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Kevin Fegan
Born (1957-07-25) 25 July 1957 (age 66)
Shirebrook, Notthinghamshire, England
NationalityBritish and Irish
Occupation(s)Playwright and poet

Kevin Fegan (born 1957 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, UK) is a playwright and poet.[1]

Fegan received a commission for a play centred around former MP Dennis Skinner, entitled The Palace of Varieties – life and times of Dennis Skinner, performed at Derby Theatre in early 2022.[2][3]

Fegan has written to commission around 50 original plays for a wide variety of theatre. Commissions for previous productions included The Ruck

The Flying Scotsman and Stephenson's Rocket) and Bess - the Commoner Queen[6] (about Bess of Hardwick
) opening at The Guildhall Theatre Derby then also commencing on a national tour.

Theatre

Obama the Mamba,

Curve Theatre Leicester and The Lowry Salford and was Nominated Best New Play Manchester Theatre Awards 2012.[8]
Fegan's other recent plays for The Lowry Salford include Slave[9] (from the book by Mende Nazer & Damien Lewis) produced by Feelgood Theatre at The Lowry in 2010, followed by a national tour in 2011 (Winner Pete Postlethwaite Best New Play Manchester Theatre Awards 2010[10] and Winner Best Play or Film Human Trafficking Foundation 2011[11]); Fireflies: a love story waiting to happen[12] commissioned & produced by The Lowry (nominated Best New Play Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards 2010); a studio play, The Forest[13] (2008); adaptations of Love on the Dole[14] (nominated Best Special Entertainment M.E.N. Theatre Awards 2004) and Oh Wot A Lovely War[15] (2006), both commissioned & produced by The Lowry.

His early stage plays for

H.M.Prison Grendon and Rule 43 (British prisons tour 1989 & 90, nominated Best New Play M.E.N. Theatre Awards 1989) and the community play for Moss Side/Hulme
in 1993 Game Challenge Level 7 (N.I.A.Centre & Contact Theatre).

His large-scale site-specific work includes Lord Dynamite (co-written with John Fox), a

Haymarket Theatre 2004) and Not Much Matches Mansfield[18][19] (site-specific community play for Mansfield
town centre 2013).

His devised work includes Quarantine's award-winning White Trash[20](with young unemployed men at Contact Theatre 2004 and EatEat[21] (with refugees & asylum-seekers at Leicester Guildhall 2003 in association with Leicester Haymarket Theatre).

His plays for young people include Get Real (

Methuen Drama
2008).

He has written several dramas for

Sony Award 2001), a Classic Drama Serial In A Grove[27] (starring Natasha McElhone) and a 3-week long Woman’s Hour Drama Serial The Furys[28] (starring Brenda Fricker
).

He has written a few short films, including Dancing in The Ruins

Granada TV's Coronation Street
.

Poetry, Print and Radio

Fegan has published 10 books of poetry and edited over a dozen anthologies. His poetry books include the dramatic poems: Matey Boy

Burton-on-Trent, as part of the Olympic Games Cultural Programme 2012, which won an Inspire Mark Award, and The Singing Tree, a commissioned collection about the diverse communities of Corby in the book, Our Corby[34]
2012, published by Corby Community Arts. Recent books as compiler/editor include Fabulous
People Express in 2008, celebrating the women of South Derbyshire
). His poems have appeared in various magazines, including the New Statesman and Index on Censorship.

He has given hundreds of poetry performances at live literature venues and has been a featured poet on BBC Radio 4's Encyclopedia Poetica,

BBC 3
’s poetry series, Whine Gums.

References

  1. ^ "Writing East Midlands, Kevin Fegan". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ Former Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner inspires new play Derbyshire Times, 16 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022
  3. ^ New play – "The Palace of Varieties – life and times of Dennis Skinner" kevinfegan.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2022
  4. ^ "Making A Scene, The Ruck".
  5. ^ "Barrow Hill Roundhouse, Facebook Casting Call". Facebook.
  6. ^ "First Art, Bess of Hardwick".
  7. ^ "Review: The Telegraph, Obama The Mamba".
  8. ^ "British Theatre Guide, Manchester Theatre Awards 2012 Nominations".
  9. ^ "Writing East Midlands, Slave: A Question Of Freedom".
  10. ^ "Royal National College of Music, Caroline Clegg".
  11. ^ "Anti Slavery Day, Theatre Awards 2011".
  12. TheGuardian.com
    . 23 October 2009.
  13. ^ "Review: Chad, The Forest".
  14. ^ "Review: Manchester Evening News, Love on the Dole". 15 February 2007.
  15. ^ "Review: Manchester Evening News, Oh WoT a Lovely War!". 15 February 2007.
  16. ^ "Doollee, Kevin Fegan".
  17. ^ Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, 52 Degrees South
  18. ^ "Not Much Matches Mansfield". Mansfield.gov. April–July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  19. ^ Not Much Matches Mansfield. More from the Mayor. Chad, 18 July 2012, p.9. Accessed 20 January 2022
  20. ^ "Quarantine, White Trash".
  21. ^ "Quarantine, Eateat".
  22. ^ "Review: The List, When Frankenstein Came To Matlock".
  23. ^ "Ashton Group, ABC123".
  24. ^ "Ashton Group, The Selkie Boy".
  25. ^ "Bloomsbury, Wan2Tlk?".
  26. ^ "BBC, In Denial: The Story of Paul Blackburn".
  27. ^ "Review: Sutton Elms, In a Grove Review".
  28. ^ "Radio Listings, The Furys".
  29. ^ "BFI, Dancing in the Ruins". Archived from the original on August 26, 2017.
  30. ^ "Matey Boy".
  31. ^ "BBC Genome, Blast".
  32. ^ "BBC Genome, Racer".
  33. ^ "Inpress Books, Let Your Left Hand Sing".
  34. ^ "Review: Northamptonshire Telegraph, Our Corby".
  35. ^ "People Express, Fabulous".
  36. ^ "BBC Genome, Encyclopedia Poetica".
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