Director’s Cut Theatre Company Summer Festival 2020
Join Director’s Cut Theatre Company for our Summer Festival 2020 where we will be show casing online plays, live and recorded, for you to watch wherever you are!
Performances in the summer festival will take place on YouTube or Zoom.
More dates and performance details will be added on throughout August and September, please check this page daily for an update!
Thursday 20th August, 7pm – Intimacy in Distant times
Our artistic communities recorded show ‘Intimacy in Distant times‘ was live streamed on YouTube on 20th August. 28 short films based on the theme of intimacy. Created during a time of distance! If you missed it – you can watch the show here on our YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-eeqRSsmik
SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAv0q1Tv9FpDrnhkvNq1FVA
Tuesday 1st September, 7pm –
INTIMATE SHORTS
Performed live on-line
25 mini plays
WATCH HERE on Zoom at 7pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88312788571?pwd=a3ZiWE53Z3k2SjA5RXllbXlCZ0dJQT09
Giving you a taster of what we get up to in our online workshops! Tonight is your opportunity to watch our community in action, presenting a selection of mini plays that explore the theme of intimacy.
All plays were only written in 20 minutes during our workshops by members of The Writers Club, following a brief they were given, and then explored and performed by members of The Actors Club. (Between June – August our writers wrote over 240 mini plays in our workshops alone, here are just a few!)
Produced by Director’s Cut Theatre Company.
Wednesday 2nd September, 7pm –
INTERACTIVE STORIES
Performed live on line.
16 short plays.
A night of interactive stories, on Zoom! Missing the feeling of being part of an audience in the theatre? Well we may have something nice for you to experience…. Join us for 16 short plays that will require our audience to participate in the stories in different ways! Come ready to follow instructions, participate and be playful!
All plays were only written in 20 minutes during our workshops by members of The Writers Club, following a brief they were given, and then explored and performed by members of The Actors Club. (Between June – August our writers wrote over 240 mini plays in our workshops alone, here are just a few!)
FULL LENGTH PLAYS
Here is the programme of full length plays which will be shown on Zoom, followed by a Q&A. If you would like to attend please email info@directorscuttheatre.co.uk to put your name down and we will provide with you the login details.
All performances are free!
| DATE | SCRIPT | DIRECTOR | CAST |
| Monday 7th September, 7pm | Breaking News by Pete Talman | Andrea Lewis | Ellie Madden Matthew Wellard |
| Wednesday 9th September, 7pm | Lucy’s Pharmakon by Jo Sutherland | Giacomo Esposito | Kate O’Rourke Kait Feeney Yinka Awoni Eliza Williams |
| Friday 11th September, 7:30pm | The Kitchen At The End Of The Universe by Robert Emlyn Slater |
Penny Gkritzapi | Ryan Blackburn Eliza Williams |
| Monday 14th September. 7pm | Fall/Stop by Hannah Kennedy | Andy McLeod | Jimmy Walker |
| Monday 21st September, 7pm | World Wide Web by Linda Morse | Kirsty Cubberley Lobb | Georgi McKie Polly Nayler Kate O’Rourke Julian Bird |
| Tuesday 22nd September,7pm | Mother’s Day by Louise Monaghan | Stephanie Fuller | Chandrika Chevli Brittanny Martillo |
| Wednesday 23rd September, 7.30 pm | Channelled by Rowena Amos | Andy McLeod | Jamie McKie Kate Somerton Oriana Charles Joseph Mark Bryony Tebbutt Anya Sayadian |
| Friday 25th September, 7pm | Unsanctioned by Sam Chittenden (short extract) | Tabitha Wells | Sophie Bloor Robin Friberg Bryony Tebbutt |
| Friday 25th September, 7.15pm | Rat House by Drew Hewitt | Lucy Waterhouse | Ryan Blackburn Jimmy Walker Sharita Oomeer Marina Tapakoudes Jack Furssedonn |
| Saturday 26th September, 7.30pm | Breaking Horses by Simon Jaggers | Saskia van’t Hoff | Oriana Charles Robin Friberg Julian Bird Ramin Farahani |
| Monday 28th September. 7pm | I Can’t Hear You by Natasha Brotherdale-Smith | Rad Popp | Amanda Dahl Felicity Green Bryony Tebbutt |
| Wednesday 30th September, 7pm | Comic Book Boy by Ben Cannon | Penny Gkritzapi | Joseph Mark Matthew Wellard Julia Kass Ramin Farahini Anya Sayadian |
Artists sharing stories from their heart. A mixture of new writing, devising, art and other mediums. More details TBC.Art from the Heart – 29th September, 7pm
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