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Abbie Spallen
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Abbie Spallen

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Agent
Rose Cobbe
Assistant: Dan Usztan
dusztan@unitedagents.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 3214 0873
About

Abbie Spallen was awarded the Dublin City Council Bursary for Literature in 2005 and was the recipient of the Tony Doyle Award 2007 for her first feature length screenplay SEVEN DRUNKEN KNIGHTS.

Her play PUMPGIRL played at the Bush Theatre, Traverse and MTC and was awarded the Susan Smith Blackburn Award and Stuart Parker Trust Major Award as well as being nominated for the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play.  It has since been performed across America and, most recently, in Finland.

Abbie's most recent play, STRANDLINE, was nominated for both the Meyer Whitworth and Susan Smith Blackburn Awards.  Both PUMPGIRL and STRANDLINE are published by Faber.

She has completed attachments at the Royal Court and National Theatre.  She has been awarded bursaries by the Arts Counil of Northern Ireland and the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and recently won the Halma Foundation Award for Excellence in the European Arts.
In Development
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EASTENDERS SHADOW SCHEME
(2011)		BBC
UNTITLED COMMISSIONNational Theatre
LIVE FROM THE PALACEBBC Radio 72 x 15 minute episodes
LALLY THE NYUCKPlay
Film
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PUMPGIRL
(2009)		PG Productions/Northern Ireland ScreenDir. Carol Moore
THE COURTSHIP GIFT
(2010)		Ulysses Films/NI ScreenProd. Aisling Aylward
Television
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SEACHTStirling/BBC NI1 episode
SEVEN DRUNKEN KNIGHTS
(2008)		Recipient of the BBC Tony Doyle Award.
Theatre
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THIRTEEN
(2010)		Tricycle TheatrePart of 'Women, Power & Politics'
STRANDLINE
(2009)		Fishamble Theatre CoDir. Jim Culleton
RUBBERFOOT
(2009)		PentabusDir. Orla O’Loughlin
SHAVING THE PICKLE
(2008)		Origin Theatre Company, New York1st Irish Festival 2008
PUMPGIRL
(2008)		Lyric Theatre Belfast, Irish TourDir. Andrew Flynn. Nominated for Best New Play, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2009
PUMPGIRL
(2007)		MTC at New York City CenterDir. Carolyn Cantor
PUMPGIRL
(2006)		Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival/Bush TheatreDir. Mike Bradwell. Winner of 2007 Susan Smith Blackburn Award.
ABEYANCE
(2001)		Druid Theatre CompanyDir. Kirsten Sheridan
Radio
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RAPTURE FREQUENCY
(2010)		BBC Radio 3Part of 'The Wire' series. Dir. Heather Lamour.
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