{"id":17,"date":"2011-09-02T05:56:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T05:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/index.html\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:39:54","slug":"plays-produced","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"My Plays Produced and Fiction published and performed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>FICTION PUBLISHED<\/strong>: (Plays produced &#8211; see below).<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7350r\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><strong>13<\/strong> <strong>July 2025 WAITING FOR COLLIE<\/strong> short listed for the Frome Literary Festival.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7350r\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><strong>28 January 2024:\u00a0LOOKING FOR JOAN AND OTHER STORIES<\/strong> to be published by Troubador on 28th January 2024.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.troubador.co.uk\/bookshop\/poetry-short-stories-and-plays\/looking-for-joan-and-other-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.troubador.co.uk\/bookshop\/poetry-short-stories-and-plays\/looking-for-joan-and-other-stories<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><strong>Reviews:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\">&#8216;I am enjoying the stories very much. I like Christopher Owen\u2019s unostentatious style&#8217; \u2013 <strong>Elizabeth Cook, author, Hawthorden Fellow, Royal literary Fund Fellow. <\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\">\u2018Misconnections, (in Looking For Joan) is so sad and funny and horrible, and brilliantly constructed. The story A Day At The Cricket is a gem\u2019 &#8211; <strong>David Buckton, retired BBC<\/strong> Music \u2013 producer, director, writer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\">\u2018If you do nothing else in 2024, get yourself a copy of this book. Short story writing at it&#8217;s very best, and I mean BEST!\u2019 \u2013 <strong>Bob Young.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\">\u2018Reading it now and enjoying it immensely\u2019 \u2013 <strong>Robert Putt<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><strong>November 2022:<\/strong>\u00a0My poem THE EVENING SKY\u00a0 in <strong>COLLABORATIVE ARTS.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><strong>April 2022<\/strong>: My poem ELEGY\u00a0 long listed for <strong>SPECTRUM Poetry Competition &#8211; RENARD PRESS.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><strong>January 2022<\/strong>: My story CYRIL, EYES FULL OF DRINK has been Highly Commended (in top 5 of submissions) for <strong>THE COSTA SHORT STORY PRIZE 2021.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"93u6q-0-0\"><strong>September 2021<\/strong>: My story A DAY AT THE CRICKET has made the Top 50 from almost 1100 entries in the 2021 <strong>BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7350r\" data-offset-key=\"ee38c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ee38c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ee38c-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7350r\" data-offset-key=\"8lp5n-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8lp5n-0-0\">\n<p><strong>Autumn 2021: My poem \u2018Ten O\u2019clock Appointment\u2019 \u2013 Video Consultation is in the World Poetry Anthology COOCH BEHAR PALACE <\/strong><strong>\u0995<\/strong><strong>\u09cb\u099a\u09ac\u09bf\u09b9\u09cb\u09b0<\/strong><strong>\u09b0\u09cb\u099c\u09bf\u09cb\u09dc\u09c0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8lp5n-0-0\"><strong>July 2021<\/strong>. My poem <strong>One o&#8217;clock Appointment<\/strong> is on the <strong>Royal Society Literature WriteAcrossLondon poetry map.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 See:\u00a0https:\/\/rsliterature.org\/poems-map\/10-oclock-appointment\/<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>March 28<sup>th<\/sup> 2021.<\/strong>My book <strong><em>America Awaits Us, My Lovely and other stories<\/em><\/strong> is<strong> published by Troubador Publishers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available through<\/strong> bookshops, online retailers and Troubador Publishers. <strong>Book page Link<\/strong>:\u00a0<a title=\"America Awaits Us, My Lovely\" href=\"https:\/\/www.troubador.co.uk\/bookshop\/General\/america-awaits-us-my-lovely-and-other-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-qtip=\"https:\/\/www.troubador.co.uk\/bookshop\/General\/america-awaits-us-my-lovely-and-other-stories\/\">Book link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stories set in the UK, France and America. \u2018Beautifully written and really evocative of a particular time and place\u2019 Emily Trahair, Editor, Planet Magazine (Wales).