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24 Hour Play, The!
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part of Old Vic New Voices: A unique platform of new short plays by Britain s brightest emerging theatre makers, entirely created in just 24 hours. The 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices unique platform for the most promising theatre makers in the UK, returns for a sixth year. Already boasting an outstanding alumni including playwright Mike Bartlett (Earthquakes in London and 13, National Theatre); directors George Perrin and James Grieve (Joint Artistic Directors, Paines Plough); producer Emma Brunjes (General Manager, Nimax Theatres) and actor Bryony Hannah (Children s Hour), the project has launched over 250 careers with many participants securing agents, West End, Broadway and film contracts, national tours, TV roles and commissions. The 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices is a grand theatrical experiment like no other, challenging 50 actors, writers, directors and producers, all aged between 18 and 25, to create seven brand new short plays, in just 24 hours. From the playwrights putting pen to paper, the rehearsals, the sourcing of props and designing technical effects, everything must be completed in one day, ready to be staged in front of more than 1000 industry professionals and members of the public, on the Old Vic s 193-year-old stage.
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Staying Positive
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Award winning theatre production company Organised Chaos Productions bring their latest collaboration of the North West's finest new and emerging talent. Perspectives is four new thirty minute pieces of theatre borne from collaboration between emerging North West writers and directors. Duty Of Care - A man has to choose between hope and despair but who will help him make his decision? Why do they care? And why should we? Diabetic Penguins - Time strides by, flows by, can drag by. Quick time, double time. Out of step. On the wrong side of the line. This is a play about waiting to get back to your life again. Inhabited - Husband) Michelle, Samantha and Mark all work in a successful PR firm, with a lifestyle many would envy. When Michelle discovers she is pregnant, she thinks that there is only one solution, until her discovery brings to light past traumas suffered by her colleagues. What will she decide? And what does fate have in store for her? Staying Positive - "A baby doesn't ruin your life. He inherits it." Two short tales explore the dangers of having a bun in the oven when there's no-one at home.
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Three Minute Theatre, Manchester 19 Sep 2012
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Organised Chaos Productions
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Upstanding Member, The
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On Christmas Eve, professional criminals Alistair and Danny have been tasked with robbing the house of a prominent politician: The Man. Forced to hide, they overhear very sensitive information. The Man has been covering up an affair with Gloria, a young prostitute, by way of a super-injunction, but her recent pregnancy is threatening the secret. Beatrice, The Man's wife, discovers the scene, as well as the two cowering criminals. With no escape in sight, they assume the roles of opposing lawyers, battling to protect their respective clients.
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Rival Theatre
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75 min farce
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