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Welcome to the website of Paul Dunn; writer, author, and EIC of Cranked Anvil Press.

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About Me

I am based in the North-East of England, on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, where I spend most of my time either writing or planning what I’m going to write next. I write all kinds of things for all kinds of media; stageplays, screenplays, books, articles, reviews, short…Continue reading “About Me”

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8Feb 2022
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My Cinder Path adaptation tours again – with Corrie’s Jim MacDonald!

Just before the first lockdown kicked in back in March 2020, my adaptation of Catherine Cookson’s The Cinder Path had…

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23Dec 2021
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Writing for Roundabout Drama Therapy

I was contacted in November by Rachel from Roundabout DramaTherapy, to ask if I would contribute to their #ShareAStory Advent…

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21Nov 202121 Nov 2021
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The First Cranked Anvil Flash Fiction Anthology

The First Cranked Anvil Flash Fiction Anthology Edited by Paul Dunn A collection of thirty-nine prize winning and shortlisted entries…

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Abridged Shakespeare…

Hamlet

16 Mar 2022
This script was adapted for the 2016 Cranked Anvil Shakespeare Season. Running time is approx 1hr 30 mins. This setting for this production was relocated to a trendy bar on…
Abridged Shakespeare…

Henry V

16 Mar 202216 Mar 2022
This script was adapted for the 2016 Cranked Anvil Shakespeare Season. Running time is approx 1hr 30 mins. This setting for this production was during the First World War. A…
Short Plays/Musicals

The Occasional Adventures of Bartington and Dunford

6 Jul 2021
Flexible casting. Approx running time: 1hr. This script has a character list of 12M, 4F. (See below for details.) Many characters appear briefly, which means doubling can take place to…
Full Length Plays/Musicals

Voyage From Titan

24 Jun 202125 Jun 2021
Flexible casting. Written originally for 1M, 1F (plus voice overs). The script has a cast of 5M, 4F, plus an alien. So this has scope to be performed by a…
Full Length Plays/Musicals

The Cinder Path

16 Jun 202124 Jun 2021
With full permission from the Cookson Estate, this is the official adaptation of her novel The Cinder Path. This is a perfect script for amateur companies up and down the…
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Romeo and Juliet

16 Jun 20216 Jul 2021
This script was adapted for the 2016 Cranked Anvil Shakespeare Season. Running time is approx 1hr 30 mins. Brought right up-to-date and set very much in the present day. It…
Books

The First Cranked Anvil Short Story Anthology

16 Jun 202116 Mar 2022
The First Cranked Anvil Short Story Anthology Edited by Paul Dunn ISBN: 978-1-5272-7738-0 A collection of thirty-three prize winning and shortlisted entries from Cranked Anvil's 1500 word short story competition…
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Rehearsals for my Cookson adaptation begin today

5 Feb 202023 Dec 2021
Five years ago I was commissioned to write the stage adaptation of Catherine Cookson’s The Cinder Path. It had the full backing of the Cookson Estate, and played at the…
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TV’s Nick Cochrane walks the Cinder Path

24 Apr 201921 Nov 2021
Pre-production for my play, The Cinder Path, is now well under way, with rehearsals starting in just over a week. The full cast has now been announced. As well as…
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Coming next on the BBC…

1 Mar 201916 Jun 2021
I've been wearing quite a few of my many different hats recently (actor / writer / producer / artistic director / etc), which has been fun and exciting, if not…
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An EGG-cellent writing commission for Easter

22 Feb 201916 Jun 2021
The year has been bubbling away gently so far, but now, I'm pleased to say, things are starting to pick up with pace. Last month I reported that my adaptation…
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Another walk down the Cinder Path

12 Jan 201916 Jun 2021
Some very exciting news to kick of 2019. Three years ago I wrote the adaptation of Catherine Cookson's The Cinder Path, which played at the Customs House theatre in South…
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Writing for the BBC at Xmas – and featuring in the Radio Times!

20 Dec 201816 Jun 2021
A couple of months ago, you might remember, I reported that a lot of my writing this year has been for BBC Radio Newcastle's sketch comedy show Grin Up North.…
Reviews

Blackadder Goes Forth – REVIEW

31 Oct 201816 Jun 2021
People's Theatre, Newcastle There can’t be many of us who aren’t familiar with this iconic BBC series, and this week The People’s give a pretty good rendition of four of…
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Sense and Sensibility – REVIEW

26 Oct 201816 Jun 2021
Chapterhouse Theatre Company's latest production is this classic Jane Austen novel, adapted for the stage by resident writer Laura Turner. This charming adaptation is a testament to her love of…

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2021 Shows

2020 Shows

  • Sunday For Sammy 2020
  • Catherine Cookson’s The Cinder Path 2020
  • Penshaw Bowl
  • Big Science
  • Sunday For Sammy – Taalkin’ Heeds
  • Rottenchops Revenge

2019 Shows

  • Catherine Cookson’s The Cinder Path 2019
  • Grin Up North – BBC LIVE comedy recording
  • Right Place Wrong Time
  • Alnwick Gardens Halloween Event 2019
  • Aladdin

2018 Shows

  • Sunday For Sammy 2018
  • Cornered – the Replay!
  • Rehearsed Reading Night V
  • The Butcher’s Bill
  • Rehearsed Reading Night VI
  • My Uncle Freddie
  • Rehearsed Reading Night VII
  • Seriously Dead 2018
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

2017 Shows

  • Paul & Nessa’s Happy Hour
  • Seriously Dead 2017
  • Wise Men Say / Cornered
  • Robinson Crusoe

2016 Shows

  • Sunday For Sammy
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Hamlet
  • The Big Goodbye
  • Henry V
  • Seriously Dead
  • Jack and the Beanstalk

2015 Shows

  • Valentine Laffalang 2015
  • Catherine Cookson’s The Cinder Path
  • Paul & Nessa’s Happy Hour
  • Laurel and Hardy In Tynemouth
  • Easter Laffalang 2015
  • Waiting For Gateaux
  • Cinderella

2014 Shows

  • Victorian Music Hall
  • Rehearsed Reading Night III – Cranked Anvil
  • Arts In Touch rehearsed reading
  • Dracula: Die Laughing
  • Catherine Cookson’s The 15 Streets
  • Summer Laffalang
  • I Left My Heart In Roker Park by Tom Kelly
  • Xmas laffalang
  • Aladdin

2013 Shows

  • The Big Time
  • Dark Side of the Half Moon
  • Cinderella
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