<\/p>\n<p><strong>A wonderful story collection!<\/strong> They are so touching, unflinching, melancholy. And the misplaced optimism so gently dismissed &#8211; oh dear- everybody just about holding on. You have a terrific ear for dialogue &#8211; and I like the way the language is stripped down and the characters too, stripped of more and more identity. <strong>\u00a0Chris Buckton, writer, educationist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LINK<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F13e_09oBmXg&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C415344e54138423b366308d92292660b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637578834437689555%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ne7SGY3Hfb3ot8yRChb%2FOTrmK4d30RttmcQGJe9tc3U%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-qtip=\"https:\/\/emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F13e_09oBmXg&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C415344e54138423b366308d92292660b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637578834437689555%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ne7SGY3Hfb3ot8yRChb%2FOTrmK4d30RttmcQGJe9tc3U%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/13e_09oBmXg<\/a>\u00a0 to <strong>Interview with Sean Styles on BBC Radio Merseyside<\/strong> about my and my father&#8217;s connection with Liverpool and my story Ellen in the book set during the 1915 Liverpool riots after the sinking of RMS Lusitania by a German U Boat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020 (March):<\/strong> Two\u00a0of my stories <strong><i>The Square\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><em>Ellen <\/em><\/strong>are published\u00a0in the anthology <strong><em>\u2018Eavesdropping\u2019<\/em><\/strong> put together by a few writer friends, and purchasable through Amazon as a paperback or eBook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #1c1e21;\">My story <strong>SARAH<\/strong> has been short-listed and is to be<strong> published by<\/strong> <strong>Hammond House Publishing in the anthology &#8216;Leaving&#8217;<\/strong> on the 6th February 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong>: My story <strong>&#8216;Store Security&#8217;<\/strong> has won <strong>second prize<\/strong> in the <strong>2019 WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE SHORT STORY COMPETITION.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #1c1e21;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"ai63k\" data-offset-key=\"9imv9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9imv9-0-0\"><strong><span data-offset-key=\"9imv9-0-0\">2019: <\/span><\/strong><span data-offset-key=\"9imv9-0-0\">My<\/span>\u00a0story <strong>&#8216;Sarah&#8217;<\/strong> has been <strong>short-listed<\/strong> for the <strong>2019 BRIDPORT SHORT STORY PRIZE.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong>. My story <strong>SARAH<\/strong> has been long-listed (was in the first 26 of 700 submissions) for the Royal Society of Literature <strong>V.S. PRITCHETT short story Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong>. My story <strong>\u2018Our Revels Now Are Ended\u2019<\/strong> has been long listed\u00a0 for the <strong>Dorset Fiction Award 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong>\u00a0My story <strong>Len&#8217;s All-Nite Cafe<\/strong>\u00a0long listed (in first 15% of 497 submissions) for the\u00a0<strong>London Short Story Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017. Autumn<\/strong>. My story <strong>THE DROWNINGS<\/strong> published by <strong>The Binnacle, the Literary Journal of Coastal Maine<\/strong> at the University of Maine at Machias.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">April 2017<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HERMENEUTIC Chaos Journal (<\/strong>Sidney, Australia) comment of my story\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">DROWNINGS<\/strong>: \u2018DROWNINGS presented to us a narrative landscape stunningly wrought with haunting imagery and beautifully crafted language.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2015. THE BALLAD OF CARMIL FORESTER <\/strong>now published\u00a0in print Issue 4 of <strong>Valve Journal.(Glasgow). <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/valvejournal.com\/index.php\/buy2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2015. PLAY UP AND PLAY THE GAME. LONDON STORY COMPETITION. In top 50 of 400 submissions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2014. DUNCAN <\/strong>is<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>published in June 2014 issue of <strong>The Irish Literary Review.