What’s On @ The Lantern Calendar
http://lanterntheatrebrighton.co.uk/event/an-introduction-to-playwriting-staged-readings-3/2023-02-12/ Three new playwrights, Annie Sheppard, Richard Marris and Tig Savage, present new writing developed on ACT’s Introduction to Playwriting course. This is a rehearsed reading with professional actors bringing these new scripts to the stage for the first time. SH!TSHOW by Richard Marris DEATH TAKES HIM HOME by Annie Sheppard http://lanterntheatrebrighton.co.uk/event/the-maydays-present-double-bill-improv-performance-showcases/2023-02-24/ A double-bill of Maydays students performing their end-of-term shows! First up, the Beginners group will perform short sharp and hilarious games a la Whose Line is it Anyway? Then our Story Makers course will weave an entirely improvised tale, inspired by audience suggestions!
An Introduction to Playwriting : Staged Readings
‘Fear and loathing in 1970’s Yorkshire. Reflections on an unnecessarily crap childhood amidst class warfare and domestic disharmony.
EVERY WRONG DIRECTION by Tig Savage
Sharon is looking for the father she’s never known – in bars, bottles and the beds of unsuitable men. This play ought to be depressing instead of which it’s an hilarious mess. Like Sharon.
In 1680 Death claims Thomas, a village blacksmith. As his neighbours come together to remember his life, Death lingers, he is intrigued, ‘I love a good funeral I do!’ With new insights and provocative questions, will Thomas’s reputation as a hero live on ?
The Maydays present: Double Bill – Improv Performance Showcases