Past Productions...
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2017
Wet Bread by Tom Glover - Brighton Fringe and King's Head Theatre
2016
A Grinning Match & The Lover's Maze by Kate Webster - commissioned by Saffron Walden Maze Festival
2015
Valhalla by Paul Murphy -Winner of the Theatre503 Playwriting Award
2014
Dirty Promises by Lilly Driscoll - Off West End Nominated for Best Director
2013
Plays What Yew Wrote by Mike Bagley, Gil Brown, Bob Crossan, and Paul Wilsher - commissioned by Saffron Walden Maze Festival
Never Rains But It Pours by Alison Carr - part of Theatre503 Lab
2012
The Death of Norman Tortilla by Charlotte Coates
A Lady of Substance by Jon Cooper
2011
Lost and Found by Alex Everard - commissioned by Saffron Walden Maze Festival
2010
Pallbearings by Giles Faulkner - part of Rosemary Branch Theatre's Branching Out Season
May & July 2017
Wet Bread
by Tom Glover
Brighton Fringe and King's Head Theatre, Islington
Adele can’t believe the Tories are in power – everyone she knows voted Labour. The shocking aftermath of the election inspires her next mission: to change the world for the better in a year. Bring on 2016!
She’ll end fracking, help the homeless, save whole families from a life on welfare, teach her niece about charity, learn to do Twitter, keep Britain in Europe and dedicate her life to putting things right (not Right). But her mum’s cancer is getting worse, her best friend has all the wrong opinions, and the love of her life won’t convert to Veganism. It would all be so much better if everyone just agreed with her.
Written by BBC Trans Comedy Award winner Tom Glover, ‘Wet Bread’ is a one-woman satire about left-wing activism in a right-wing world.
“Brilliantly written, directed and performed” The Badger
“A tour-de-farce with heart” Fringe Review
"Morag Sims gives an incredible performance" A Younger Theatre
"An excellent example of modern political fringe theatre" The National Student
"The versatility Sims shows is incredible...utterly hilarious, poignant" Spy in the Stalls
"marvellous script brought to life in a wonderfully comic, clever and beautiful way" Fairy Powered Productions
Audience response from Brighton Fringe 2017
“Funny, interesting and clever. Great way to spend an evening. Must see!”
“Loved it! Really sweet sentiment and brought a tear to me eye!
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“Brilliant - should be watched by everyone in Brighton!”
“Funny and moving in equal measure. An excellent play”
“Excellent! Very well written and performed.”
“Top work! Lots of fun and very insightful”
“Funny and fast-paced show. Time just flew by. It still gives you a lot to think about"
“Well scripted and excellently acted. Loved it”
“Very cleverly written and expertly delivered, got me questioning a few of my beliefs!"
“Just had an awesome time at Wet Bread in Brighton. Morag Sims is fabulous and the show made me laugh and cry. Congratulations and big hugs to all concerned”
“Wet Bread is several slices of humanity served up with relish by Morag Sims and Sheer Drop. Well done all, had me chuckling with wonder”
“One woman show par excellence”
She’ll end fracking, help the homeless, save whole families from a life on welfare, teach her niece about charity, learn to do Twitter, keep Britain in Europe and dedicate her life to putting things right (not Right). But her mum’s cancer is getting worse, her best friend has all the wrong opinions, and the love of her life won’t convert to Veganism. It would all be so much better if everyone just agreed with her.
Written by BBC Trans Comedy Award winner Tom Glover, ‘Wet Bread’ is a one-woman satire about left-wing activism in a right-wing world.
“Brilliantly written, directed and performed” The Badger
“A tour-de-farce with heart” Fringe Review
"Morag Sims gives an incredible performance" A Younger Theatre
"An excellent example of modern political fringe theatre" The National Student
"The versatility Sims shows is incredible...utterly hilarious, poignant" Spy in the Stalls
"marvellous script brought to life in a wonderfully comic, clever and beautiful way" Fairy Powered Productions
Audience response from Brighton Fringe 2017
“Funny, interesting and clever. Great way to spend an evening. Must see!”
