Writers and actors, a chance to get together and read some scenes.

Free to attend, Amplify members only
A chance to get together and read a new play.
Cold Reads is an opportunity for actors and writers to come together, to read a brand new draft of a script out loud for the first time.  Come along for an opportunity to perform, practice your cold reading skills and feedback on writing, or just listen to a new work by a local writer, whilst networking with other local theatre artists.
Producers, directors and other theatre makers are also welcome to attend. If you do not wish to read there will be an opportunity to ‘opt out’ at the beginning of the session.

The May Queen – A folk horror:

By Laura Turner

When Sophie returns to her childhood village, she is crowned The May Queen against her will. But beneath the bunting lies a darker tradition: a community quick to turn on women, and a marshland that remembers everything. As past and present collide, Sophie must confront betrayal, superstition, and her mother’s ghost to claim her rage – or be consumed by it.

Trigger warnings: please be aware the show contains violence and gore, explicit sexual content, adult language and themes, explicit mentions and depictions of depression, suicide, and the trauma of baby loss. The play features disturbing, supernatural imagery, and themes of persecution.

 

Fred Baker is a Nottingham-based writer, actor, director and sound designer. His work uses environmentally-themed dystopia to explore England’s industrial past, and ask how we should aspire to live with the environmental consequences of industry.

He was selected to write The Ancillary for Nottingham Playhouse’s Homegrown Creatives programme in January 2024. The piece received its initial sharing in Company One the following August and has since been developed further to a new draft.
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