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Strawberries in January
Photograph Douglas Robertson
paines plough

Theatre, Contemporary drama

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale
Audience size 100–400

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Roxana Silbert

General Manager
Ushi Bagga

Literary Manager
Pippa Ellis

Trainee Associate Director (Arts Council England)
George Perrin

Administrative Assistant
Wojtek Trzcinski

ARTISTIC POLICY
Paines Plough is an award-winning, nationally and internationally renowned theatre company, specialising exclusively in the commissioning and development of contemporary playwrights and the production of their work for stage. In all its work, Paines Plough aims to challenge our notions of theatre and the society we live in. In order to inspire new playwrights and find new audiences, the company also have a unique writing programme which focuses on encouraging and enabling people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to write for the stage.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Paines Plough has discovered a rich seam of talent.' The Independent

'A rare thing, a truly funny dark comedy, but it also serves as a biting political allegory.' Time Out New York (After the End)

'Everyone involved in this Traverse-Paines Plough co-production, can be proud of their success in evoking the very spirit of human happiness, in times that make that perhaps the most difficult project of all.' The Scotsman (Strawberries in January)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Long Time Dead By Rona Munro A story of friendship, adventure and chasing ghosts. Grizzly, Dog and Gnome live to climb mountains. They're good at it. They're not looking for death. They love what they do and they do it to the limit. But they're climbing up to places where death is only one mistake away.

Strawberries in January By Evelyne de la Chenelière in a version by Rona Munro. A biting, heart-warming comedy about four romantically challenged singletons who stumble through contemporary Montréal in search for love. Originally written in Québec French, the play won the Masque Award for Best Original Script.

Product By Mark Ravenhill. Olivia, a hot, young starlet in the delirious world of Hollywood, is pining for a script that would save her from the hell of B-movies and catapult her career into ascent. A script which balances artistic integrity with blockbuster bucks. James thinks he’s got the perfect pitch – a script which combines a torrid love story with the dark spectre of terrorism and big, big explosions. If he can only persuade Olivia, he’s got the perfect ‘product’. (60 mins, 3 on the road)

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Other activities include: professional writer development, workshops, writers’ group, readings and education.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 USA (After the End), Russia (After the End/Product), Portugal, Lithuania, Slovenia, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, Sweden (Product)
2005 Germany (After the End), Ireland (The Small Things)
2004 USA (The Straits)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.