Join us for another evening of New Work from the most exciting artists the East Midlands has to offer!

This evening will feature exciting extracts from new plays by emerging writers Simon Castle, Peter Aldred and Joleen White.

What are we Watching?

by Peter Aldred and Joleen White

A comedy about four students who have a movie night in before going away for the Christmas holidays to see family.

A group of working-class students Nick, Michelle, Dan and Lucy, share a night in together during the festive season, trying to decide what to watch on TV as a group. It is a farewell party for Lucy, who leaves for Hong Kong the next morning.

Their strange friend Alistair drops by to say hello and tells them a strange story of the family who used to live in their house and explains why their rent is so reasonable.

A series of calamitous comedic events ensue including a burned Christmas pudding, a cheating boyfriend discovered via FaceTime, a race for the ‘perfect’ kids Christmas gift and an about to be long-distance romance.

Despite these challenges, they get into the holiday spirit by talking about past Christmases, favourite films and having a good vent.

 

Changeling

by Simon Castle

The world’s most confident character meets the world’s most confident character in a pressure cooker of grit, secrets and magic; asking – What is family and how far will you go to protect it?