And that’s a wrap for Play Club 2020 submissions! We’re thrilled to now have our full line-up of short plays which will get receive readings in an event towards the end of 2020, or start of 2021 – COVID depending!
Play Club Winner #6 – Rupert Mallin: Juno’s Swans
Our fourth winner of Play Club in response to William Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ was Rupert Mallin with his play ‘Juno’s Swans’.
Rupert has had two plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4, produced by Richard Wortley in the 1990s. He returned to writing plays in 2016 and has been participating in drama courses and writing for performance classes at Stage Two (Norwich Theatre Royal) over the last two years. Rupert’s play Mannequins was also a Play Club 2019 winner, in response to Caryl Churchill’s play Far Away.
The Full Plays List
Methods of Killing Your Leader by Dr Simon Jenner
Bulbs by Corene Lemaitre
The Gyal is the Mama of the Ma by Sam Palmyra
The Wait by Teresa Espejo
Be Careful by Fiona Black
Juno’s Swans by Rupert Mallin
As we mentioned, these six short plays will be read at an event curated by ourselves soon, either virtually or socially distanced in a venue late 2020/early 2021. Here, members will get the chance to offer feedback and meet other LPB members. More details about the event will be coming shortly, and in the meantime, a huge congratulations to the winners of this years Play Club, and thank you to everyone who submitted over the last few months!