Wild Lunch Funsize

Posted on: March 24th, 2021 by ppEditor

Half Moon and Paines Plough worked together over a number of weeks to develop six extraordinary new plays for children under eight with experienced writers who had not previously written for young audiences. Script-in-hand performances of the resulting plays were held over lunchtimes at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

The project aimed to create a fresh body of work for children that connected directly with their imaginations and experience. Wild Lunch Funsize created a legacy of work for children that is now ripe for development and production. Many plays that have originated through similar Half Moon/Paines Plough projects have been produced by other companies and venues. Another aim of the project was to raise the profile of work for children in the adult world, with the selected writers attracting audiences who don’t normally attend work for children.

The plays:

Do You See What I See? by Jennifer Farmer
Clarence Carbuncle and the Kingdom of Sherbetter by Chloe Moss
Our Teacher’s A Troll by Dennis Kelly
The Hole Story by Mark Ravenhill with Alfie Buck
Hartleby, Oooglemore and Jeramee by Gary Owen
Monster Mum by Abi Morgan

If Destroyed True

Posted on: March 24th, 2021 by ppEditor

Greetings from New Flood, which has just won the prestigious ‘Worst Town in Scotland’ award. The prize is £500,000 with which to ‘improve’ things.

Vincent has always been original ever since his tragically miraculous birth. When he hears of the honour bestowed on his home town he sees an opportunity both to realise his personal ambition and to double the prize money by defending the title the following year. A wry and witty satire on community and communication.

Part of the Paines Plough This Other England Season

Pyrenees

Posted on: March 24th, 2021 by ppEditor

A naked man is found lying in the snow at the foot of the Pyrenees. He remembers nothing. He believes he is British. A young woman from the British consulate is dispatched to confirm his nationality and try to piece together his identity.

When an elegant woman arrives claiming to be his wife, the world he was discovering becomes unregonisable. As the snow melts on the mountain, the man is left with an agonising choice, and may have to make a decision for the first time in his life.

Part of the Paines Plough This Other England season.

After the End

Posted on: March 17th, 2021 by ppEditor

“I think the biggest threat isn’t from what people do to you, it’s from what you do to yourself.”

They were all in the pub when the explosion happened. Louise wakes up to find herself trapped with Mark, who has saved her life. Mark is always prepared for the worst and has everything he thinks they will need to survive; tinned chilli, Dungeons and Dragons and a knife – now all they need to do is to wait until it’s safe to go outside. Can they survive the attack? Can they survive each other?

Wild Lunch 8

Posted on: March 17th, 2021 by ppEditor

HOW TO MAKE YOUR LUNCH WILD:

Ingredients:

8 ripe new writers
2 pioneering/gastro theatre companies
1 crisp new theatre
1 mixed bag of actors
You

Your lunch

To prepare: Scour the country to be sure of finding only the freshest 8 voices. Using your theatre companies bring them immediately to the boil then simmer slowly until a rich flavour emerges. Transfer to paper and serve immediately.
To serve: Garnish with a few simple lights and sounds and serve on a bed of both seasoned and raw actors. Present on an untouched stage and accompany with your own packed lunch or a pie from the bar.
Sit back. And devour.

Paines Plough and Graeae Theatre Company present 8 brand new plays, performed script-in-hand over 8 lunchtimes.

On the menu:

MY LITTLE HEART DROPPED IN COFFEE by Duncan Macmillan

AFTERTASTE by Kit Lambert

LOVE FACILITATED by Mandy Redvers-Rowe

BREAKFAST HEARTS by Robin French

SERVICE by Mike Bartlett

TEA FOR TWO by Bethan Marlow

STATIC ON THE RADIO by Danny Start

BABIES by Katie Douglas

LATER 06

Posted on: March 17th, 2021 by ppEditor

LATER is a unique night-time event where playwrights perform an exclusive extract from their latest work. Every other month Paines Plough will invite a celebrated playwright to curate a collection of new work by their favourite writers.

For the first time, playwrights take to the stage for an intimate performance of their own writing.