“Loved it! Really sweet sentiment and brought a tear to me eye!
”
“Brilliant - should be watched by everyone in Brighton!”
“Funny and moving in equal measure. An excellent play”
“Excellent! Very well written and performed.”
“Top work! Lots of fun and very insightful”
“Funny and fast-paced show. Time just flew by. It still gives you a lot to think about"
“Well scripted and excellently acted. Loved it”
“Very cleverly written and expertly delivered, got me questioning a few of my beliefs!"
“Just had an awesome time at Wet Bread in Brighton. Morag Sims is fabulous and the show made me laugh and cry. Congratulations and big hugs to all concerned”
“Wet Bread is several slices of humanity served up with relish by Morag Sims and Sheer Drop. Well done all, had me chuckling with wonder”
“One woman show par excellence”
August 2016
A Grinning Match & The Lover's Maze
By Kate Webster
The Lover’s Maze
Two archaeologists set out to restore the maze to its former glory; 80 years earlier, Eliza sets her sweetheart a challenge in order to win her hand in marriage.
The Hedge Maze, Bridge End Gardens
Sat 20th 11.30am & Sun 21st 11.00am 2016
A Grinning Match
Four old school friends reunite a decade later to play games on the Common. So much has changed in their lives, but they’re about to find out how much hasn’t.
The Turf Maze, The Common
Sat 20th 2.15pm & Sun 21st 2.00pm 2016
Here are some lovely production shots from the Saffron Walden Camera Club...
Two archaeologists set out to restore the maze to its former glory; 80 years earlier, Eliza sets her sweetheart a challenge in order to win her hand in marriage.
The Hedge Maze, Bridge End Gardens
Sat 20th 11.30am & Sun 21st 11.00am 2016
A Grinning Match
Four old school friends reunite a decade later to play games on the Common. So much has changed in their lives, but they’re about to find out how much hasn’t.
The Turf Maze, The Common
Sat 20th 2.15pm & Sun 21st 2.00pm 2016
Here are some lovely production shots from the Saffron Walden Camera Club...
Our latest trip to the Saffron Walden Maze Festival went a-maze-ingly with our 2 specially commissioned plays, each written to be performed either on an ancient turf maze or within a Victorian hedge maze. The plays were written by the brilliant Kate Webster, directed by our Tom Latter and were performed by a lovely bunch of actors, Lindsey Crow, Katherine Davenport, Michael Lyle & Philip Nightingale.
October 2015
Valhalla by Paul Murphy
Winner of the Theatre503 Playwriting Award 2014
Director: Jo McInnes
Designer: Katie Lias
Lighting Designer: Nigel Edwards
Sound Designer: Becky Smith
Assistant Director: Tom Latter
Production Manager: Heather Doole
Stage Manager: Martha Mamo
Associate Producer: Franky Green
Cast:
Woman: Carolina Main
Man: Paul Murphy
Dates: 30th Sep - 24th Oct 2015
Where: Theatre503, Battersea, London
'You know the words but when it comes to pain and fear and love we are a breed apart.’
As violence sweeps the city, a couple escape to an isolated Nordic research facility. On the brink of discovering a cure for a devastating disease, cracks in their marriage start to appear.
The outside world grows increasingly hostile and the couple are forced to choose between conflicting allegiances. As they battle for power and truth, the future of the human race is at stake.
Suffused with Norse mythology, Valhalla depicts a world where the boundaries of scientific research and the endurance of human love are stretched to their limits.
Joint winner of the Theatre503 Playwriting Award, Paul Murphy’s savage thriller is directed by the highly acclaimed Jo McInnes (Royal Court, Nationa l Theatre, RSC).
