New Writing Festival
Two unmissable afternoons of theatre from the 2024 graduates of the MA Drama Writing programme, comprising 15-minute extracts from 8 thrilling new plays.
An Elegy for a Spaceman by Millie Haldane
Scotland. Shots. Space. Shots. Sadness? NEVER. Four childhood friends reunite at a funeral to swap harsh jibes, old stories, and do just about anything to avoid the truth of what lies in front of them.
I Think I Am Going To Die (oh well) by Lola Annesley
Days before her death, Woman meets Girl and a new world opens up, allowing them both to escape the lives they know. But as time begins to fragment and reality becomes blurred, the two begin to question what it is they’re really running from.
Level Up A Musical by Lucy Watson
What if life were more like a game? Save the world! Risk it all! If you fail, just play again… until the music stops. High tech and high finance collide in a morality tale for our times.
Dregs by Nelly Weston
A fossil. A shell. An old teacup. Atop a crumbling cliffside where sand and stone encase the past, a house teeters on the edge of collapse. Its sole occupant refuses to leave.
A Visit by Jonathan Massey
A young couple war for custody of their son, as their social worker discovers that this child is beyond any earthly understanding. A play that exposes the frailty of policy in the face of something it can’t comprehend.
Hardly Working by Jessie Millson
Lois and Charity are blasted through the imbalances that drove their relationship apart. Their fallout questions whether love is controlled by class, and asks what happens when the patriarchy walks into a bar.
Club Penguin by Morgan Goodfellow
Escape to a virtual world of snow, igloos and penguins. Escape to be ninjas, pirates, spies. Escape the real world. Escape life. On this last day, escape and always waddle on.
Balloon written by the cohort dramaturgy by David Lane
A woman is killed on the street. A hot air balloon soars over Bristol. Time and space shatter as the city unpicks a tragedy. High above, the father of a murderer grapples with what can’t be comprehended.
Useful information
- Venue: The Weston Studio
- All tickets £8
- Approx. 2.5 hours (including 20-min. interval)
- Ages 14+
Contains swearing.
