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John Roman Baker is a British poet, playwright and novelist mainly associated with the work of Aputheatre (formerly AIDS Positive Underground Theatre). Winner of the Brighton Festival award for Best Theatre in 1990 for his play 'The Ice Pick'. As a playwright his work is characterised by a focus on contemporary issues presented from a homosexual point of view. == Theatre == His first play 'Limitations' launched the first season of the Gay Sweatshop Theatre company.〔(Gay Sweatshop ); Gay Knitting circle; retrieved on 22 November 2007〕 In 1989, due to his association with the Sussex AIDS Helpline (aka Sussex AIDS Centre〔(Gay Brighton and Hove Services )〕) one of the UK's first voluntary organisations established to campaign for and assist those affected by HIV and AIDS, he founded AIDS Positive Underground Theatre – a cultural response to the AIDS crisis with the aim of reaching a wider audience with images and situations relevant to the time. Performed plays include:〔(Playwright's Database ); retrieved on 22 November 2007〕 *''Crying Celibate Tears'', 1989 *''The Ice Pick'', 1990 *''Freedom to Party'', 1991 *''The Crying Celibate Tears Trilogy'', 1992〔(Brighton Ourstory ); retrieved on 22 November 2007〕 *''Easy'', 1993〔(The Independent )〕 *''In One Take'', 1994 *''The Last Century of Desire'', 1995 *''QueerBashed'', 1995 *''Russian Roulette''; 1998 *''The Pornographic Wall''; 1998 *''Heroes'', 1999 *''The Prostitution Plays'', 2000 *''The Club Beautiful'', 2001 *''Sexually Speaking 1+1'', 2001 *''The War Fuck'', 2002 *''East Side Skin'', 2003〔(Film: East Side Skin (2003) );〕 *''Things Happen'', 2004 *''Romophobia'', 2005 *''Prisoners of Sex'', 2006 *''Touched'', 2008 Unperformed plays include: *''Gala'', 1990 *''Ibsen’s Ghosts'', 2004 His work has been produced in many countries. From 1990–1996 the Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals often saw the first performances of his new plays. In 1994 the success in Edinburgh of 'In One Take'〔(Pulse Magazine ); retrieved on 22 May 2009〕 led to performances at Teatri di Vita,〔(Teatri di Vita ); retrieved on 22 May 2009〕 Bologna, Italy. Since then, his work has continued to be popular in Italy and has been seen in Firenze, Modena, Forlí, L'Aquila, Reggio Emilia and Roma. His most popular work 'The Ice Pick' has been staged on multiple occasions in the UK and Italy as well as in the US at the Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles in 1993.〔(Online Archive of California ); retrieved on 22 May 2009〕 He moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1997, where he continued the work of Aputheatre until 2008. During this period the focus of his work shifted and began to focus on the personal and social effects of pan-European migration following the collapse of communism. In 1999 he updated and reworked 'The Ice Pick' for 2 characters under the title 'Heroes'. 'Heroes' was toured by Aputheatre around the Netherlands before being performed in Warsaw as part of the 1st Polish Gay Pride festival. 'The Prostitution Plays' was premiered for Warsaw Gay Pride in 2000 and in 2001 his play 'Sexually Speaking 1+1' was presented in Kiev, Ukraine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Roman Baker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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