New Writing at Arcola.
Arcola Theatre presents
Made In Hackney 2011
A diverse selection of readings and No Decor performances of short original
pieces by some of East Londons most exciting emerging playwrights developed
as part of Arcola Writers Group
SHOW INFORMATION
Sunday 17
July
STUMPERGASSE
31
By William Patterson
Director Lisa Blair
Vienna 1908. A young music student from the provinces joins his childhood friend
in his dingy rented room in the city. He soon finds himself struggling however
to adapt to the wildly ambitious scale of the plans his friend has for them
both.
UPON THIS EARTH
By Will Bourdillon
Director Katharine Armitage
Jeremy has seen his first angel. He did not expect it. He does not understand
it. But he has seen it nonetheless. So eager is he to see this divine creature
again, that he cannot notice as his life begins to crumble around him.
Epilogue:
REGRETTING DIALOGUE #1
By Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt
Director Sandra Theresa Buch
Sunday 24 July
THE NEIGHBOUR
by Peter Bird
Director Bethany Pitts
He could walk right up to that door and knock. Anyone could.
Im going to get a peep-hole, so we can see whos knocking.
Don’t want you opening that door without knowing.
CLOSE
by Tamara von Werthern
Director Daniel Raggett
Mary and Aaron are close. Mary and Max used to be. Their neighbours front door
stays closed, but they can still hear… and its going to change everything.
Epilogue:
REGRETTING DIALOGUE #1
By Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt
Director Sandra Theresa Buch
Sunday 31 July
JUST THE TICKET
by Andrew Vivian
Directed by Helena Miscioscia
6 days to go to the big opening ceremony of the Olympics and Boris Johnson,
Mayor of London has yet to get hold of a ticket! What lengths will his advisers
at City Hall go to ensure that Boris is the one to light the Olympic torch to
kick start the greatest show on Earth?
CITY OF REPRODUCTION AND HYSTERIA
By Ida Marie Hede
Director Rebecca Adamson
What happens if we can no longer reproduce ourselves the way we have always
relied on? Welcome to a world of new fertilities; a world of confused gender;
a world of surreal families and a world of animal desires…and welcome
to Caresse, Genesse, Bob and Dick, who are more passionate than ever on the
edge of a collapse.
BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN, ANOTHER MOUNTAIN (extract of a larger
play)
By Clare McQuillan
Director Ellen McDougall
Tish, Naomi and Sam have three days to win the biggest pitch of their careers
for their London PR agency. Whilst Tish struggles and stumbles through a string
of disastrous internet dates, Naomi fights for the job that is rightfully hers,
and Sam tries to keep her mother where she belongs – at home. A play about work
and women.