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January, February and March 2012 in Farnham, UK
theplaygroup, a writer-led theatre project created by Sean together with Matthew Wilkie and Mark Hewitt, will present a season of delicious new plays in the EAT THEATRE season at Farnham Maltings.
January 18-19: Trail of the Farnham Flyer by Matthew Wilkie
February 15-16: The Disappearing Disease by Sean Tyler
March 14-15: The Fantasy Revenge Club by Mark C Hewitt
Tickets: £12 each, including a bowl of hearty soup
Or £30 for the whole season of three plays
Tickets available online here.
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 On December 2 2011 in Nyack, NY at 8pm
The Heroism
of Failure, Sean's new play inspired by the life and work of the American painter Edward Hopper, will be presented as a staged reading at the artist's birthplace, the Edward Hopper House Art Centre in Nyack, New York.
The cast will feature: William J Growney as The Narrator, Lawrence Jansen as The Man, Erin Wheelock as The Woman.
Like a painting by Edward Hopper each scene in the play tells its own story.
A man in an office, staring out of the window.
A woman in a cafeteria, contemplating her empty coffee cup.
A man and a woman together in a room, not talking.
These characters might be any ordinary man or woman...
They might be you and me.
Or they might be Edward and Jo Hopper.
Together the scenes grow to tell the stories of our everyday lives...
Tickets: $10 here or call 845 358 0774
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On October 3, 2011 in Hedge End, Hampshire, UK at 7:30pm
Office at Night, a scene from Sean's new play inspired by the life and work of Edward Hopper, will be performed as part of the Page to Stage event at The Berry Theatre.
This will be the first time that any piece of Sean's work has been performed in his home town!
Tickets: £3
Telephone: +44 (0)1489 799499
Online: www.theberrytheatre.co.uk
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August 2011
Sean is pleased to announce that he's been appointed as the Associate for the New Writing South Writer Squad. Working in partnership with The Berry Theatre, Hedge End, the squad is for young aspiring writers aged 13-17 in the region and will launch in September 2011.
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 On June 10, 2011
Sean will fly to the English Lake District to research the roots of the legendary Stan Laurel for a forthcoming play.
Sean is grateful to New Writing South for a New Buds Awards bursary, which has made this possible.
More news to follow in due course...
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 On June 8, 2011 in Hedge
End, Southampton, UK at 7pm
Sean will host the next meeting of The Writer Hub at The Berry
Theatre.
To book a place and for further information please email Sean at: hampshirehub@newwritingsouth.com
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On May 14, 2011 in Farnham, UK at 2:00pm
Ahead of a performance this coming Fall at
The Edward Hopper House Art Centre (Nyack, New York) of Sean's conceptual play about the life and work of the American painter Edward Hopper, there will be a short work-in-progress presentation of one scene from the play, Sunlight in a Cafeteria, at Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, UK.
The cast will feature:
Man - Burton Asher
Woman - Melina Xenaki
Presented as part of farnham spring festival
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On May 4, 2011 in Hedge
End, Southampton, UK at 7pm
The second meeting of The Writer Hub at The Berry
Theatre.
To book a place and for further information please email: hampshirehub@newwritingsouth.com
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On April 6, 2011 in Hedge End, Southampton, UK at 7pm.
Sean Tyler will host the inaugural meeting of The Writer Hub at The Berry Theatre. The Hub offers the chance to informally meet with other writers,
to listen to and meet with guest writers and to curate or take part in new writing events. The launch coincides
with the opening week of the brand new Berry Theatre, a state-of-the-art
312-seat venue. The Hub is supported by New Writing South and The Berry Theatre.
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On December 9, 2010 in Brooklyn, New York at 7pm
Godlight Theatre Company present a work-in-progress performance of
Lee Stringer's Grand Central Winter
adapted by Sean Tyler
Godlight Theatre Company will be developing two world premiere stage adaptations at Kingsborough Performing Arts Center this season - Grand Central Winter, Lee Stringer's autobiographical tale of life as a homeless "resident" of Grand Central Station and the multi-award winning, magical and gleefully macabre The Pilo Family Circus by Australian Author Will Elliott. Artistic Director Joe Tantalo will lead an open rehearsal with excerpts from these two off-Broadway bound premieres.
Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11235 Telephone: 718.368.5596
Tickets are free, available here.
