John Hinton is... PLAYWRIGHT
John has written six theatre pieces which have reached full production. These include his trilogy of musical comedies about Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein (two versions) and Marie Curie; one other musical comedy based on the Norse myths about the end of the world; one epic tragi-comedy about the Greek philosopher Pythagoras; and a theatre-in-education piece about the Brecks in East Anglia.
In addition, he has written four full-length Ensonglopedias (alphabetical collections of 26 songs), four shorter music/movement pieces on commission for various museums, and has co-written or been part of the devising team of countless physical theatre pieces. The first of three tables on this page lists his six theatre pieces:
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The Element in the Room: a Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie |
Daniel Goldman / Tangram Theatre (with music by Jo Eagle) |
2015-present - UK and Australia tour |
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Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking |
Daniel Goldman / Tangram Theatre (with music by Jo Eagle) |
2013-present - UK, Australia and Malta tour, including Royal Albert Hall |
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The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the survival of (r)evolutionary theories in the face of scientific and ecclesiastical objections: being a musical comedy about Charles Darwin (1809-1882) |
Daniel Goldman / Tangram Theatre |
2008-present - Ed & B’ton Fringe, UK tour, Australia, Norway, Croatia, Sweden, Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall... |
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Pythagoras |
Self-directed / University of Cumbria |
2013 - production in Carlisle with 21 second year performing arts students |
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Ragnarok: The Weird of the Gods |
Panel-directed / Theatre of the Preposterous |
2012/Theatre: Brighton Fringe, Ipswich Pulse, Croatia |
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Bex and Rex in the Beastly Brecks |
Daniel Goldman / Tangram Theatre |
2016/Theatre-in-Education: Tour of festivals and schools in the Brecks area of East Anglia |
Here are the four shorter performance pieces he has written on commission for various institutions:
He has also been co-writer, or part of the devising team, on the following productions:
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Spring Awakening (devised, based on the play by Frank Wedekind) |
John Hinton / University of Cumbria |
2015 |
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Push (devised) |
Myself & Kat Joyce / Tangled Feet |
2013-14 - outdoor theatre |
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Inflation (devised) |
Kat Joyce / Tangled Feet |
2012 - outdoor theatre |
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Babbel (devised) |
John Hinton / Teater EnKor |
2012 - site-specific theatre |
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The Measurement Shop (devised) |
Nathan Curry & Kat Joyce / Tangled Feet |
2010 /Site specific: Elephant & Castle shopping centre |
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Cloning Frankenstein (co-written with Johan Westergren) |
Teater EnKor |
2009-10 /Gothenburg, Swedish tour, Copenhagen |
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Home (devised) |
Nathan Curry & Kat Joyce / Tangled Feet |
2008-10 /Outdoor: UK tour, Glastonbury, Latitude, France |
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Crunch! - a show about apples (devised) |
Daniel Goldman / Tangram Theatre |
2006-07 /Ed Fringe, West End, Poland |
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Ugly Baby (co-written / devised) |
Deadpan Pizza Theatre Company |
2001 / Physical theatre: Ed Fringe |
The above lists are in addition to pieces John wrote during his time at University and earlier.
