Playwright CV

Skills	Playwright, Theatre Critic, Writer
Associations	“The Traverse Fifty” – 12 Month Attachment to the Traverse Theatre, EdinburghPlaywrights’ Studio Scotland Scottish Society of Playwrights Dramaturgs’ Network
Press	“I loved Deborah Klayman’s Boundary, which brought images of cities divided by war home to the urban boundary between Edinburgh and Leith.”Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman (on The Boundary, Traverse Fifty ‘Plays for Edinburgh’ Showcase)
Plays/Screenplays	2014 – The Boundary (Full-length version) Submitted for Theatre 503 Playwright Award, Theatre 503, London, April 2014 2013 – Civil v2 (10 min) Selected for the Face to Face Festival of Solo Theatre, Lost Theatre, London, July 2014 2013 – Losing Light (15 min, with Ali Kemp) Commissioned for the 17% ‘She Writes’ Showcase, Canal Café, London, Sept 2013 Performed at the Rochester Literature Festival, Rochester, Oct 2013 2013 – Civil (5 min, audio play) Selected for ‘Write Here’ (Headset Plays), Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Oct 2013 2013 – Lock Up Your Sons (15 min) Selected for ‘Write Here’ (Hidden Plays), Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Oct 2013 Selected for the Face to Face Festival of Solo Theatre, Lost Theatre, London, 2014 2013 – Para (15 min) Rehearsed reading at ‘The London Fifty’ at The Invisible Dot, Camden, June 2013 2013 – Cause for Alarm (20 min) Submitted for ‘Twenty Minute Plays”, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, June 2013 2013 – Smash & Grab (15 min) Submitted for ‘Scratch the Fifty’, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Mar 2013 Selected for the Face to Face Festival of Solo Theatre, Lost Theatre, 2014 2012 – The Boundary (5 min) Selected for the Traverse Fifty ‘Plays for Edinburgh’ Showcase, Dec 2012 Rehearsed reading at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Jan 2013 & Aug 2013 2012 – Cascade of Baubles (10 min, with Ali Kemp) Submitted and selected for the 17% ‘She Writes’ Showcase, Oct 2012 Rehearsed reading at ‘She Writes’ Showcase, Whitstable, Dec 2012 2012 – Madjesty (10 min, with Ali Kemp) Submitted to Sky or the Bird’s ‘London: Majesty & Madness’ Showcase, Oct 2012 2012 – My Bloody Laundrette (10 min, with Ali Kemp) Submitted and selected for the 17% ‘She Writes’ Showcase, Aug 2012 Rehearsed reading at ‘She Writes’ Showcase, Whitstable, Sept 2012 2012 – For Better or Worse (10 min, screenplay) Filmed on location in London, Feb 2012 2011 – eXclusion (75 mins, with Ali Kemp) Performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Aug 2011 Performed at the Waterloo East Theatre, London, Nov 2011 Performed at the South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Dec 2011 2005 – Eve & Lilith (60 mins, with Jessica Martenson) Performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Aug 2005 1994 – Janetarium (15 mins) Selected for the Traverse Theatre Class Act Showcase, April 1994 Performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, June 1994 Published in Theatre Scotland Magazine, June 1994
Theatre Reviews	Theatre Reviews in Edinburgh & London The Public Reviews: 2009-Present Remotegoat: 2006-Present Three Weeks: 2006-2009
Articles	2012 – Posted on www.deborahklayman.wordpress.com Stalking – How Far is Too Far? The Recoil Factor Let My People Vote 2012 Save our NHS Reviewers on the Rocks – Is Theatre Reviewing a Thankless Task? Same-sex Marriage: The Last Taboo? 4 Goes Mad