Doug Deans

I'm a writer, actor-musician and theatre-maker. I've been working professionally since 2016. My writing mantra is "ordinary people with extraordinary tales". Currently working on gig-theatre projects and and new plays.
He/him/his.

Credits

Playwrighting Credits
2023: Meg & The Big Noise
I’m currently writing my fifth show, a new gig-theatre play about music festival culture. The writing of this play is being funded by Arts Council England, with support from Middle Child and Graeae. The play is being developed as part of Nottingham Playhouse’s Playwright’s Playground.

2021: 24. 23. 22
24. 23. 22. is a fast two-hander gig-play, exploring the immediacy of time across one day, when two strangers meet and a bag is stolen. Developed with Chronic Insanity, the play had a three-week run at Omnibus Theatre in May 2022. The show will go on a UK tour in 2023, as well as appearing at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe (Underbelly).
Reviews for 24. 23. 22.
Nominated for Off West End award for Best Director.
★★★★★ Everything Theatre
★★★★★ ChapterZ Magazine
★★★★ The Public Reviews
★★★★ The Upcoming
★★★★ Mobile Theatre Blog

2022 Mother.Dad
My third play is a new two-hander comprising of two intertwining monologues. The play examines the politics of modern parenting and the blurred line between love and obligation. The play has caught the interest of the Bush Theatre, the Royal Court theatre and Hampstead Theatre through open submissions windows. The play will have a rehearsed reading in October/November 2022 with the Lyric Hammersmith.

2018 Split Ends
My second play is a two-hander concerning human cloning, about a pair of strangers with a 99.9% DNA match. The play looks at nature versus nurture.
Premier:
Rose Theatre - Kingston 11th-13th July 2018

2016-18 Mine
My first play was a one-woman drama about the single mother of a teenage criminal. It became a fringe success and toured for two years afterwards.
Tour dates: Theatre503 – London 3rd-5th May 2018
The King’s Head Theatre – London 23rd-25th March 2018
Curve Theatre – Leicester 18th-19th October 2017
Zoo Southside - Edinburgh Fringe 4th-27th August 2017
The Rose Theatre – Kingston 11th July 2017
Oxford Playhouse 28th June 2017
Attenborough Arts Centre – Leicester 23rd June 2017
The Warren - Brighton Fringe 11th-14th May 2017
theSpace@Jury’s Inn - Edinburgh Fringe 5th-20th August 2016
Reviews for Mine:
★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★ Broadway Baby (on 3 separate occasions)
★★★★ A Younger Theatre
★★★★ The Spy in the Stalls
Awards for Mine:
WINNER: Best of Brighton Fringe Theatre Award 2017
WINNER: IYAF Festival Friends Award 2017
SPECIAL COMMENDATION FOR ACTING: NSDF Edinburgh Award 2017
SPECIAL COMMENDATION FOR WRITING: NSDF Edinburgh Award 2017
NOMINATED: IYAF Best Individual Performance 2017


Acting Credits
2020 52 Souls
Role. Monologist (monologue cycle). Organisation; Chronic Insanity TC
Director; Joe Strickland

2018 A Buried Time
Role. Ensemble (also co-writer with None of the Above). Organisation; None of the Above/Roundhouse/RichMix
Director; John Berkavitch

2017 Application Status Pending
Role. Ensemble (also co-writer with Roundhouse Poetry Collective). Organisation; Roundhouse. Director; John Berkavitch

2017 I Am Voting, I Just Wish I Knew More
Role; Performer (also writer). Type; Short Film. Organisation; Huffington Post.
(Link to video: https://tinyurl.com/ycqqplb2)

2016-2018 The Nose Nobody Picked (Tour)
Role, The Narrator (also Composer-Songwriter). UK Tour. Director; Esther Simpson.

2016-2017 Origins
Role, The Very Magical Book (also Composer-Songwriter). UK Tour. Organisation; Enter Edem. Director; Emma Fay.

2015 Richard III
Role; Ratcliffe. Organisation; Curve Theatre. Director; Nikolai Foster.

2015 Billy Bow
Role; Brady. Organisation. Curve Theatre. Composer; Andrew Fisher. Director; Thomas Hescott.

2015 The Gemenschaft
Role; Ensemble Organisation; Arcola Theatre/Glastonbury Festival. Director; Mieke De Wit/Nick Connaughton.

2015 Reinternment of King Richard III, Service of Reveal
Role; Ensemble. Organisation; Curve Theatre/Leicester Cathederal. Director/Choreographer; Nikolai Foster

2014 Napoleon Blown Apart
Role; Multiple Roles. Organisation; Arcola Theatre. Director; Alex Brown.

2014 Entertaining Mr Sloane
Role; Ed. Organisation; Leicester University (50th Anniversary Celebration). Director; Alex Hatcher.

2013 In Another Life We Could Have Been Friends
Role; Cain (Lead). Organisation; Original Ink/Upstairs at the Western. Director; Ellis Di Cataldo.

2013 Sorry
Role; Daniel (Lead). Organisation; Original Ink/Upstairs at the Western. Director; Laura Tovey.

2013 Sweeney Todd
Role; Beadle Bamford/Fogg. Organisation; Curve Theatre. Director; Paul Kerryson.

2013 The Tempest
Role; Trinculo. Organisation; Curve Theatre. Director; Tim Ford.

2013 Serious Money
Role; Grimes/Merrison. Organsation; Curve Theatre. Director; Suba Das.

2012 Oliver!
Role; Mr Sowerberry/Dr Grimwig. Organisation; Curve Theatre. Director; Paul Kerryson.

2012 The Laramie Project
Role; Rulon Stacey/Aaron Kreifels/Greg Pierotti. Organisation; Curve Theatre. Director; Josh Seymour.

2011 West Side Story
Role; Officer Krupke/Gladhand. Organisation; Curve Theatre. Director; Paul Kerryson.

2011 EAST
Role; Les (Lead). Organisation; Curve Theatre. Director; Paul Kerryson.

Training

Studied Creative Writing & Drama Studies at De Montfort University, 2010-2013.
Part of Nottingham Playhouse Playwright's Playground, 2021.
Part of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, 2016-2017.