Ade Morris

(English playwright and Theatre Director) Born Leek, Nr Stoke on Trent, Staffordhisre, England

Stage Works
  1. The Dreamer - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK - the life and death of Martin Luther King,(2000)
  2. Lone Flyer - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK - the story of Amy Johnson's flight to Australia (2001)
  3. Witch - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK - exploring the mass psychology of Witchcraft (2002)
  4. I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK - set in rural Northern Ireland and touching on the process of reconciliation (2003)
  5. Gigolo (2003) - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK - sex-farce rooted in home City of Stoke On Trent
  6. The Comedian (2004/5) - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK - a hard hitting comedy drama, in which a fictional mainstream comic, Jimmy Baker, tries to recall what makes him laugh, and indeed why.
  7. The Garden of Llangoed (2005) - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK , a haunting story about the physical and psychological damages of war, the tensions of a love triangle and a lyrical celebration of the beauty of the Welsh countryisde.
  8. Mary Kelly's Bed - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK (2006)
  9. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea - Watermill Theatre, Newbury, UK (2006)
  10. The Boxford Masques in 2000 and 2004, both created with Geraldine McCaughrean

Further writing

  • Reading Minds (2000) -four short films featuring poetry on the subject of identity in collaboration with the Mary Hare school for the deaf,
  • Road (2003) - poems commissioned by Southampton Institute based on the audio memories of Southampton residents
  • Daylight - a documentary on the dreams and ambitions for work held by those with a learning disability, also illustrated in poetry created by the participants with Ade.

For Youth Groups

  1. Bullets and Beetroot Lips
  2. How To Be A Monster
  3. Flying
  4. The Green of the Spring
  5. Green Man
  6. The Salmon's Tale , (Commissioned by the Environment Agency)
  7. Beth The Bin Lady
  8. 'Roof' (Commissioned by Reading Single Homeless Project) - an examination of the complex issues surrounding homelessness.
  9. Girls and Cars
  10. Call To The Sky