'beautifully written...both compelling and thrilling' ****
The Arts Desk
'a deeply thought provoking, intelligent and powerful play. A beautiful piece of work.' ****
London Theatre 1
The Arts Desk
'a deeply thought provoking, intelligent and powerful play. A beautiful piece of work.' ****
London Theatre 1
★★★★ The Stage
★★★★ The Upcoming
★★★★ London Theatre1
★★★★ The Arts Desk
★★★★ British Theatre
★★★★ London City Nights
★★★★ Exeunt Magazine
"An unreserved success"
"Excellently written...enthrals throughout"
"Carolina Main is a powerfully intriguing presence"
"Jo McInnes' taut and haunting production is extremely well realised"
"Beautifully written...utterly convincing"
"An intense and gripping production"
"Paul Murphy is excellent...a sensitive portrayal"
"Thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking"
★★★★ The Upcoming
★★★★ London Theatre1
★★★★ The Arts Desk
★★★★ British Theatre
★★★★ London City Nights
★★★★ Exeunt Magazine
"An unreserved success"
"Excellently written...enthrals throughout"
"Carolina Main is a powerfully intriguing presence"
"Jo McInnes' taut and haunting production is extremely well realised"
"Beautifully written...utterly convincing"
"An intense and gripping production"
"Paul Murphy is excellent...a sensitive portrayal"
"Thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking"
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AUGUST 2014
Dirty Promises By Lilly Driscoll Hope Theatre, Islington. Part of the HopeFull Rep Season 2nd-30th August 2014 ★★★★ Review from The Upcoming ‘Lilly Driscoll’s tale of domestic abuse is beautifully crafted and interwoven with moments of spoken word poetry.’ Nominated for BEST DIRECTOR by The Off West End Awards 'I sit and stare, I look as if I couldn’t care. My...nightmare has just begun. I am entering the dark, the unknown. The world of the weak. A world, where women are submissive, never laugh, never speak.' Dirty Promises is an urban love story; a messy love story with the bruises to prove it. Using punchy dialogue, poetry and a touch of the surreal we explore what happens when you want so badly to fit in to a society that doesn’t understand you. 'I just want to be good; I want to do something good, for once! But nah...people like me just don’t get that chance. Do they?' Dirty Promises is Lilly's first full length play. Read more about the play & Lilly on our Blog. |
Cast & Creatives:
Drew: Jed O'Hagan Chambers
Lucy: Kirsty J Curtis
Crabby: Michael Lyle
Director: Tom Latter
Set Designer: Adrian Linford
Lighting Designer: Cai Taylor
Sound Designer: Edward Lewis
Fight Choreographer: Daniel Tyler-Smith
Production Manager: Keith Myers
Stage Manager: Lex Kelly
Drew: Jed O'Hagan Chambers
Lucy: Kirsty J Curtis
Crabby: Michael Lyle
Director: Tom Latter
Set Designer: Adrian Linford
Lighting Designer: Cai Taylor
Sound Designer: Edward Lewis
Fight Choreographer: Daniel Tyler-Smith
Production Manager: Keith Myers
Stage Manager: Lex Kelly
AUGUST 2013
Plays What Yew Wrote
Saffron Walden Maze Festival 2013
Saturday 17th August at 3pm, 4.15pm and 5.30pm
Sheer Drop return to Saffron Walden to present four 10-minute plays from local writers Mike Bagley, Gil Brown, Bob Crossan and Paul Wilsher.
Inspired by local history, the town's mazes, places and folklore, we present a light-hearted and family friendly look at Theseus and the Minotaur, the legend of Tom Hickathrift, the joys of being a confused tourist, and what it's like to get lost in a maze.
A promenade performance of all four plays, lasting an hour in total (including walking time!) will be played in various locations in Bridge End Gardens.
Plays What Yew Wrote
Saffron Walden Maze Festival 2013
Saturday 17th August at 3pm, 4.15pm and 5.30pm
Sheer Drop return to Saffron Walden to present four 10-minute plays from local writers Mike Bagley, Gil Brown, Bob Crossan and Paul Wilsher.
Inspired by local history, the town's mazes, places and folklore, we present a light-hearted and family friendly look at Theseus and the Minotaur, the legend of Tom Hickathrift, the joys of being a confused tourist, and what it's like to get lost in a maze.
A promenade performance of all four plays, lasting an hour in total (including walking time!) will be played in various locations in Bridge End Gardens.
