'Black Mirror' meets 'Married at First Sight’.
PRETTY THINGS is a dark sci-fi drama set in a near-future world where Zara and Joe are paired together in a scientific programme designed to genetically engineer the ultimate child – a child that can survive man-made viruses, global warming and the effects of pollution. Only thing is Zara and Joe have met before… and they didn’t exactly hit it off…
Will Zara and Joe be able to put aside their differences and procreate to save the human race? And what lengths will “The Board” go to, to ensure their experiment goes off without a hitch?
Information about past productions of PRETTY THINGS here.
"Worse things have happened at SeaWorld Jasmine. Get over it."
Jasmine returns to her childhood home in Cornwall to pack away twenty-five years of life. After a bitter divorce, her parents have sold the family home and are now determined to re-start their own lives: Mum wants to fall in love again; Dad wants to become a woman and Jasmine wants to put her fingers in her ears and block out the world.
Information about past productions of WORSE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AT SEAWORLD here.
"No drugs. No Orgies. No refunds."
TELO is a real-time play set in a British love hotel, commonly known as a ‘telo’. We meet several sets of guests for twenty minute glimpses into their individual hour slots: from a Friday night hook-up; to a political affair; to a life-saving encounter. What happens behind telo walls, stays behind telo walls.
Information about past productions of TELO can be found here.
“The council thinks they’re demolishing slums, but to us they’re demolishing lives.”
The future of Holnap House hangs in the balance. Friends, families and futures are at stake as demolition day is set. What will come of a community that is being literally and figuratively destroyed? What will tomorrow bring?
Information about past productions of HOLNAP HOUSE here.
"I mean, like I had – have – super strong feelings for you, but like in a platonic way. Like a friendly, platonic, sibling kinda way."
UNCONSCIOUS UNCOUPLINGS is a series of theatrical vignettes exploring the transitory nature of modern relationships. The short scenes act as snapshots or glimpses into various different recognisable relationships – be it romantic, platonic or other – all at different stages of their journey. The common thread between them all – these relationships will inevitably fall apart. They will unconsciously uncouple.
Information about past productions of UNCONSCIOUS UNCOUPLINGS here.
"And just like The Clap, me name had spread!"
1963. An alleyway in Poplar, London. Old Lil rifles through an upturned rubbish bin for a bite to eat. She regales the audience with her story - from her childhood, to her infamous "tap dancing tart" days, to how she ended up living on the streets and performing "tricks" to get by.
Information about past productions of WHEN OLD LIL WOZ YOUNG here.