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I loved DUNCAN, the saddest tale, imprisoned by caution, everything shrinking, brilliant end. I like the dry voice and the relentlessness of it!\u2019 Chris Buckton, writer, education consultant.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018So good and so sad. Very atmospheric.\u2019 Carolyn Pertwee, writer, actor, director.<\/p>\n<p><b>March 2014. DYE IT RED, SHE SAID<\/b> is in the latest issue of <b>Smoke London Peculiar <\/b>\u2013 a great edgy off-the-wall magazine. My story is free to read <a href=\"http:\/\/smokealondonpeculiar.co.uk\/?p=10454%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a> \u00a0Or on Smoke\u2019s website <a href=\"www.smokealondonpeculiar.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>18th February 2014. FACEBOOK FRIEND <\/strong>&amp; <strong>I&#8217;M DYING, EGYPT <\/strong>published\u00a0in the <strong>Neon Literary Magazine Issue 37. <\/strong>To Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neonmagazine.co.uk\/?p=3952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0With writing by Paul Bavister, Shanalee Smith, Noel Williams, Christopher Owen, Tracey S Rosenberg, Erric Emerson, Meg Eden, and Joe Evans<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 2014<\/strong>: <strong>Final Chapters Anthology<\/strong> published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in which my story An Honourable Life is included is now <strong>available for purchase<\/strong>\u00a0from the publisher&#8217;s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jkp.com\/catalogue\/book\/9781849054904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">CLICK HERE<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014: AN HONOURABLE LIFE <\/strong>(short story)to be\u00a0re-published in an anthology &#8216;Final Chapters&#8217; by <strong>Jessica Kingsley Publishers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>16<sup>TH<\/sup> MAY 2012. AN HONOURABLE LIFE<\/strong> (short story) won 1<sup>st<\/sup> prize in the Dying Matters Coalition Final Chapters Writing Competition. The story read out at the ceremony by actor Barbara Flynn, and\u00a0<strong>published in the anthology\u00a0Final Chapters by Dying Matters Coalition. ISBN 978-1-898915-93-5.\u00a0<\/strong>To read <strong>AN HONOURABLE LIFE<\/strong>\u00a0CLICK HERE:<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/AN-HONOURABLE-LIFE.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">AN HONOURABLE LIFE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>20<sup>th<\/sup> MAY 2012: THE <\/strong><strong>CAMEL\u2019S BACK<\/strong> (short story) read by Amanda Hadingue at White Rabbit\u2019s \u2018Are You Sitting Comfortably\u2019 event at the Secret Garden Pub, Battersea Park Road, as part of the Wandsworth Festival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27<sup>th<\/sup> MAY: ANTHONY AND MONICA<\/strong> (short story) read by me at StoryTails storytelling event at The Three Crowns Pub, Stoke Newington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long \/ Short Lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<strong>A Cuppa Tea and a Kit Kat&#8217;<\/strong> in the long list of 16 submissions for the Felixstowe Festival Short Story Competition 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Play Up and Play the Game&#8217;<\/strong> in the top 50 of 400 submissions for the London Story Competition 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Re:<\/strong> <strong>&#8216;An Honourable Life&#8217;, &#8216;How Are You Doing?&#8217; and &#8216;The Crow&#8217;<\/strong>: \u2018They are sensitive and engaging and I have enjoyed reading them very much\u2019.\u00a0<strong>Penny Thomas, Fiction Editor. Seren<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Re: <strong>\u2018Recital\u2019<\/strong>: \u2018Hilarious\u2019. <strong>The Mark Twain Humour Contest USA 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018We really enjoyed your stories &#8212; <strong>Dr Reynolds&#8217; Mother and An Honourable Life.\u2019 Anne McDonnell of<\/strong> <strong>Pewter Rose Press<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYS PRODUCED:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2021: <\/strong>My play <strong>A Family Affair<\/strong> is to be adapted by Muhammad Imran Fatani in his \u2018Native Desi Language Style\u2019 and performed in his Directional Course Project at the <strong>National Academy of Performing Arts, Karachi, Pakistan. