Tuesday 5 April 2016

Drama Entries - 4th April, 2016


On 4 April, a valiant band read, acted out or directed their entries for the group's second competition of the year: dramatic writing. This year, the brief was to produce a piece suitable for the Hastings Fringe Festival to he held from 1 to 4 September. The organiser of the event, Heather Alexander, will judge, and the lucky winner will have the opportunity to have their work performed if they wish. As always, there was a dizzying array of material, including monologues: the philosophising of an elderly Rastafarian, a passenger's musings at a train station and a woman's attempt to plumb the secrets of the universe. There were stage plays set in a quiet, suburban living-rooms, a salon, an office and the kitchen sink, exploring themes as diverse as dementia, war, archaeology fundraising and Brexit. We rounded off the evening with a radio play, depicting what could have been the perfect murder.

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