Pippa
Murphy : Theatre Performances
strangers, babies - Traverse Theatre Company - March 2007
Writer: Linda
McLean
Director: Philip Howard
Music: Pippa Murphy
One woman,
five men.
When Dan married his wife he knew he wasn’t settling for a simple life
and, even now, he keeps a wary eye on her.
Duncan has never been one for easy pleasantries or loose morality. He’s
dying and it’s really testing his patience. His day is made worse by the
arrival of his daughter looking for forgiveness.
Roy’s first foray onto the internet struck pay dirt and tonight he finds
himself face to face with a woman who shares his taste in pain.
If Denis didn’t ever have to meet his sister again it would be too soon
but something in her phone call gave him no option.
Abel is young and idealistic so it’s no surprise that he’s become
a Child Protection Officer. One mother’s reluctance to give him access
to her son sets off Abel’s alarm bell.
May is the woman in their lives. She ties these men together but she’s
coming undone as a moment in her life is haunting them all.
Sometimes chilling, frequently hilarious, strangers, babies is the story of one
woman’s desperate attempts at a future.
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BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play - Feb 2006
Stars - Nutshell - August 2006
Crestfall - Nutshell - October 2005
Written by Mark O'Rowe.
Director: Kate Nelson.
Music: Pippa Murphy.
The UK Premiere of this acclaimed Irish playwrite's hard-hitting tale of violence
and abuse.
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Standing
Wave -
Delia Derbyshire in the 60's - October 2004
Written by Nicola McCartney
Music: Pippa Murphy
Director: Katherine Morley
A co-production by
Reeling & Writhing / Tron Theatre Company
The extraordinary story of Delia Derbyshire - the ground breaking electronic music composer and member of the legendary BBC Radiophonic workshop who was most famously responsible for the incredible Dr Who theme music.
'a clever,
moving and beautifully structured play...
you feel the earth move a little under your feet.'
- Joyce McMillan, Scotsman
Reviews: Scotsman
5 stars / Guardian 4 stars
Herald 4 stars / Metro 4 stars / Times 4 stars
Daily Mail 4 stars / Sunday Herald 4 stars
Gilt - 7:84 - November 2003
Writer: Stephen
Greenhorn, Rona Munro & Isabel Wright
Director: Zinnie Harris
Music: Pippa Murphy
7:84 united
three of Scotland's best writers in the shape of Stephen Greenhorn
Rona Munro and Isabel Wright to produce Gilt, a modern mosaic about
money and love.
Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, each character shows the desperation
and cynicism of modern living laced with the underlying conviction that
there are two things that could change your life forever - money and
love. (world premiere)
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