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020: <\/strong>My comedy<strong> Simon Cowell Is Coming To Tea <\/strong>performed as a reading on Zoom by <strong>Cloud Playhouse San Francisco <\/strong>on<strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\">\u00a0Sunday, June 14th, at 7 pm Pacific Time. A<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\">dapted and Directed by: Hassan Shah.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\">Readers: Divya Balu, Rajat Bhargava, Sanjay Kapoor, Dilip Ratnam, Vaishnavi Sridha.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020<\/strong>. Photos of my PAKISTANI and INDIAN friends in SAN FRANCISCO Zooming my comedy A Family Affair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-comedy-A-fAMILY-AFFAIR-ZOOMED-BY-PARKISTANI-AND-INDIAN-FRIENDS-IN-SAN-FRANCISCO-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1007\" src=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-comedy-A-fAMILY-AFFAIR-ZOOMED-BY-PARKISTANI-AND-INDIAN-FRIENDS-IN-SAN-FRANCISCO-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"My comedy A fAMILY AFFAIR ZOOMED BY PARKISTANI AND INDIAN FRIENDS IN SAN FRANCISCO 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-comedy-A-fAMILY-AFFAIR-ZOOMED-BY-PARKISTANI-AND-INDIAN-FRIENDS-IN-SAN-FRANCISCO-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-comedy-A-fAMILY-AFFAIR-ZOOMED-BY-PARKISTANI-AND-INDIAN-FRIENDS-IN-SAN-FRANCISCO-2-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/My-comedy-A-fAMILY-AFFAIR-ZOOMED-BY-PARKISTANI-AND-INDIAN-FRIENDS-IN-SAN-FRANCISCO-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020.<\/strong> My one-act comedy <strong>SIMON COWELL IS COMING TO TEA<\/strong> is available. (Soon to be represented by Stage Scripts Ltd).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019. <\/strong>My comedy\u00a0<strong>A FAMILY AFFAIR<\/strong> (the play represented by Stage Scripts Ltd)<strong> is to be performed by <\/strong><strong>RTAI Drama group, Cork<\/strong> in the Lee Valley Golf Club, Ovens on November 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup>, and the White Horse in Ballincollig on the 13<sup>th<\/sup> November.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019.<span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\"><strong>The Brighton Scratch Night<\/strong>. 15\/10\/2019 &#8211; 17\/10\/2019. Unmasked Theatre, working in collaboration with Pretty Villain, George Lassos The Moon Theatre and The Rialto Theatre are proud to announce the return of The Brighton Scratch Night. Running across three nights, with extracts from six eclectic and exciting scripts, one of the biggest scratch programmes outside of London is back.<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\">The Full Line Up:<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\">Battlesong by Aine King directed by Luke Ofield.<\/span><br style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\" \/><span style=\"color: #1c1e21;\">Sammy by Christopher Owen dire<\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"color: #1c1e21;\">cted by Matt Turner \/ George Lassos The Moon Theatre.<\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #1c1e21;\"><br \/>\nMusic for Cats by Fran Lanting directed by Scott Roberts.<br \/>\nBrain Fog by David Varela directed by Christine Kempell.<br \/>\nThe Anchor and The Wave by Joe Von Malachowski directed by Lauren Varnfield.<br \/>\nShy, The Devil by Wendy Haines directed by Pip O\u2019Neill.<br \/>\nTickets \u00a35<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018. SAMMY. Comment:\u00a0<strong>High Tide Literary Department<\/strong>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">an incredibly compelling story of a couple navigating their way through grief, and those characters and their struggles were captured really well.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Theatr Clwyd<\/strong>.&#8217;Our Literary Associate was impressed with the way your storytelling engaged with such a pertinent debate that so often is hidden behind tabloid, chickbait headline.\u2019\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Prav MJ @ PMJ Prods<\/strong>. <strong>\u2018<\/strong><strong>The subject matter is poignant and heart breaking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BRIEF SYNOPSIS:\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s five years since baby Sammy died. His parents Carrie and John Botham had unsuccessfully gone to the High Court to prevent the hospital from removing his life support. The case created international interest, especially among pro-life supporters. Five years on, fragile Carrie is still grieving. John is trying to encourage her to \u2018move on\u2019. Enter Moira, a pro-life fundamentalist whose presence threatens Carrie and John\u2019s already imperilled marriage\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018: BUSH THEATRE<\/strong>. My play <strong>LAYING THE TURF<\/strong> <strong>is among the 100 scripts out of 850 which made it to a second reading at The BUSH THEATRE<\/strong>. <strong>\u2018The voice is unique &#8211; The play explores well their varying attitudes towards class, power, capitalism and culture.