MARCH 2013
Never Rains but it Pours
by Alison Carr
Theatre503 - Part of Labfest 2013
12th, 14th, 16th March, 7.45pm
I could only push the door open a crack,
the water’s too high. Up to my chin, I reckon.
Branches and bark floating around in it like little lost canoes.#
Downstairs everything is flooded; Meredith, Lyn and Cari banter and bicker
as they wait in the attic for a helicopter to fly to the rescue or a lifeboat to
float down the main street and pick them up. But no one is coming, the rain
keeps falling, the water keeps rising... and long-buried family secrets start
floating to the surface.
Playwright Alison Carr has worked with BBC Radio, Live Theatre Newcastle,
Forward Theatre Project, Old Vic New Voices, Paines Plough and is currently one
of the Traverse Fifty playwrights on attachment.
Never Rains but it Pours
by Alison Carr
Theatre503 - Part of Labfest 2013
12th, 14th, 16th March, 7.45pm
I could only push the door open a crack,
the water’s too high. Up to my chin, I reckon.
Branches and bark floating around in it like little lost canoes.#
Downstairs everything is flooded; Meredith, Lyn and Cari banter and bicker
as they wait in the attic for a helicopter to fly to the rescue or a lifeboat to
float down the main street and pick them up. But no one is coming, the rain
keeps falling, the water keeps rising... and long-buried family secrets start
floating to the surface.
Playwright Alison Carr has worked with BBC Radio, Live Theatre Newcastle,
Forward Theatre Project, Old Vic New Voices, Paines Plough and is currently one
of the Traverse Fifty playwrights on attachment.
MARCH 2013
Lifgosh: To Meet
New plays by British and Israeli writers
New Diorama Theatre
Tik-sho-ret and Sheer Drop Theatre companies present readings of
extracts from four new works by British and Israeli playwrights.
The plays selected present a range of voices and styles from British and Israeli theatre. They examine how writers from different places explore ideas that move between global society and their immediate environment.
Warehousing
by Charlotte Coates (Tues 5th March 7.30pm)
A prisoner is given the chance to escape execution in this disturbing vision of state-controlled England.
Charlotte Coates’s first play The Death of Norman Tortilla had a four week run at the Tristan Bates Theatre in 2012. Her short film Billy was shortlisted for the Smoke and Mirrors 48 hour film festival. Other credits include Off You Get, a short play presented as part of Rapid Write Response at Theatre503 and God In The Machine, a short play for Play in A Day at Counter Culture. Vanilla Slice, a sitcom script reached the final of the BBC Talent Sitcom Writing Competition. She has also written for NewsRevue at The Canal Café Theatre.
St George’s Day
by Georgina Burns (Wed 6th March 7.30pm)
A wealthy businessman starts a talent show celebrating English patriotism on a London council estate.
Georgina Burns is from North London. Her work has been performed at Hampstead Theatre (Start Night), Theatre 503 (Rapid Write Response and Rewind, Confessional) and Riverside Studios (Off Cut). Reckless Abandon was shortlisted for the International Student Playscript Competition in 2010 and her play, The Therapy Room, was longlisted for the Papatango new writing competition in 2011. She was mentored by the playwright Nell Leyshon as part of the Jerwood/Arvon scheme (2010/2011) and an extract from St George's Day was published in an anthology of writing celebrating the year.
Including extracts from 2 Israeli plays
The Lights Turn Upon Me
by Oded Liphshitz
5 Kilo Sugar
by Gur Koren
Lifgosh: To Meet
New plays by British and Israeli writers
New Diorama Theatre
Tik-sho-ret and Sheer Drop Theatre companies present readings of
extracts from four new works by British and Israeli playwrights.
The plays selected present a range of voices and styles from British and Israeli theatre. They examine how writers from different places explore ideas that move between global society and their immediate environment.
Warehousing
by Charlotte Coates (Tues 5th March 7.30pm)
A prisoner is given the chance to escape execution in this disturbing vision of state-controlled England.
