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Featured Playwright
Tony Haynes
About Me: Since graduating from University of Plymouth with a Masters in Creative Writing I have sold numerous short stories across a wide variety of genres, which is a testimony to my talent, commitment and willingness to produce work that is commercially viable. For the past four years I have mainly concentrated on writing scripts in an attempt to break into the industry. Early in 2022 one of my film scripts was long-listed for the shorts category at the Scriptwriters & Co. International Film Festival, then in 2023 I signed a contract with Emmeline productions for a six part television comedy series I have written, working title: F#cked. In addition to script writing, Bauer Publishing still regularly commissions my short fiction. As someone who suffers with a long term disability, much of my work deals with characters who are trying to cope with living with a disability. Although the situation is gradually improving, disabled people are still woefully under-represented on-screen (and off!). Much of my writing attempts to address this situation and go some small way to redressing the balance.
Featured Play
Rhododendron Way
Every town has that street, built at a different time, different style, different bricks. Here, that is Rhododendron Way. Whilst the rest of the town is old stone terraces, the houses of Rhododendron Way are modern detached red brick. But now, red bricks have been appearing on the streets and pavements across town. Last week a brick on the road caused the mayor to crash her car, and now, fingers are pointing. An emergency meeting of the town council has been called to work out what to do. Mayor Oakes, Lily, and Florian make up the town council. They become the various residents of Rhododendron Way, attempting to explain the wild wondrous reasons why each may be responsible for the mysterious bricks. Some of their explanations are mythical, supernatural, others ordinary. But as they discuss, it becomes clear they are less interested in finding who is responsible, and more interested in finding someone to blame and make the town pariah, all under the mantra of ‘for the good of the many’.
Playwright: Daniel McVey