Peter Wynne-Willson - Writing

Professional Theatre Writing:

From… - Musical about refugees, commissioned by Worcester Sixth Form College to mark the new millennium. Music by music students at the college. Set in a fictional Central Europe, the play follows the experience of a group of refugees fleeing into a neighbouring country, where they are not universally welcome. [December 6^th-9^th 1999. Worcester Sixth Form College]

Tower - A Celebration. A play with music for 8-9 year olds commissioned to mark the Centenary of the Birmingham Hippodrome. Tells the story of the last hundred years through the eyes of Tower, the theatre cat. This special production will be on the main stage twice a day and is free to all local schools. [One week only 12^th-16^th October 1999 - Birmingham Hippodrome] [Production postponed to March 2001.]

Somewhere, or Nora's Ark - Lower secondary age Theatre-in-Education programme looking at effects on young people of 'negative labelling'. [Gazebo TIE Company, Walsall. On tour from October- December 1998

Strange Farm - Written with a year 4 Class [8 year-olds] at Rookery School, Handsworth, and performed by them at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre as part of the 'Transmissions' Festival, in November 1998.

The Better Mousetrap - [Work in Progress] Full-length play about consumerism and advertising, funded by Arts Council Theatre Writing Bursary, to be completed autumn 1998.

Singing Round the Fire - Celebratory play with songs for Byng Kenrick Central School Centenary 1997 [Music by Roger Sandland]

The Cut - Upper secondary TIE programme about teenage pregnancy [Gazebo TIE 1996]

Risky Business - Exploring the politics of Tobacco [Women & Theatre - Tour of schools/youth clubs 1996]

Mick in Egypt - One-man play for Mick Wall, featuring an explorer’s visit to Egypt. [Nationwide tour 1995]

Tales from the Fireside - Puppet play for Clive Chandler, [Tour of Primary Schools in Birmingham 1995]

The Last Shot - Circus and physical theatre play, co-written with Mick Wall. [MAC Open-Air Arena, 1994]

The Broken Peace - Full-day TIE programme on Yugoslavia. [Greenwich and Lewisham Young Peoples Theatre 1994]

Violent Times - Full-length play for studio venues, about cycles of abuse. [Theatre Absolute, Coventry 1994]

El Mono - Music Theatre project for performance by 10-11 year-olds, devised with Caliche. [MAC 1993, Winner of Sacred Earth Drama Award 1997, to be published 1998]

Heads or Tails - Combined TIE/community play, about a progressive junior school in wartime Ladywood. [Big Brum Theatre-in-Education tour of schools and community venues 1992] [Small scale venues 1993] [New Production 1998] Visit this site for a look at the full script.

Roy - Full length play built around the story of the last man hanged in B’ham [Big Brum TIE tour of arts centres and community venues 1989-90] [Reworked for Half Moon YPT 1995, and Merseyside YPT 1995]

Birmingham - The Musical - Full-length musical, written with Clive Chandler [B’ham Schools Co. 1989]

Homeland - Full length YPT/Community play about South Africa. [Big Brum TIE tour of N Ireland 1988]

Drowning - Play aimed at 16-18 yr olds. Exploring bereavement and alcohol abuse. [Big Brum TIE 1986]

Lockout - Musical based on Aristophanes’ ‘Lysistrata’. [Triangle Youth Theatre. Reworked for London Bubble Theatre Co. 1985, and Half Moon YPT 1990]

Junkets - [Co-written with Jan Page] a monologue about the last days of John Keats. [Big Brum 1982]

Darkness Visible - [Co-written with Jan Page] a monologue about a sociopath. [M’ter Umbrella 1981]

Other Writing:

2000 Teachers Pack for Peter Pan - Pantomime at Birmingham Alexandra Theatre

2000 Introduction to Theatre Primary School Resource Pack for Birmingham Hippodrome

1999 The Two Widows Teachers Resource Pack for City of Birmingham Touring Opera

1995-6 Teachers Resource packs to accompany Jolson, Cinderella, Mother Goose and The Gingerbread Man. [Birmingham Hippodrome, E & B Productions]

1993 Inter-active version of The Ugly Duckling for BBC Schools Radio [Broadcast 1994]

1993 Occasional series of articles on Arts Education, Birmingham Post.

1988 Wrote screenplay and edited video version of ‘The Apple Club’ for North B’ham Health Authority.

1985 Wrote screenplay for ‘Ghost Story’ five minute film for Central TV’s ‘Saturday Show’

1980 Screenplay ‘Adam and Eve and Pinch Me’ - Manchester University Film Unit, filmed in Lake District

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