Charlotte Coates’s first play The Death of Norman Tortilla had a four week run at the Tristan Bates Theatre in 2012. Her short film Billy was shortlisted for the Smoke and Mirrors 48 hour film festival. Other credits include Off You Get, a short play presented as part of Rapid Write Response at Theatre503 and God In The Machine, a short play for Play in A Day at Counter Culture. Vanilla Slice, a sitcom script reached the final of the BBC Talent Sitcom Writing Competition. She has also written for NewsRevue at The Canal Café Theatre.
St George’s Day
by Georgina Burns (Wed 6th March 7.30pm)
A wealthy businessman starts a talent show celebrating English patriotism on a London council estate.
Georgina Burns is from North London. Her work has been performed at Hampstead Theatre (Start Night), Theatre 503 (Rapid Write Response and Rewind, Confessional) and Riverside Studios (Off Cut). Reckless Abandon was shortlisted for the International Student Playscript Competition in 2010 and her play, The Therapy Room, was longlisted for the Papatango new writing competition in 2011. She was mentored by the playwright Nell Leyshon as part of the Jerwood/Arvon scheme (2010/2011) and an extract from St George's Day was published in an anthology of writing celebrating the year.
Including extracts from 2 Israeli plays
The Lights Turn Upon Me
by Oded Liphshitz
5 Kilo Sugar
by Gur Koren
MARCH & APRIL 2012
The Death of Norman Tortilla
by Charlotte Coates
Tristan Bates Theatre
Celebrity, sex, men, fashion, death - all come under the piercing gaze of Norman Tortilla, an old man who’s never been kissed. He wants the world to listen. But with only a bath-obsessed Polish care worker and a feisty young saleswoman for company, will he get his dying wish?
“a little gem of a play… an astonishing debut, remarkably well-crafted and detailed, both hilarious and disturbing” FringeReview
Director - Tom Latter
Designer - Moi Tran
Lighting Design - Miles Fisher
Sound Design - Edward Lewis
Producers - Tim Johanson and Corinne Salisbury
Cast - Robert Gill, Nicholas Ruben, Morag Sims
Image design - Rebecca Pitt
A Lady of Substance
by Jon Cooper
Jasmin has just run away from home and Cassandra's downward spiral is fast becoming a whirlpool. Hip Hop fanatic meets performance poet – in their battles a bond is forged that might just save them both. An intense lyrical journey into our culture’s excesses, and into a unique relationship between women of different generations.
Director - Samantha German
Designer - Moi Tran
Lighting Design - Miles Fisher
Sound Design - Edward Lewis
Producers - Tim Johanson and Corinne Salisbury
Cast - Tia Bannon, Joyce Greenaway
Image design - Rebecca Pitt
Jasmin has just run away from home and Cassandra's downward spiral is fast becoming a whirlpool. Hip Hop fanatic meets performance poet – in their battles a bond is forged that might just save them both. An intense lyrical journey into our culture’s excesses, and into a unique relationship between women of different generations.
Director - Samantha German
Designer - Moi Tran
Lighting Design - Miles Fisher
Sound Design - Edward Lewis
Producers - Tim Johanson and Corinne Salisbury
Cast - Tia Bannon, Joyce Greenaway
Image design - Rebecca Pitt
AUGUST 2011
Lost and Found
by Alex Everard
Part of the Saffron Walden Maze Festival
21st and 25th August 2011
A new site-specific play by Alex Everard, specially commissioned for the Saffron Walden Maze Festival in association with Shake-A-Leg Theatre Company.
Paganism, lost property, archaeology and world-record running feats - our first adventure into al-fresco theatre was a joyous summer success. Check out the photos on our Facebook page here
Director - Tom Latter
Cast - John Murphy, Eilidh Nairn, Morag Sims, Ben Thornton
Part of the Saffron Walden Maze Festival
21st and 25th August 2011
A new site-specific play by Alex Everard, specially commissioned for the Saffron Walden Maze Festival in association with Shake-A-Leg Theatre Company.
