted out to all the winners earlier today. Hope you enjoy reading them :)