Anthony Neilson

His works

Group 3 | Theatre | 2017

His works

Anthony neilson has many works, he has written plays and has in 1999 moved into directing with his first feature film The Debt collecter which won the Fipreci, which is the International Federation of Film Critics and is given out during film festivals.

      Alice's Adventures in Wonderland November 2016 (adaptation of Lewis Carroll's works) Royal Lyceum Theatre

      The Haunting of Hill House 2015 Everyman and Playhouse

      Narrative 2013 Royal Court Theatre

      Sixty Six 2011 Bush Theatre (short piece)

      Get Santa! 2010 at the Royal Court Theatre

      The Seance 2009 at the National Theatre as part of Connections

      Relocated 2008 at the Royal Court Theatre upstairs

      God in Ruins 2007 at the Soho Theatre

      Realism 2006 at the Edinburgh International Festival

      The Wonderful World of Dissocia 2004 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre

      Twisted 2003 at the Theatre Workshop at the Edinburgh Fringe

      The Lying Kind 2002 at the Royal Court Theatre downstairs; also adapted in France in 2013 by Jean-Luc Moreau as Les Menteurs, starring comedy duo Chevallier et Laspalès in the role of the policemen.

      Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness 2002 at the Drum Theatre

      Stitching 2002 at the Traverse Theatre

      The Censor 1997 at the Finborough Theatre

      Hoover Bag 1996 at the Young Vic Theatre

      Hereditary 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre

      The Night Before Christmas 1995 at the The Red Room

      The Year of the Family 1994 at the Finborough Theatre

      Penetrator 1993 at the Traverse Theatre

      Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper 1991 at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival made into a film Angels Gone

      Welfare My Lovely 1990 at the Traverse Theatre

The Wonderful world of Dissocia

−     The wonderful of dissocia, Anthony nielson wrote this play. The idea was originally work shopped by a group of students  at LAMDA in 2002, although he later re-wrote it and produced for the Glasgows Tron Theatre at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2004. 

−     The play won the 2004-5 CATS award for best new play and the production secured best director award for neilson, best actress was awarded to Christine Entwisle (who was Lisa), and best design for Miriam Buether.

−     In December 2009, The magazine included his piece in their compilation of “Best of the decade”.

−     The play toured England in 2007, and had a London royal debut at the Royal Court Theatre that same year in march.

the debt collector

      The Debt collector is a 1999 thriller film, which he wrote and directed.

      The plays themes are forgiveness, revenge, change and the macho culture or the urban Scottish life.

      The film is opens in the late 1970’s, but then soon moves to present time

      The film was mostly set in Edinburgh, Glasgow as part of the Glasgow Film Fund and some was also shot in Edinburgh.

      The film also won a FIRPRESCI prize at the Troia Film Festival.

      He loosely based his main character on a man called Jimmy Boyle, for the murder of another gangland figure.

I have noticed that in his plays/ film he likes to create a contrast in certain parts to show a clear difference between things. For example, TWWOD act one and act 2 are contrasting; also in The Debt Collector when he starts it in the 1970’s where the main character is being arrested and then moving it to present time and the main character has changed their ways.