Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco
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Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco is a play
by Gary Owen
that was first presented by Sgript Cymru
in 2001. The play is set on a Saturday night in a small town in Wales
and focus's on three lads in their mid-twenties stuck with their school reputations, of the gimp, the geek
and the bully. The play takes the format of three monologues and the tagline for the play is 'Their dream is to get the hell out..'
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
by Gary Owen
Gary Owen (playwright)
Gary Owen is a Welsh playwright and winner of the Arts Council England 2003 Meyer-Whitworth Award for new writing for the theatre....
that was first presented by Sgript Cymru
Sgript Cymru
Sgript Cymru is a Welsh theatre company that specialises in new writing in Welsh or English by Welsh and Wales-based playwrights.The company was created in 2000 and is based in the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff...
in 2001. The play is set on a Saturday night in a small town in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and focus's on three lads in their mid-twenties stuck with their school reputations, of the gimp, the geek
Geek
The word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to...
and the bully. The play takes the format of three monologues and the tagline for the play is 'Their dream is to get the hell out..'
Dramatis personae
- Gary: a hate-fuelled, arsehole who dobsInformantAn informant is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. The term is usually used within the law enforcement world, where they are officially known as confidential or criminal informants , and can often refer pejoratively to the supply of information...
enemies into CrimewatchCrimewatchCrimewatch is a long-running and high-profile British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes with a view to gaining information from the members of the public. The programme is usually broadcast once a month on BBC One...
for fun. - Matthew D Melody: charismatically naïve and thinks Frank SinatraFrank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
can save the world. - Russell Markham: imploding from a life full of repressed anger, which is causing everything from impotence to fear of cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
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