Witches Can’t Be Burned
A school is prepping Arthur Miller’s The Crucible for a national competition, but as rehearsals go on, the cast begins to question its depictions of girls and women. The scene is set for a confrontation of epic proportions as the young women of the cast seek to break with tradition before tradition breaks them and reality begins to take on the ominous hue of Miller’s fictionalized Salem.
Under a Cardboard Sea
In a nameless city, beneath a cloud of smog there is a theatre – a little kingdom of its own, where secrets are hidden and lies are told. Outside, the wheels of progress grind on whilst hundreds of children vanish from the streets. Eventually, they reappear on the stage with painted smiles on their faces, but behind the curtain, nothing is as it seems.
The Light Burns Blue
During the first world war, seventeen year old Elsie Wright fools the world into believing she has photographed fairies in her garden. An ambitious young reporter seeks to expose Elsie as a fraud. But as she looks at the facts, she begins to think there is more to Elsie’s story than a simple hoax.
“This is proper underside of history stuff…A big bold grownup play, suitable for all ages”
I and the Village
Summer in small town Michigan. Teenager Aimee Stright wants to be Banksy in a town that hates vandals. As outsider investigate what happened on the day she walked into a church with a gun, it seems Aimee is one against the world, and the world wants to know why.
The Tinderbox
On the outskirts of a country, a war rages on and on, while at its centre a king rules with an iron first. When a disillusioned solider returns from the front and comes into the possession of a magical tinderbox that can grant him anything he wishes, the storm clouds begin to gather.
“★★★★★ The Tinderbox is not only great youth theatre, its great theatre full stop”
Gather Ye Rosebuds
A group of women come together to celebrate a young girl’s rite of passage, but in nearby Tahrir Square, the Arab Spring has sprung in Cairo and it’s threatening to burst through the door.
Winner of Best New Play Award, Brighton Fringe Festival 2013
Winner of the Bulbul Competition and produced by Sandpit Productions, 2012
Nightingale Theatre Brighton and Theatre 503, directed by Diyan Zora
The Window
One woman is your guide through family, neighbours, planning permission and a friendship that was never supposed to happen. This is the story of what happened when a window was put in a wall.
Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 2014, directed by Lee Lyford, performed by Charlotte Melia.
“This drama is about human interaction at its finest and darkest. A must see.”