ACT Foundation Show (Invited Audience)
ACT Foundation Show (Invited Audience) ACT Foundation in Acting – end of term show – Invited Audience only.
Loop
Loop by Peter Mulligan Here’s to breakdowns, burnt bridges and no answers. Tiny Room Theatre Company presents ‘Loop’ written by Peter Mulligan and directed by Joe Idris-Roberts. This short drama shows a snapshot of life with depression. The story follows hopeless barman Chris, who is in desperate need to end his shift. Enter presumptuous regular […]
Lord God
Lord God by Brian Mitchell and Philip Reeve From the writers of ‘The Ministry of Biscuits’ and ‘Pugs of the Frozen North’ stage show – author Philip Reeve (Mortal Engines) and playwright and composer Brian Mitchell (‘Those Magnificent Men’) – comes the divine new musical comedy Lord God When the Lord God is persuaded by […]
Lord God
Lord God by Brian Mitchell and Philip Reeve From the writers of ‘The Ministry of Biscuits’ and ‘Pugs of the Frozen North’ stage show – author Philip Reeve (Mortal Engines) and playwright and composer Brian Mitchell (‘Those Magnificent Men’) – comes the divine new musical comedy Lord God When the Lord God is persuaded by […]
Coronavirus – A Great British Farce
Joe went a little bit mad during lockdown – just like you did – and it’s hilariously cathartic to watch. This smash-hit Camden Fringe show is inspired by the writer’s ridiculous lockdown diaries – and it’s the best way to laugh away the trauma of the past 18 months. Joe’s stuck in a tiny flat […]
Macbeth
Macbeth Directed by Beth Wood A powerful and haunting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. When Macbeth kills Duncan and all that is best in himself, the world turns upside down. Beautiful poetry hits against heightened horror in this ensemble-focused retelling, drawing us into a world of festering ambition and hunger for power that seems frighteningly like […]
An Introduction to Playwriting : Staged Readings
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 […]
Why Shouldn’t I Go?”
Written and performed by Janet Behan Directed by Jessica Higgs Funny and shocking by turns, “Why Shouldn’t I Go?” tells the stories of three very different Irishwomen with one thing in common – religion and the impact it has had on their lives. ReviewsGate **** … “a sixty minute theatrical delight “ The UpComing ***** […]
ACT Graduate Showcase 2021
ACT Graduate Showcase 2021 The best and the brightest of Brighton’s new acting talent Our 2021 graduates have already acquired substantial stage and film experience and are an extremely diverse and highly castable group in terms of age, type and ethnicity. The academy positively encourages students who have had considerable life experience, having already pursued […]
Pronoun
Pronoun by Evan Placey A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean. Josh and Isabella are childhood sweethearts. They were meant to spend their gap year together, they were meant to be together forever. But Isabella has now become a boy. Pronoun was commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and […]