LAR Scratch Night

 

Kelly is approaching 30, Debbie 40. Time feels like it’s running out. They’re supposed to have their life together by this point, right? Join them at their party and watch them dance, laugh and almost cry about growing up and getting on.

 

Performed by: Kellie Colbert and Deborah Newton

Directed by: Kellie Colbert and Deborah Newton

 

Have you ever wondered what cinema employees talk about while youre enjoying your movie?

 

Performed by: Stephen Vatikiotis, Eve Nicholson

Directed by: Joe Owens 

 

Against the backdrop of political upheaval at home and the Spanish Civil War abroad, this extract takes us into Margaret and Tom’s kitchen, where a conversation between a husband and wife begins to expose a growing tension between personal responsibility and political conviction.

 

Performed by: Reiss Barber, Gabriella Tavini 

Directed by: Mark Womack

 

Brash Will and quirky Dianne meet for their first date – but it’s their insecurities and eccentricities that inform the conversation in the opening scene of this absurd black comedy drama.

 

Performed by: Marni Duggan, Tyler Kane

Directed by: Morven Currie

 

Many confessions, two strangers and 1 veterinary clinic. As the small talk gets darker and wildly uncomfortable, we realise that maybe the dogs aren’t the ones who need checking up on…

 

Performed by: Scarlett Briggs-Lewis & Fiona Scott

Directed by: Zoe Vaux

 

‘Home’ by Jackie Jones

Home is a scene from a full length play giving a snapshot into a family’s dementia journey. Based on lived experience, it explores how relationships are challenged when the carer needs caring, when the child becomes the parent.

 

Performed by: Cath Rice, Georgie Lomax-Ford

Directed by: Joe Owens 

 

 

A group of lads who have been best mates since school finally have a re-union. They have one mission – get James to move on from his Ex, Amy. They decide the best thing for him to do is create a dating profile. With their input of course.

 

A comedy about friendship, moving on and the wonderful world of dating apps

 

Performed by: Reiss Barber, Joe Owens, Stephen Vatikiotis and Jacob Yartlett

Directed by: Reiss Barber

 

Following the destruction of her home village, Arella was raped by some of the officers, a common issue and form of ethnic cleansing. Forced to flee, she soon realised one of these officers had impregnated her. Now, she’s miles from home, grieving, and struggling to find ways to have an abortion. Old wounds collide with new challenges, questions of identity, belonging, and survival emerge.

 

Performed by: Anna Roy, Jamie Peacock

Directed by: Mark Womack 

 

What happens when one of your cast members hasn’t even read the script? Well, let’s find out. Scriptless is a new comedy where everyone on stage has learnt the script and rehearsed just like a regular play… except for one. This person is known as The Scriptless. Coming in completely blind, they’ll have to bulls**t their way through the entire show. What could go wrong?

 

Performed by: Poppy Managan, Lucy Waring, Erin Joy

Directed by: Kieran Jordan

 

 

A grieving man uses an experimental procedure to reunite with his recently deceased girlfriend in a simulated farewell, but as he struggles to keep up the illusion, buried secrets and unresolved emotions threaten to unravel their last chance at closure.