Paganism, lost property, archaeology and world-record running feats - our first adventure into al-fresco theatre was a joyous summer success. Check out the photos on our Facebook page here
Director - Tom Latter
Cast - John Murphy, Eilidh Nairn, Morag Sims, Ben Thornton
NOVEMBER 2010
Pallbearings
by Giles Faulkner
Rosemary Branch Theatre
Part of the Branching Out Festival, Giles Faulkner's funny and touching story of a grieving Welsh family is now being developed as a full length feature film.
Director - Tom Latter
Cast - Iddon Jones, Aaron Kelly, Sam Miller, Morgan Rhys, Bethan Harvey
Rosemary Branch Theatre
Part of the Branching Out Festival, Giles Faulkner's funny and touching story of a grieving Welsh family is now being developed as a full length feature film.
Director - Tom Latter
Cast - Iddon Jones, Aaron Kelly, Sam Miller, Morgan Rhys, Bethan Harvey
SUMMER 2010
Collaborations with ArtforEating
Devising new immersive performances for two of ArtforEating's gourmet pop-up restaurants in North London was a theatrical feast for eyes, stomachs and hearts.
Mythogastronomy
with Art For Eating
Writers - Michelle Donkin, Kerri Hall, John Hastings, Iddon Jones, Tom Latter. Performers - Matthew Curran, Kerri Hall, Gillian Horgan, Iddon Jones, Geraldine Barry Murphy Art For Eating - Charlotte Jarvis and James Read |
Let's Blitz - Your Country Feeds You
with Art for Eating
Direction and dramaturgy - Michelle Donkin and Tom Latter Performers - Nicky Arding, Katherine Davenport, Iddon Jones, Tessa Parr Art For Eating - Charlotte Jarvis and James Read |
FEBRUARY 2010
Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco
by Gary Owen
New Wimbledon Studio, February 2010
"I want to tell you a story. And when I've finished, I'm going to ask you a question: is the story beautiful, or is it sad?"
Marking the launch of Sheer Drop Theatre, Gary Owen's blistering dark comedy was part of the Fresh Ideas season 2010
Director - Tom Latter
Producer - Victoria Featherby
Designer - Suneeda Maruthiyil
Lighting Design - James Turner-Inman
Sound Design - Eliseo Heredia
Cast - Matthew Curran, Giles Faulkner, Iddon Jones
New Wimbledon Studio, February 2010
"I want to tell you a story. And when I've finished, I'm going to ask you a question: is the story beautiful, or is it sad?"
Marking the launch of Sheer Drop Theatre, Gary Owen's blistering dark comedy was part of the Fresh Ideas season 2010
Director - Tom Latter
Producer - Victoria Featherby
Designer - Suneeda Maruthiyil
Lighting Design - James Turner-Inman
Sound Design - Eliseo Heredia
Cast - Matthew Curran, Giles Faulkner, Iddon Jones
Past Workshops...
Dynamic Dramaturgy - Workshops for playwrights, directors and actors
On the 5th and 6th July 2014 we ran our first 'Dynamic Dramaturgy' Weekend Workshop
The weekend was great fun and we met and worked with a fantastic bunch of people.
The Saturday started with groups exercises based on Character and Story and finished with a group Dramaturgy session on the script of our next production 'Dirty Promises'.
On the Sunday we workshopped scenes from the plays which the five writer's had brought with them to work on. The quality of the writing and the generosity and respect of the actors and directors was inspiring. The five pieces were:
Straight Forward by Tom Glover
The Snow Leopard by Lara Barbier
A New Play by Sherhan Lingham
A Cabman's Shelter by Alexander Craig
Wasted by Gavin Kerr
The weekend was great fun and we met and worked with a fantastic bunch of people.
The Saturday started with groups exercises based on Character and Story and finished with a group Dramaturgy session on the script of our next production 'Dirty Promises'.
On the Sunday we workshopped scenes from the plays which the five writer's had brought with them to work on. The quality of the writing and the generosity and respect of the actors and directors was inspiring. The five pieces were:
Straight Forward by Tom Glover
The Snow Leopard by Lara Barbier
A New Play by Sherhan Lingham
A Cabman's Shelter by Alexander Craig
Wasted by Gavin Kerr
