Althea theatre is inviting writers to to participate in their rapid response night for ‘One Last Thing for Now’ at the Old Red Lion.
Writers can attend the show, then write and submit a short piece for the response night on Sunday 19 March.
This is a chance to watch the show at a discounted rate and write a response to the show, picking up on any themes or elements of the show that you wish to explore.
How does it work?
Wednesday 8 & Thursday 9 March– Writer’s watch the show
10pm Saturday 11 March– deadline for submissions
Sunday 12 March – submissions are picked.
W/C 13 March- rehearsal week
7.30pm Sunday 19 March– Response night
Althea Theatre will be responsible for casting the pieces and assigning directors (although you are welcome to recommend actors and directors to us) and we can also offer rehearsal space.
Discount code for £11 tickets (£10 plus £1 fee): allmylove
A bit about the show: An officer in Russia cannot bear to tell a woman, far away in Wales, that her husband has died. Instead, he writes her love letters pretending to be him. A woman in London awaits a letter that will never come while another skypes love messages to her boyfriend in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, a soldier addresses his last letter to his former teacher who refused to join the army. And a hundred years ago, a woman wants to send her touch to her husband, so she cuts off her hand and puts it in an envelope, and goes on a journey to the other side of the world to deliver it herself.
Inspired by love letters written during war time across different cultures and languages, One Last Thing (For Now) is a universal look at the words of love against the wounds of war and everything in between…. War wounds never quite heal, war letters are never quite forgotten; both just get hidden away by old memories and dusty pieces of cloth, waiting to be found…
Any questions? Contact info@altheatheatre.com.
Deadline: Saturday 11 March 2016
Source: Direct contact