\u2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Brief synopsis<\/strong>: 4 park employees lay turf at the front of a new fountain erected in honour of a multi-millionaire sponsor of an extensive rehabilitation of the park which has included the building of a large concert hall. They are unhappy about the commercial changes that have been made to the park and with the character and activities of the sponsor. Tomorrow there is to be a VIP opening celebration. From time to time they can hear Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream being performed in the Open-Air Theatre in the park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 Papatango New Writing Prize: &#8216;Laying the Turf&#8217; reached the second round, one of 312 out of 1384 entries. &#8211;<\/strong> &#8216;<strong>It&#8217;s an interest premise and a very good inclination to represent characters on stage that are rarely seen. You also show a clear ability for comedy.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 from 2014: A FAMILY AFFAIR <\/strong>performed in<strong>\u00a0UK, Australia, Ireland.<\/strong><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong>P<strong>ublished.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong>: <strong>ELLEN<\/strong> (monologue) long-listed (in 10% of top 1,136 entries) for <strong>HERETIC VOICES \/ ARCOLA THEATRE project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017.<\/strong> November. My short piece<strong> DROWNINGS<\/strong> performed as part of the \u2018Best of Bolton\u2019 programme at the <strong>Octagon Theatre, Bolton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 June 3<sup>rd<\/sup>:<\/strong> 1<sup>st<\/sup> performance of <strong>RECITAL<\/strong>\u00a0performed at <strong>Caterham Festival<\/strong> by\u00a0<strong>The Another Way Theatre Company.\u00a0 SYNOPSIS:\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018Temperamental\u2019 <strong>Gillian <\/strong>is a concert platform singer. \u2018Boring\u2019 <strong>Trevor<\/strong> her pianist. They\u2019re on tour. She has a sore throat. She has a concert tonight. But Trevor has broken his wrist! They desperately try to find another pianist. No one is available. By the end, Trevor has done his back in and can\u2019t stand up straight, and Gillian can\u2019t speak. Disaster!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 February: <\/strong><strong>RECITAL<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>published by\u00a0<strong>STAGE SCRIPTS LTD.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2016 June: THE TOUCH OF A BUTTERFLY&#8217;S WING long listed for the PAPATANGO Competition.\u00a0<\/strong>Feedback from readers was that:\u00a0<b>A strong, heartfelt piece of writing exploring difficult and pertinent themes. Bernard&#8217;s character is totally affable and well-drawn, which makes the reveal at the end all the more tragic, and allows us to explore a complicated issue from several sides. Dialogue is strong, and the piece is well-paced. Congratulations for tackling such difficult themes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>2016 April: STILL WATERS, produced by MIND THE GAP at THE MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB, NEW YORK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2015 November: WE&#8217;RE SUPPOSED TO BE SINGING TONIGHT! performed by Quids-In Theatre Company, Aberdeen as a &#8216;Lunchbox&#8217; show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 September: WINSTON BROWN (monologue)<\/strong>\u00a0performed as part of <strong>PAINES PLOUGH&#8217;S NOT-TOO-TAME ROUNDABOUT season at THE LOWRY, SALFORD \/ MANCHESTER.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013: WOMEN&#8217;S VOICES <\/strong>(about a feminist a cappella choir) by Susan K Monson and Christopher Owen premiered 16th &#8211; 19th October as part of the <strong>Manchester (Women in Comedy)\u00a0Festival,<\/strong> produced by the Manchester based <strong>New Live Theatre Company<\/strong>. Cast: Kerry Leigh, Sean Fitton, Hilly Barber, Victoria Kerr, Betty Webster, Parisa Nikkhah-Eshghi and Una Love. \u00a0Director: Clare Barry. Producer: Paul Kenney. For poster details <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"%20http:\/\/www.newlivetheatre.