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Click here for a review of the November 11 performance of Lee Stringer's Grand Central Winter adapted by Sean Tyler.
Click here for an interview with Lee Stringer in advance of the November 11 performance.
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 On November 11, 2010 in Mamaroneck, New York at 8pm
Emelin Theatre Insights & Revelations Performance Series
Godlight Theatre Company present a work-in-progress performance of
Lee Stringer's
Grand Central Winter
adapted by Sean Tyler
Grand
Central Winter
tells Lee Stringer's incredible true-life story of being drug-addicted and
homeless, surviving on the streets of New
York City. Rich
with acts of kindness, humor, and heroism amid violence and desperation, Grand Central Winter offers a touching portrait
of our shared humanity.
The cast will feature: Sean Phillips as Young Lee, Willie Glenn as Old Lee, Katherine Boynton, Tara Jean Conway, William J Growney, Adam Kee, Gregory Konow, Ryan O'Callaghan, Nick Paglino, Lauren Schacher, Michael Shimkin and Erin Wheelock.
Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck,
New York 10543 Telephone: 914.698.0098
www.emelin.org
Tickets $25
Get an
inside look at the creative process by witnessing sneak previews, open
rehearsals and great new works in process before they land off-Broadway. Participate in post-show
discussions with the artists and mingle with them at a reception following each
performance!
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August 2010
Sean is in New York City right now, working on his latest writing project. Check back soon for details of an upcoming event in Westchester County, New York in November 2010. Or sign up here to be sure to receive details as soon as they're confirmed. _____________________________________
May 2010
Excerpts from Sean's play Waiting on the Z Train have been published in the first edition of the new literary e-zine Minus 9 Squared, together with the photo Sean took in NYC in January 2005 that inspired the play. Click HERE to view the publication online. _____________________________________
On May 8, 2010 in Farnham, UK at 2pm to 4pm
Farnham
Playwrights' Collective present
Five Minute Theatre Four
new short plays including a new piece by Sean Tyler.
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 On June 10, 2009 on Watch TV (Sky Channel 109, Virgin TV 124) 6pm BST (UK)
Sean will be appearing on
Richard and Judy to review one of their new Summer Read selections:
The Great Lover by Jill Dawson.
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 On May 4, 2009 in Edinburgh, UK
at 8pm
Room 1336 a short monologue by Sean Tyler will be included in the Words, Words, Words event at The Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2ED (telephone 0044 (0)131 228 1404)
Free admission
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On May 9, 2009 in Farnham, UK at 3pm
Farnham
Playwrights' Collective present
Lonely Spaces including
Less a durational performance by Sean Tyler
Performed as part of Farnham Creates Festival at Farnham Maltings, Bridge
Square, Farnham, Surrey UK. Wander around The Maltings between 3pm and 4:30pm and you may, or may not, chance across one of the durational performances.
For the short performances, meet near the main reception desk at 3pm, 3:30pm and 4pm
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On January 24, 2009 in Brighton, UK at 4:30pm
CineStage presents work-in-progress scratch performances of six new works exploring the links between stage and screen. Including a new piece by Sean Tyler.
Nightingale Theatre, 29-30 Surrey Street, Brighton BN1 3PA, UK (above the Grand Central Bar, beside Brighton Train Station).
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On January 17, 2009 in Farnham, UK at 6:30pm
malt(ings) extr-acts: Farnham Playwrights' Collective presents work-in-progress extracts from five new plays, including Psychological Interventions in Early Psychosis by Sean Tyler. Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey UK. Admission free (rsvp to sean@seantyler.org)
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On September 27, 2008 in London at 7:30pm
Lost Theatre Company present The 5 Minute Festival
In an age when no-one has any time Lost Theatre challenges the freshest new theatrical talent to explode onstage in 300 seconds.
Ten new plays, including Room 1336 by Sean Tyler.
A man. Alone in his hotel room. The phone rings. He answers it. No-one speaks. Why doesn't the woman on the other end of the line respond? Why can't she respond?
Directed by Francesca Seeley. The cast will feature: Nigel Mattison as the Man. 1968 Productions.
