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 Paines Plough and Sgript Cymru in Cardiff, Wales, in 2001, [1] after which it won the first Theatre in Wales Award for Best New Play. [2] The play is set on a Thursday night in a small town in Wales and focuses on three young men in their mid-twenties burdened by their school reputations of the gimp , the geek and the bully . [3] The play takes the format of three monologues and the tagline for the play is "their dream is to get the hell out".

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The script was published by Bloomsbury in 2001, who republished it 2005 in a collection of Owen's plays. [4] [5]

Dramatis personae

Selected productions

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References

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  2. Jones, Kenneth (26 May 2004). "Ghost City Is a Day in the Life of Welsh Town, Making U.S. Debut in NYC June 1-13". Playbill . Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  3. 1 2 Gardner, Lyn (15 March 2001). "Welsh theatre's blazing new talent". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  4. 1 2 "Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  5. "Owen Plays: I". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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  8. "Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, Tron Theatre, Glasgow". The Herald . Glasgow. 26 May 2011.
  9. Price, Karen (20 September 2014). "Disco Craze Returns for a New Run". Western Mail .
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