Paul Sirett is an English dramatist best known for his popular music-related shows. His plays and musicals have been awarded Best Off-West End Musical, Whatsonstage's Best Play, Pearson's Best New Play, City Life's Best Writer & Best Play.

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*''Oxy & The Morons'' - by Paul Sirett, Mike Peters and Steve Allan Jones for

New Wolsey Theatre The New Wolsey Theatre is an award-winning producing theatre with a café & bar in Ipswich, Suffolk. It is a midsized regional theatre, having a seating capacity of 400. History It replaced The Arts Theatre, the town's much loved and respecte ...

(2017) *''Reasons To Be Cheerful'' - featuring the music of Ian Dury and

The Blockheads The Blockheads are an English rock band formed in London in 1977. Originally fronted by lead singer Ian Dury as Ian Dury and the Blockheads or Ian and the Blockheads, the band has continued to perform since Dury's death in 2000. Current member ...

New Wolsey Theatre by Paul Sirett, directed by Jenny Sealey (2010) *''Polish-Speaking Romanians'' -

Dorota Masłowska Dorota Masłowska (Polish pronunciation:; born 3 July 1983) is a Polish writer, playwright, columnist and journalist. Life and work Masłowska was born in Wejherowo, and grew up there. She applied for the University of Gdańsk's faculty of psy ...

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Lisa Goldman Lisa Goldman is a British theatre director, dramaturg, writer and author. She was Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive of Soho Theatre (2006–10) and The Red Room Theatre Company which she founded (1995-2006). In 2008 Lisa was included i ...

and Paul Sirett *'' The Big Life'' - Paul Sirett nominated for

Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1 ...

2006Julie Sanders Shakespeare and Music: Afterlives and Borrowings - Page 1894 0745657656 - 2013 "The experiences of the Windrush generation themselves in London and elsewhere were the subject of several ... The Big Life responds to, and takes it stimulus from, this complicated set of inheritances.5 Written by Paul Sirett (the Royal .." *''The Iron Man'' - adapted from the Ted Hughes story for

Graeae Theatre Company Graeae Theatre Company, often abbreviated to just Graeae (pronounced "grey-eye") is a British organisation composed of deaf and disabled artists and theatre makers. As well as producing theatre which it tours nationally and internationally to tradit ...

*''Come Dancing'' -

Ray Davies Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voc ...

and Paul Sirett for

Theatre Royal Stratford East The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a 460 seat Victorian producing theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with director Joan Littlewood, whose ...

*''Jamaica House'' - Paul Sirett for

Theatre Workshop Theatre Workshop is a theatre group whose long-serving director was Joan Littlewood. Many actors of the 1950s and 1960s received their training and first exposure with the company, many of its productions were transferred to theatres in the West E ...

which had a site-specific performance on the top floor of a tower block *''Running the Silk Road'' by Paul Sirett for

Yellow Earth Theatre Yellow Earth Theatre is an internationally touring theatre company based in London and established in 1995 to raise the profile of British East Asian theatre. The company also runs several initiatives to support and develop British East Asian tale ...

*''Lush Life'' - with the music of

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...

Live Theatre, Newcastle 2005. *''The Mandelson Files - short play about Peter Mandleson played at BAC in London. *''Skaville'' - homage to two-tone and ska *''Crusade'' - on conflict in the Middle East for Stratford East. *''Worlds Apart'' - on immigration control Stratford East 1993. *''A Night in Tunisia - about a be-bop saxophonist Stratford East 1992.

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