Trudie Shutler
Plays
I trained with Out of Joint, Nuffield Theatre Southampton and Bristol Old Vic where I was winner of the Open Sessions 2015/16. Shortlisted Papatango Writer in Residence 2019. Winner of 2019 Raods national playwriting competition for short monologue.
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Ripe
Drama | 1h 20m
Developed with the support of Bristol Old Vic, Nuffield Theatre Southampton. Full professional production at NST 2020
A woman begins an usual relationship with the teenage boy she meets at her husband's funeral
Directed by Gemma Aked Priestley
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting 2022
Other full length plays include:
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The Boy Without a Heart - developed with support from Salisbury Playhouse, rehearsed reading directed by Max Lindsay, Nuffield Theatre Southampton, April 2017.
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Welcome - scratch night performance at Nuffield Theatre Southampton 2017, shortlisted Verity Bargate Award 2018. Shortlisted Bread and Roses Award 2019 and rehearsed reading Theatre Royal, Stratford East 2019
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If This is It, There should be Music - four couples who live in caravans are faced with a crisis whilst all around them a much bigger one is taking place. Script in hand performance at Stage Door, Southampton June 2024.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - performed at Romsey Plaza 2023. My first outing as a director for the stage as well!
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Proof? For Romsey Youth Theatre 16- 20 July 2024
Directed by Russell Theron
With the fabulous cast and crew of Proof?