"Tautly written and tensely performed... the tension and interest is kept throughout..." 5 Minute Festival panels
Tabard Theatre, 2 Bath Road, London W4 1LW
Tickets: www.tabardtheatre.co.uk 0844 847 2264
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On May 10, 2008 in Farnham, UK at 7.15pm
Farnham Playwrights' Collective
present five new, short and diverse monologues from works-in-progress,
extracts from longer plays and self-contained pieces,
including The Simple Act of Breathing by Rachel Barnett, Countdown by Heather Dunmore, The Reviewer by Matthew Wilkie, Two Kinds of Bee by Rita Wheeler and Room 1336 by Sean Tyler. Part of the Farnham Creates arts festival at Farnham Maltings.
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On March 25 to 30, 2008 in London, UK at 7:30pm
(4pm on Sunday) First Draft Theatre presents
at Greenwich Playhouse, Greenwich Station Forecourt, 189 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8JA (Phone 020 8858 9256)
Everyone has read stories of the
rich and famous... has seen glossy pictures in Hello and OK... But what if that was the only way
to find out what your son was up to, what your twin sister was doing now? What
if they had gone in search of fame? Would you ever have the chance to reconnect
with them? Or are they lost forever, their heads in the clouds and their minds
in the stars?
Directed by Francesca
Seeley. The cast will feature: Ruth
James
as Jane, Nigel Mattison
as Carl, Aisha Karr
as Hope and Catherine Rowntree as Ruth.
Tickets: 020 8858 9256 or boxoffice@galleontheatre.co.uk
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On March 29, 2008 in Brighton, UK at 3:30pm
The Bite-Size International 10-Minute Playwriting Competition Finalists - Call off the Search by Sean Tyler is being performed as a public reading
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On December 17, 2007 in London, UK at 7:30pm
Mokita Productions present a new rehearsed reading of
Waiting on the Z Train by Sean Tyler
At The White Bear Theatre, 138 Kennington Park Road
"The city bulbs gently illuminate the belly of the cloud, which, from
underneath, appears as a soft cotton sheet draped carefully over the
intricate structures that surround us. We are captured within our own
city."
Columbus never leaves New York City; he walks Manhattan at night, seeing
things that no-one else sees, experiencing a world that no-one else
knows, but still trapped by the confines of the city. Until the day his
sister re-enters his life, and introduces him to life not just outside
Manhattan, but an entire world away.
Waiting on the Z Train is a sensitive portrayal of destructive revelations, lies uncovered and family relationships rebuilt.
Directed by Emily Agnew.
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On October 9 to 27, 2007 in London, UK at 7:30pm Room for Pudding Theatre Company presents a double bill at Camden People's Theatre
I met this girl... by Sean Tyler and Something Borrowed by Victoria Taylor Roberts
This vibrant company of young theatrical collaborators present two remarkable new plays that have been workshopped in conjunction with two of the country's most exciting new writers.
I met this girl... by Sean Tyler Interweaving relationships, missed opportunities and rash actions - these all collide to force four characters into a drastic reconsideration of their own lives and their perceptions of those around them.
Directed by Lauren Graham. The cast will feature: Max Davis as Larry, Catherine Eccles as Krystal, David McGroarty as Evan and Cheska Moon as Libbee. Go to Ticketweb online for tickets. ________________________________________
On May 12, 2007 in Farnham, UK: Farnham Maltings Festival (11am to 11pm) An enticing mix of live music, dance, theatre, workshops, experimental work, real ale and more... including at 1:30pm in South Wing: Two Short Plays on Happiness - Helena Bell, Artistic Director of Pursued by a Bear Producions, works with local writers Matthew Wilkie and Sean Tyler on workshopping two new plays. The session will provide an insight into the process of getting new work on to the stage and will culminate in scratch performances. Sunday in the Park with Frank by Matthew Wilkie Call off the Search by Sean Tyler ___________________________________
On April 24, 2007 in London, UK: Room for Pudding Theatre Company present a script reading evening featuring excerpts from new plays, including: I met this girl... by Sean Tyler The Tristan Bates Theatre at The Actors' Centre, Tower Street, Covent Garden (Telephone: 020 7240 6283) at 7pm The event is free to attend, please reserve places in advance by emailing: roomforpudding@hotmail.co.uk ________________________________________
 On April 16 & April 18, 2007 in London, UK: North West London Equity and The Writers' Guild of Great Britain combine to present the best of new British playwriting: A rehearsed play reading of Waiting on the Z Train by Sean Tyler Directed by Keith Francis
New York City. Mid-December 2004. A young man refuses to leave his apartment by daylight. Everything necessary for human life is there, including take-out pizzas and Martin Scorsese DVDs. Then his sister invites him to Coney Island... and beyond.
