Oliver Emanuel – författare

Over 20 years, A Play, A Pie and A Pint has famously commissioned and produced more than 600 plays, providing countless opportunities for writers, actors and directors to develop their craft and try out new ideas. Productions are simple, rehearsal times short and the subject matter diverse. Audiences at Glasgow’s Òran Mór get a new play at lunchtime every week lasting no more than an hour, accompanied by a pie and a pint.To celebrate the beloved theatrical institution’s 20th anniversary, this second collection includes critically acclaimed plays and favourites as voted by the public and members of the theatre company.Includes the plays:Rose (Lorna Martin)Fleeto (Paddy Cunneen)One Day in Spring (various)Tír na nÓg (Dave Anderson)Storytelling (Oliver Emanuel)The Great Replacement (Uma Nada-Rajah)Write-Off (Aodhan Gallagher)Rachel’s Cousins (Ann Marie Di Mambro)‘a bedrock of the Scottish theatre industry’The Guardian

Winner of a Fringe First Award 2024What use is paper? To speak.To imagine. To remember.It starts when she puts a note through his letterbox.'Hello Number 4, this is Number 6. Please could you SHUT THE **** UP? Ta.' Not a promising beginning, but... they meet, they fall in love, they get married.Then one day a letter arrives that will change them, and the world, forever...Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams's A History of Paper is a musical love story about a man and a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere Dundee Rep and Traverse Theatre co-production at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in August 2024.

Somewhere near you there is a band of brothers fighting for justice. Seeking to rid the land of evil and return hope to the poorly treated.They are lean, mean, trained justice fighting machines! Armed with whatever comes their way, nothing is as it seems in this Sherwood Forrest, but one thing is for sure . . . no rogue is safe!Join internationally acclaimed Visible Fictions for a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood and be prepared to unleash your imagination!Suitable for those ages 7 and over.

The 306: Dawn is a new piece of music theatre from the National Theatre of Scotland. Based on real events, it charts the heart-breaking journey of three of the three hundred and six British soldiers who were executed for cowardice, desertion and mutiny during World War I (1914-18).'You are a fucking coward and you will go to the trenches. I give fuck all for my life and I give fuck all for yours and I’ll get you fucking well shot' – Sergeant to Harry Farr.Joseph Byers (17) from Glasgow.Too young to enlist, Joe, like so many at the time, has lied about his age to join the other men at the front. However, his dreams of being a solider are quickly destroyed by the brutal realities of trench warfare and he soon finds himself in trouble with the authorities.Private Harry Farr (25) from London.Traumatised by the things he has seen and lived through as a serving soldier, Harry is suffering from shell shock and is now unable to fight. He has subsequently been convicted of cowardice, and as he waits to hear his fate, he dreams of his wife and hopes for a last minute reprieve.Lance-Sergeant Joseph Willie Stones (24) from Durham.Having used his rifle to block the entrance to a trench during fierce fighting, Joseph stands accused of casting away his arms in combat - an offence punishable by death. He thought he was protecting his men, but the top brass want to make an example of him to maintain discipline in the ranks.With a contemporary score performed live by the Red Note Ensemble, the songs explore the vulnerability and devastation of the battlefields, alongside the inner struggles of the men.Poignant and powerful, The 306: Dawn will be performed in a transformed barn in the Perthshire countryside.

The 306: Day is the second part of Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams' powerful new First World War trilogy, charting the heart-breaking journey of the 306 men executed for cowardice and desertion during the conflict and the devastating consequences for those they left behind.This part explores how the war affected women, families, and communities on the home front. Inspired by real events and first-hand accounts, The 306: Day follows the lives of three ordinary women fighting to be heard above the clamor of World War 1.

The 306 trilogy is dedicated to the memory of the 306 British soldiers of the 1914-18 war who were shot at dawn, by their own side, for what was then called cowardice or desertion. This final play, The 306:Dusk, is set on November 11 2018 and considers the impact of the First World war on today's attitudes to and experiences of war. 2018. Armistice Day. A pregnant school teacher is haunted by the story of her grandfather's story of having to kill his deserter friend. On a school trip to the battlefields she goes AWOL in a wood whilst on this very personal mission of remembrance. An injured veteran of the Iraq war has yet to cope with the aftermath of killing, and still relives the nightmare of battle. A blindfolded soldier wakes up after 100 years to hear the birds singing once more…The 306: Dusk is a unique piece of music theatre about memory and forgetting, friendship and betrayal, exploring what the Great War means to us today. From the 2-minute silence at 11am to dusk that same day, three disparate characters, a string quartet and a choir of voices from the past and present  show how our world is shaped by the war to end all wars.The play ends with a roll call of the first names of the 306 soldiers. It also includes extracts from the diary of Oliver Emanuel as he researched and created the 2018 production. The 306: Dusk was a National Theatre Scotland and Perth Theatre production, co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary and is the concluding part of the 306 Trilogy, following 2016’s premiere The 306: Dawn, and performances in 2017 of The 306: Day.

Mag lives in a rustic cabin in the Canadian wilds, far from neighbours and further from her past. It’s an unremarkable life, save for the enormous bear carcass on the kitchen table.But when her estranged daughter Beth turns up on the doorstep having been freshly released from prison, the past becomes terrifyingly present - and the bear isn’t the only thing with a dangerous bite.