Feb 2011
BUFF Club, Bath Lane

Four pieces of new writing competing to take their show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This year’s judges were Dave Overend, Zoe Strachan, Morna Burdon and Philippa Mannion.

After(Lives)
Directed by Sarah Bradley, Devised by Cast
A devised collaborative project inspired by “Sum Forty Tales for Afterlives” by David Eagleman.

Stripmine Ocean
Directed by Sarah MacDonald & Claire Willoughby, Devised by Cast
Shel Silverstein, (a children’s writer) creates playful, humorous poetry (with undertones of grungy menace). Stripmine Ocean is a devised piece inspired by this riveting poetry and responding to the topical issue of climate change.

A Rocket, Man
Directed by Ruth Cockshott, Written by Michael O’Neill
Examines grief and regret through the story of an irritable art student, his inquisitive other half, her easily distracted friend and a quasi-theatrical apparition in the vein of Banquo or Patrick Swayze.

Frodsham and Frodsham
Directed By Sam Gregson, Written by Tom Pennock
Wishing to return to the happier days of his childhood, neuroscientist Preston Frodsham builds a machine to bring back lost memories. As a strange organisation begins to take an interest, Preston is forced to confront the old legends of his hometown and make an important decision that he is increasingly unable to comprehend.