Monday, April 16 at 8pm Pentameters Theatre, The Horseshoe Pub, 28 Heath Street, Hampstead NW3 6TE (entrance Oriel Place) Box Office: 020 7435 3648 £7 (£5 concessions/Equity members)
Wednesday, April 18 at 7:30pm The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 15 Britannia Street, Kings Cross, London WC1X 9JN Telephone: 020 7833 0777 £8 to include a glass of wine (£6 Guild and Equity members)
Sean will be conducting a Q&A session after each performance. ______________________________________
On February 18 to 20, 2007 in London, UK: First Draft Theatre present three new plays, including:
Sheep/Wolf, a new play by Sean Tyler “If anyone knows anything regarding the whereabouts of my son, even the smallest piece of information, I beg you, please come forward to the police. He's just a young and innocent boy. I would do anything to have him back home with me.”
Directed by David Trevaskis. The cast will feature: Oliver Scofield as Jasper, Vikki Virgo as Greer, Sue Broberg as Leona and Shaun Nethercott as Burton.
Also presenting: Ramblin' Man by William Drew and Thick Blood, Loose Love by Rea Johnston.
Sunday 18th - King's Head Theatre, Islington @ 7:30 Monday 19th - The Bedford, Balham @ 7:30 Tuesday 20th - Inn on the Green, Portobello Road @ 7:30 Tickets: Online, phone 07960 010209 or on the door.
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The newly published booklet Nine short plays about happiness, which includes Call off the Search by Sean Tyler, is now available to purchase in person from Farnham Maltings or by post from New Writing South, 9 Jew Street, Brighton BN1 1UT, UK. Please send a cheque for £3.00 (which includes P&P), cheques should be made payable to New Writing South.
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 On July 8, 2006 Nine short plays on Happiness The Nightingale Theatre, Surrey Street, Brighton, UK at 4:00pm Nine slivers of plays that can be presented alone or as a group of 'B-movies', shown at conferences, in foyers, etc. Includes Call off the Search by Sean Tyler Produced by Farnham Maltings and New Writing South
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On April 1 and April 2, 2006 in New York City: the award-winning and critically acclaimed Godlight Theatre Company and The Gershwin Hotel present Waiting on the Z Train by Sean Tyler. Directed by Joe Tantalo. The cast will feature: Ken King as Columbus, Gregory Konow as Hudson and Teal Wicks as Madison
Saturday, April 1 at 3:30pm - A staged reading at Theater C, 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, Manhattan (between Park and Madison).
Sunday, April 2 at 3pm - A reading at The Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street, Manhattan (between Madison and 5th). ___________________________________________
 On April 27 to April 29, 2006 I met this girl... A two-character version of Sean's play will be performed as one of four 'Shorts' by Pitchy Breath Theatre at The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, UK. Nightly at 7.30pm. Go to: The Hawth Theatre for more details and to book online. Other plays include Between Stars by Matthew Wilkie. ___________________________________________
On March 6, 2006 - Jennifer, one of Sean's early monologues will be presented by heartonmysleevefootinmymouth for just one night on March 6 at Upstairs @ Mook Bar. 90 Notting Hill Gate, London. It will be one of ten monologues, including The Girl With Undecided Eyes by Matthew Wilkie, being performed on the theme of Beauty. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm - tickets can be reserved by phoning 07969 691901. ____________________________________________
March 1, 2006 - Sean has just arrived in New York City to start his month-long residency at the Gershwin Hotel. Go to NYC Residency for the latest updates. ___________________________________________
December 2005 - Sean Tyler has just been appointed Writer in Residence at the Gershwin Hotel, New York City. He will initially spend time there during Spring 2006, researching and developing his newest project. Sean said: "This is a wonderful chance to fully immerse myself in the City that has always proved so inspirational in the past. I'm honoured to have been selected by the Gershwin Hotel and I'm very excited about the opportunities this will open up for me". Go to: GershwinHotel.com click on 'Love' and then 'Artists in Residence'.
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