The plays and audio plays listed below are written by one or both of the artistic directors of Imploding Fictions. If you want to read them, or you want to inquire about rights, please get in touch via: implodingfictions (a) gmail.com
A Magician’s Death – Stage Play
By Philip Thorne & Øystein Ulsberg Brager
Stage play
Roles: 2 W / 4 M
Length: 67 pages
The famous magician William Elsworth performs the infamous Bullet Catch Routine – and gets shot dead. The fiction of the theatre turns rapidly into bloody truth, but off stage the lies still flourish, as no one wants to admit to murder…
This play merges new writing with a taut crime story. Recommended to fans of The Amelia Project.
Performance rights are available.
A Magician’s Death – Audio Fiction Miniseries
By Philip Thorne
Based on the play by Philip Thorne & Øystein Ulsberg Brager
Audio Fiction Miniseries
Roles: 3 F / 6 M / 4 Either
Length: 4 episodes, 25 pages per ep.
The famous magician William Elsworth performs the infamous Bullet Catch Routine – and gets shot dead. The fiction of the theatre turns rapidly into bloody truth, but off stage the lies still flourish, as no one wants to admit to murder…
Production rights are available.
Clouded Yellow
By Øystein Ulsberg Brager
Stage play
Roles: 4 W / 1 M
Length: 63 pages
Jason runs into four women, pieces together the puzzle of their intertwined lives, and realizes that for better or worse, he’s been a central piece in the puzzle.
Performance rights are available.
Willow Girls
By Øystein Ulsberg Brager
Stage play
Roles: 2 W
Length: 81 pages
Lillian and Joanna have never talked about the dramatic event that took place eight years ago, an event which shaped both their lives, and which was the cause of both great success and devastating tragedy. A career changing audition brings about a harrowing conversation which finally uncovers the truth.
Commissioned by Open House Theatre Vienna. Also available in Norwegian with the title “Piletrepakten”, in a translation by Maria PM Nygren.
Performance rights are available.
«We really connected to Joanna and Lillian – your writing imbues them with strong emotional truths.»
– Royal Court Theatre
The One Who Did It
By Øystein Ulsberg Brager
English translation by Neil Howard
Stage play
Roles: 4 W / 3 M
Length: 71 pages
The boy who killed Jane’s son has become a young man. He is about to be released from prison. Who is he? Does she dare to confront him? And should she?
Originally written in Norwegian with the title “Han som gjorde det”. Created with support from Fritt Ord, Norsk Kulturråd, Fond for lyd og bilde og Akershus Teater.
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