Bringing together an eclectic selection of new and established writers, LATER offers you the chance to be the first to see exciting new work at its inception

13 March Curated by Chloe Moss
Featuring work by Esther Wilson, Laurence Wilson Karen Brown Mark Davis

20 March Curated by Katie Douglas
Featuring work by Collette Kane, Jonathan Harvey, Lizzie Nunnery

2 May Curated by Simon Stephens
Featuring work by the Future Perfect writers- Michael Bhim, Steven Bloomer, Matt Hartley, Colette Kane, Tom Morton-Smith, Lizzie Nunnery and Al Smith

8 May Curated by Simon Stephens
Featuring work by Simon Stephens, Roy Williams, Ché Walker and Jack Thorne

26 June Curated by Tanika Gupta
Featuring work by Chloë Moss, Stella Feehily, Laura Wade and Tanika Gupta.

3 July Curated by Enda Walsh
Featuring work by Desperate Optimists, George Potts & Josh Cohen and Enda Walsh

11 September Curated by Lucy Prebble
Featuring work by DC Moore, Duncan Macmillan, Rachel Wagstaff and Lucy Prebble.

18 September Curated by Rona Munro
Featuring work by Rona Munro

16 & 23 October Curated by Enda Walsh
Featuring work by Richard Bean, Simon Bent, Lucy Prebble, Gísli Örn Gardarsson and Enda Walsh.

27 November Curated by Dennis Kelly
Featuring work by Sean Buckley, Matthew Dunster, Sally Hawkins and Dennis Kelly.

4 December Curated by Steve Thompson
Featuring work by Amelia Bullmore, Jess Walters, Louise Monaghan and Steve Thompson.

Strawberries in January

Posted on: March 17th, 2021 by ppEditor

François does. A cafe bartender/frustrated screenwriter, he uses every event in his life as inspiration. He casts Sophie, his ex-flatmate-turned-lover-turned-friend, opposite Robert – a cafe regular and university professor. Outside the city, Sophie’s childhood friend Lea, runs a B & B. She’s drowning in ‘too much fresh air and boredom’. A surprising, passionate encounter provokes her to seek out Sophie for a reunion. Their stories collide and interweave with intriguing serendipity.

Strawberries in January is a biting, heart warming comedy about four romantically challenged singletons who stumble through contemporary Montréal in search for love. Originally written in Québec French, the play won the Masque Award for Best Original Script. This version by Scottish writer Rona Munro (Iron, Bold Girls) was commissioned as part of the Traverse’s Playwrights in Partnership scheme and is directed by Paines Plough’s Artistic Director Roxana Silbert.

Product

Posted on: March 17th, 2021 by ppEditor

‘I love your work, I love it. I’ve seen you do those turns on a sixpence….You’re fabulous. And this material is going to be fabulous once it’s punched up.’

Amy is a hot young starlet. Now all she needs is the script which will save her from B movie hell. A script which balances artistic integrity with blockbuster bucks. Mark thinks he’s got the perfect pitch – a script which combines a torrid love story with the dark spectre of terrorism and big, big explosions. If he can only persuade Amy, he’s got the perfect Product.

The Dirt Under the Carpet

Posted on: March 17th, 2021 by ppEditor

Cleaners Lorraine and Muriel find Mr. B, face down in a pool of his own blood, making a hell of a mess on the mushroom carpeting.

Wielding squeeges and cleaning contracts our fearless private eyes must find the killer before he, or she, finds them.

“I thought dirt was what you got in the Sunday papers I thought dust was a class A drug, I thought I knew what I was in for but I didn’t have a clue…”

Between Dog and Wolf

Posted on: March 17th, 2021 by ppEditor

John Savage is woken by his daughter Kate, there is blood on their clothes and he has no idea how it got there. As Kate helps him piece together the previous day’s events that led to the haunting night before, has John really awoken at all? A dark and twisted contemporary Gothic tale.

“As Kris Akabusi’s flamencoing on the telly I’m thinking, I’m thinking, I’m thinking… is this all there is now?”