Page to Stage
Tuesday 26th June 7.30pm
A platform for new and emerging
writing talent in Hampshire.
The Berry Theatre presents an
evening of rehearsed readings of short plays and extracts of longer
plays, directed by Sarah Brigham.
The aim of the evening is to get new plays up
on their feet so the writers can hear their words in front of a
public audience.
The actors have a limited time to work on the plays and will
perform script-in-hand - a fresh and exciting experience for
all.
You will see work in progress
presented by a team of creative people looking to offer an example
of how these plays could work on stage. This is an excellent
opportunity for audience members and writers to feedback and
discuss new work and work-in-progress from playwrights in
Hampshire.
The five scripts chosen for Monday 30th
January's Page to Stage event are all 20 minutes or less in length
and are by writers from across Hampshire:
The Wilderness by
Miranda Prag, a recent Masters graduate, with opening scenes
from her full length epic play, which follows a journey both
in the past and present day, to and from Belarus and the UK.
Two’s Company, by
Lucinda Bell is about two sisters who fall into deep
conversation with serious implications, whilst at their local
playgroup. This is an opening scene for a full length play
and is a work in progress.
Matt Crisp’s short play Strange to
Stranger, is a lively scene at a station platform
between two very different characters waiting for a
train. Matt is a creative writing student at Winchester
University.
There are also two plays by Writers Hub members Stewart
Taylor and Jonathan Edgington. Scenes From The
Feeble Mind, by Stewart Taylor, features
humorous and controversial scenes exploring people’s perceptions
about children with learning difficulties.
Lorelei, is an intriguing monologue
about a woman confronting her fears written by Jonathan
Edgington.
Page To Stage is supported by our Writers Hub group.
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Tickets: £3
Special offer: Book
for Page to Stage and Monkey
Poet’s Murder Mystery for £7
To book tickets please call our Box Office on
01489 799 499
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A note about the submission of
texts:
If you are interested in submitting a script,
please submit new and unperformed work by email
to Rob Iliffe or
via post to Rob Iliffe, The Berry Theatre, Wildern Lane, Hedge
End, Southampton SO30 4EJ
The deadline for submissions for our next
season is Monday 16th April 2012.
Please note we currently prioritise submissions from
writers living and or working in Hampshire. We select scripts
based on their quality and suitability for Page To Stage rehearsed
readings and aim to stage approx four plays during each
evening. We accept monlogues and extracts from longer pieces
and give priority to plays written for the theatre.
We reserve the right to choose plays that we feel we are
able to stage within the resources of this event at The Berry
Theatre - NB currently up to approximately 4 actors
alongside a basic technical specification.
Photo by Peter Langdown