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PETER COLLEY Playwright-Screenwriter |
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Peter's new "film noir" style play opened in Calgary in 2008 at the Vertigo Theatre. Details coming soon.
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RECENT PRODUCTIONS: The world famous Cambridge Footlights (Monty Python, Beyond The Fringe, Borat) produced I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT in 2007. For details click here. I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT recently named as "Best of Calgary Theatre" by the Calgary Sun. "It’s no surprise I’ll Be Back Before Midnight has thrilled audiences in 25 countries and become the most produced Canadian play ever." Peter's new play THE MAN IN THE DESERT about the life of Lawrence after his Arabia days was a semi-finalist for the 2007 Eugene O'Neill awards. THE MAN IN THE DESERT was performed to much acclaim in 2007 at Theatre In The Park, Raleigh, North Carolina.
For more information on THE MAN IN THE
DESERT click here Also produced at the Blyth Festival in its
fourth revival at the theatre which premiered the play, the
Vertigo Theatre in Calgary, the Spokane Civic Theatre and in
2007 at the Nantucket Arts Festival.
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Peter's new musical on the life of James Cagney has been announced to premiere at the Florida Stage in the 2008/9 season. Stars Robert Creighton as Cagney (currently in Broadway's LITTLE MERMAID). Click here for details on the Florida Stage.
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UK National Tour - including The Grand Theatre Swansea shown above (to see more pictures of theatres click here)
"Peter Colley's play was the most memorable theatre experience of my life.
Made me realize what live theatre could be." Calgary Herald 2006
REVIEWS: I'LL BE BACK BEFORE
MIDNIGHT at The Coliseum Theatre, Nr. Manchester, England, where it received excellent notices (to see the
Coliseum reviews, poster, photos, click here).
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In 2007 in a new Danish translation at Jomfru Ane Teatret! To go to their website, click here. Also a new Dutch translation called "Voor Middernacht Ben Ik Terug!" and a German translation titled "Gänsehaut" was a hit in 2007 in at Theater Blutenburg, Munich, Germany. |
Peter was interviewed in the New York-based "The Dramatist" magazine, and in August 2007 Writer's Digest Peter's dialogue software was named among the "Best Software For Writers 2007". |
FOR MORE INFORMATION - NEWSPAPER REVIEWS, PRODUCTION HISTORY ETC - CLICK ON TITLES BELOW LEFT
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(For full size headshot for programs etc. click here) Peter
Colley is an award-winning Canadian writer based in Los Angeles
and Toronto. His stage plays have been produced in 25 countries, 48
of the 50 states in the U.S. and every province in Canada. He was
nominated for the 2000 Humanitas Prize for screenwriting and was a
semi-finalist for the 2006 and 2007 Eugene O'Neill playwriting awards. Peter Colley is also the creator of an educational software program for writers called Great Dialogue Software™. This software has been sold in 38 countries. For more details, click here, or click on the logo below. |
THEATRE COMPANIES: For free perusal copies of
Peter's plays email:
mailto:peter@petercolley.com
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Click on poster below to see larger version
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For more information on Peter Colley's Great Dialogue Software™ click on the above logo. This popular educational software for writers has been sold in 37 countries.
THEATRES WHICH HAVE PERFORMED PETER'S PLAYS
INCLUDE:
Theatre Royal,
Windsor (England); The Grand Theatre, London (Ont.); The National Arts Centre, Ottawa;
Theatre Royal Winchester (England); The
Coliseum, Manchester (England); The Vancouver Playhouse; Theatre Royal, Margate
(England); The Salisbury Playhouse
(England); Theatre
New Brunswick; The Palace Theatre (England); The Tarragon, Toronto; The Saint Lawrence Centre, Toronto; The
City Theatre, Pittsburgh; Theatre-By-The-Sea, Portsmouth (US); The Octagon Theatre
(England); The American Heartland
Theater, Kansas City; The Capitol Theatre (England); The Blyth Festival
(Canada); The Charlottetown Festival (Canada); The Grand Theatre, Swansea
(Wales); The Neptune Theatre Halifax (Canada); Canberra Repertory Theatre (Australia), ETH Hamburg,
(Germany), Theater Blutenburg, Munich, (Germany), Alliance Francaise (Kenya), and thousands more in
25
countries.
TO SEE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE THEATRES:
CLICK HERE
The Grand Theatre, London (Ont.), where Peter started his career as the Resident Playwright for 3 years.
THEATRE COMPANIES: For free perusal copies of Peter's plays email:
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