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/A3_Poster_WomensVoices_Gold.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click here for <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/WV-EXTRACTS.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">WV EXTRACTS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2012 \/ 2013 \/ 2014:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A PARSON\u2019S TALE:<\/strong> tour of North West UK by New Live Theatre Company, Manchester, starring Bob Young. Director: Paul Kenney.\u00a0A Parson&#8217;s Tale previously was toured by Christopher Owen in\u00a0the UK and Gulf between 1995 &amp; 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2012: BEWARE! DANGER ZONE! <\/strong>One Act\u00a0Comedy on Health and Safety. First performed in 2012 by Cranwell Amateur Theatrical Society at the Royal Air Force Theatrical Association Festival of One-Act Plays, Lincolnshire 2012.\u00a0Click to download <strong>EXTRACTS<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/BEWARE-DANGER-ZONE-EXTRACTS.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">BEWARE! DANGER ZONE! EXTRACTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong>: <strong>STILL WATERS<\/strong> A 5 minute comedy sketch. 1 M 2 F. Winner of the Lost Theatre Five Minute Festival 2012. Subsequently performed by the New Venture Theatre, Brighton. Adapted to a short film in 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006 &#8211; 2008: A WILDE AFFAIR.\u00a0(Miss Pr<\/strong><strong>ism and Canon Chasuble In Concert).\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Toured the UK <\/strong>with Susan Flannery and Michael Lunts between 2006 and 2008. It also played in Australia. <strong>Comment: &#8216;An excellent entertainment&#8230;an hilarious evening&#8217; Newbury Weekly News &#8211; Hungerford Festival Review<\/strong>. Click to download<strong> EXTRACTS<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/A-WILDE-AFFAIR-EXTRACTS.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">A WILDE AFFAIR EXTRACTS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1995 &#8211; 2004: A PARSON&#8217;S TALE <\/strong>Toured extensively throughout the UK and in the Gulf States between <strong>1995 &#8211; 2004<\/strong>.&#8217;Hilarious. Involves the whole audience. By the end of the evening it felt we were taking leave of a dear friend&#8217; &#8211; Lichfield Mercury. CLICK HERE FOR <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherowen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/A-PARSONS-TALE-EXTRACTS1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">A PARSON&#8217;S TALE EXTRACTS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2000: RIGHT HO, WODEHOUSE!\u00a0<\/strong>Toured the UK extensively between 2000 and 2004. Based on the writings of PG Wodehouse with songs by Jerome Kern and Ivor Novello.\u00a0&#8216;Absolutely spiffing&#8217; &#8211; D. Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983: A REAL KING KONG<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst performed at Theatre Space, The Oval, Kennington, Chats Palace Homerton, London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983: KENNEDY&#8217;S DOWNSTAIRS<\/strong><br \/>\nComedy material for the revue at Kennedy&#8217;s Downstairs, King&#8217;s Road, Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980: SCRIPTS FOR TWO SHORT (Educational) FILMS<\/strong><br \/>\non Employment Equality and on Youth and Alcohol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973: WHAT!<\/strong><br \/>\na revue &#8211; music and lyrics by Alan Mason and Diana Bishop, performed at the Howff, Chalk Farm, London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1970: CHAMPAGNE FOR\u00a0<\/strong><b>CHEKHOV<\/b><br \/>\nperformed at Crewe Theatre and Keele University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMISSIONS INCLUDE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1989: FACADE. 90 MINUTE Screen on Two BBCTV.<\/strong><br \/>\nProducer: Louis Marks.\u00a0 Director: Warris Hussein.\u00a0To star: John Gielgud.\u00a0\u00a0The production finally pulled due to lack of American money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FICTION PUBLISHED: (Plays produced &#8211; see below). 13 July 2025 WAITING FOR COLLIE short listed for the Frome Literary Festival. 28 January 2024:\u00a0LOOKING FOR JOAN AND OTHER STORIES to be published by Troubador on 28th January 2024. \u00a0https:\/\/www.troubador.co.uk\/bookshop\/poetry-short-stories-and-plays\/looking-for-joan-and-other-stories Reviews: &#8216;I am enjoying the stories very much. 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