THREE'S A CROWD
A varied selection of three new plays chosen in competition for this ‘script in hand’ performance with professional actors and director / dramaturg, Clare Smout
Friday 27th May 2005 (The Studio, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster)
Saturday 28th May 2005 (Worcester Arts
Workshop)
The performance was followed by a 'Talk-back' (question/answer session)
| The Company | |
|---|---|
| Director / Dramaturg: | Clare Smout |
| Actors: | Michael Blore, Bhati Patel & Phillipa Horabin |
| Lighting: | Richard Williamson |
| Sound: | Matt Yarwood |
| Props and set: | Swan Playwrights |
| Costumes: | The Nonentities |
| Front of House (Rose): | The Nonentities |
| Front of House (WAW): | WAW Staff and Swan Playwrights |
TAKE IT FROM ME
by Rose Marshall
A Play of Perspectives. There are always different sides to a story aren’t there? Kerry and her mum, Sheila, are beginning to plan ahead and re-build their lives, until one day they receive a surprise visitor.
Cast: Sheila (mother to Kerry): Bhati Patel - Kerry: Phillippa Horabin - Surprise Visitor: Michael Blore
NOT THE MONA LISA
by Coll Mealing
Phil’s into steam trains. Jean’s into mini-skirts and clubbing. Demure Emily is in the painting. Is she what she seems? How does her secret affect them? A tale of mystery and middle aged marital aggravation.
Cast: Phil aged 56 (married to Jean): Michael Blore - Jean aged 53: Bhati Patel - Emily: Phillippa Horabin
HOSTAGES
by Ian Kendall
"I am your hostage, after all aren’t I tied to a chair in this stinking cellar?" Jane Kershaw has been kidnapped by Tony and Beryl and kept in an isolated house. Having overcome her initial fear, Jane sets about turning the situation to her advantage. But the outcome isn’t quite what she planned.
Cast: Jane Kershaw aged early 40s: Bhati Patel - Tony Masters aged 21: Michael Blore - Beryl aged 20: Phillippa Horabin
Extracts from the guidelines for those submitting a script...
- Scripts
needed to deal with threesomes/three's a crowd idea in some form or other
to satisfy the umbrella title. Apart from that you had carte blanche with
the material, format and style of your piece. You should have called your
script something other than Three's a Crowd.
Three's a Crowd is the project title.
- Work should be in the form of three handers i.e. pieces for three actors: 1M, 2F. (Doubling is acceptable but needs to be indicated and shown to be workable by the writer; given script in hand performance, there need to be obvious and easy ways indicated in the script of making an actor take more than one role). Pieces should be about 30 minutes in length. They should be self-standing not extracts from longer work. You may find it useful to think in terms of a One Act play rather than a sketch.