Brian Coyle - Playwright & Scriptwriter
OFFSHORE
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A troubled young man standing on a cold deserted beach stares out at the uninviting sea and spots something magical out there. What is it he sees?
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In this play three lost souls meet on the same beach every day. They each have their own issues and they each can't seem to move forward with their lives. Can they help each other to find their way?
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​OFFSHORE is about loss, longing, mental health and about the mystery of our natural world. It's a story of three ordinary people and their connection to each other and to the infinite.
THE STANDING STONES OF LANGASH​
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When Finn returns to the remote island he was brought up on, during a family crisis, he doesn't receive the welcome he might have hoped for. In this play he and his siblings Cath and Danny wrestle to establish which memories from their family life are true and face up to secrets that have been kept hidden their entire lives.
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THE STANDING STONES OF LANGASH is about three siblings and their difficult relationship with each other and their shared past. It's also about their struggle to find a way, in the midst of family secrets and lies, to accept each other for who they are.
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THE SHIRES
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A young woman from a small left-behind rural town, Perry (19), is lost and drifting. It's a year since her dad's death and she spends most of her time hanging around The Shires, the local shopping centre, drinking cider and smoking dope with her rightwing mate Spencer. When she strikes up an unlikely friendship with Graham the Carry-Bag-Man, a local character who usually speaks to no one, Spencer isn't happy – he has it in for Graham, and for some other people in the town. But could the weird old man be Perry’s saviour?
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The play is about losing your way and finding it again; it's about small-town life and the left behind; and it's about grief and loss (in all its forms).
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LIFEFORCE
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Alex has a lot to live for: their friendship with their flat-mate Serena, their lovely mum, their passion for Bake Off, their budding stand-up career and their fledgling romance with the beautiful Barista from Pret. So why have they taken an overdose and are in hospital, with a medical team fighting for their life? Will they survive and do they even want to?
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In this 50 min single-hander about grief, mental health and the meaning/point of life Alex tells us their story, as we find out how they got to this frightening point in their life.
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