Autumn Term 11/12
Conjunctives by Aella Jordan-Edge
Beth loves people watching. She’s supposed to be ‘growing-up’ but choices are still being made for her, outside her control. A series of scenes, connecting the characters in Beth’s life, leads her to realise that sometimes you have to let go and look ahead…
A new play written and directed by Aella Jordan-Edge.
Produced by Poppy Tirard
Performers:
Kat Willson
Marc Sweeney
Jack Stannard
Annabelle Sacher
John Moore
Frankie Glace
Vanessa Murray
Angharad George-Carey
Eliza Gearty
Performed on the 9th, 10th and 11th November, in the Debating Chamber, first floor of Falmer House.
The Art of Losing (and how to do it gracefully) by Florence Hope
Written by Florence Hope and directed by Jess Duxbury
A girl is swallowed by a time machine. A man loses his right arm and his
sense of humour seems to vanish alongside it. A powerful magician
irrevocably disappears the most important thing he has ever known.
The Art of Losing is a series of monologues, duologues and
stories-told-backwards centred around the themes of loss and magic. Set in
an ever-so-slightly strange world where nothing is taken for granted and
anything can vanish, the new offering from SUDS Theatre explores how a
series of slightly odd characters react when everything goes a little bit
sideways.
Starring:
Holly Kilpatrick
Louisa Webster
Nick James
Jack Rodgers
Beanie Rowe
Performed on the 15th, 16th & 17th November at The Nightingale Theatre, Brighton.
We’ll Meet Again by Rosanna Wood
Based on a true story and set mainly during the Second World War, We’ll Meet Again focuses on the life of one woman as she struggles to cope with the oppression of her family and her desire for a more exciting life. As she begins to claim the independence she has longed for, she soon finds that chasing after excitement has consequences she is not quite prepared for and betraying the values she held so highly brings guilt that echoes into generations to come.
Director: Rosanna Wood
Producer: Amy Smith
Cast:
Rocco Biancardi
Ailish Coghlan
Eleanor McConnell
Mike Rowland
Rachael Welsh
Performed on the 30th November, 1st and 2nd December in the Debating Chamber, first floor Falmer House.
Richard II by William Shakespeare
Richard is a willful and politically naïve king deriving his self-assurance from his deeply held belief in his divine authority to rule. However when he banishes a dangerous rival and seizes his estate to fund a war abroad his nobles begin to turn against him. Richard returns home to find not only his crown under threat, but his very conception of kingship and the right to rule. Set in the early twentieth century towards the end of the reign of the Tzars of Russia, this interpretation focuses on the political fallout when modern power relations suddenly confront absolute monarchy.
Director: Rishi Vasudev
Producer: Kristina Claire Wilde
Cast:
Josh Crisp
Kristina Claire Wilde
Ben Meredith
Paul Fisher Davies
Florence Hope
Luke Douglas
Claire Handley
Alex Hatton
Claudia Treacher
Ellen Buckley
Paula Wood
G Lawry
Performed on the 7th, 8th and 9th December in the Debating Chamber, first floor of Falmer House.
