Script Factory
Creativity is at the core of the new Ustinov. Script Factory works with new writers to showcase the most exciting new plays from the UK’s best emerging talents
Wednesdays, once a Month
Rehearsed readings of brand new plays by the very best emerging playwrights in three exclusive World Premieres. Running times from 70 – 90 minutes.
Wednesday October 1
How to Live Without Love
by Kerry Hood
‘You were so tight under my skull bones, my scalp itched the whole morning.’
An absurd comedy of parents, lovers and Cabbage Patch dolls.
Kerry Hood is a hugely original and much acclaimed voice in contemporary writing. This is the first performance of her latest play.
Directed by Andy Burden, Venue Magazine’s Top Banana in theatre, 2007.
“Imagine one of Beckett’s no-hopers clambering out of her sack, dustbin or urn and letting language gamely rip.”Times
Adult scenes
Wednesday November 5
Countrysides
by Anita Sullivan
‘It’s not about foxes with you lot, is it? It never was.’ In September 2004 the Commons passed the Hunting Bill. In the midst of the Countryside Alliance riot in Parliament Square, a dangerous association forms between a Hunt Master and a Saboteur. It is the beginning of radical change for two people and a way of life.
Anita Sullivan has written over thirty plays. Countrysides is the result of extensive research in the field.
Directed by David Prescott, Artistic Associate of leading new writing theatre, the Drum at Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Strong language
Wednesday December 10
The Daydream
by Stephanie Young
‘Young woman, nervy with murderous tendencies towards the avian and the china plate, seeks like-minded husband.’ Tea, two sisters, and stuffed birds – this is the extraordinary world of The Daydream. It’s 1880, in rural Bedfordshire. When a young, dark, handsome stranger comes into the lives of two sharply-divided sisters and their eccentric father, the birds – real or not – are about to be set loose… Stephanie Young has written for BBC Radio 4, the Bridewell Theatre and the Riverside in Belfast. Directed by Andrew Smaje, Artistic Director of the Ustinov.
Tickets: £3.50
Performance Times
12.30pm – all readings last 70 – 90 minutes