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Trans-Euro Express

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Gary Duggan
Synopsis

An aspiring filmmaker, a singer-songwriter, an actress and a Dutch artist embark on a Euro-rail journey to shoot a no-budget music video. However, their ambitious plan rapidly becomes a blackly-comic, drunken and debauched race from Dublin to Amsterdam to Berlin to Prague in just under a week that tests the limits of their friendship.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

2
Female

2
Total

4

Original Production

Date of First Production

05 November 2008
Producer

Presented by Pageant Wagon Theatre Company Produced in association with dlr Mill Theatre
Original Venue

dlr Mill Theatre

Original Cast
Ballard	Charlie Bonner
Anna	Mary Murray
Gram	Steve Gunn
Fleur	Aenne Barr

Production Team
Director	Alan Kinsella
Set Designer	Sabine Dargent
Lighting Designer	Moyra D'Arcy
Sound Designer	Ivan Birthistle
Choreographer	Paul Burke
Assistant Designer	Fiona Carey
Produced by	Gary Duggan
Produced by	Aenne Barr
Production Manager	Martin Cahill
Stage Manager	Chris Nugent
Lighting Operator	Natasha O'Hanlon
Poster Photography	Ben Harris-Roxas
Publicity Photography	Nat Baines
Publicity Photography	Aenne Barr
Animation	Claire Davey
Projection Design	Barry Dignam

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

Nick Quinn, The Agency
Address

24 Pottery Lane
London W11 4LZ
England
Phone

+44 (0) 2077271346
Email

nquinn@theagency.co.uk
Website

www.theagency.co.uk

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Nick Quinn, The Agency
Address

24 Pottery Lane
London W11 4LZ
England
Phone

+44 (0) 2077271346
Email

nquinn@theagency.co.uk
Website

www.theagency.co.uk

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.

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