An Introduction to Playwriting : Staged Readings
Two new playwrights, Daniel Allen and Jason Lever, 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.
An eclectic evening including two direct address monologues featuring a disenchanted theatre usher and Michelangelo's elderly assistant, Domenico. There are also two play extracts which transport us to two very different worlds - that of Indian soldiers recuperating at the Royal Pavilion during the First World War and of Lola Montez, an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan, and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
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by Joel Horwood
Set over one extraordinary day in an ordinary village, Wolves Are Coming For You explores just how much wild we're comfortable with, as a small community is forced to pull together against an invisible but potentially deadly threat.
Someone has seen a wolf. Where did it come from? How many are there? Someone must be able to do something about them. Otherwise, how will our children get to school?
Someone has seen a wolf! Or did they?
As the story spreads through the town over the following 24 hours, each of the characters is forced to confront their own demons and decide whether to fight or flee. And as the sun rises the following day, each of them is different in some way from the person they were the day before. Whether the wolves actually existed, we’ll never know – but they’ve served their purpose nonetheless.