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  • HOPE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD by Gobscure

    HOPE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD by Gobscure
    2024/05/11
    HOPE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
    written by Gobscure
    directed by Ali Pritchard
    performed by Zoe Labert and Rebecca Glendenning-Laycock
    with additional material written and performed by Harrison Rowley-Lynn

    "Under Pritchard's nimble direction, the piece offers light and dark in equal measure, laced with both broad humour and dry wit. It is often very funny, with a beautifully nuanced Glendenning-Laycock deploying expert comic timing without ever undermining the seriousness of the subject matter." Tracey Sinclair - THE STAGE - 4 Stars

    Experience a groundbreaking production crafted by an award-winning creative team – two intertwining monologues that delve into similar themes from opposing perspectives. ​

    ‘I lost my way. Twelve years underground, isolation, different names, a lost self. I had arrived at a deeply wrong way of responding to social problems. Prison lies at the end of a road taken. ... now more than twenty years in prison, I share with other women daily issues of parenting, education, and health. I have turned sixty. I think about how do we protect our planet’ These profound words are from Kathy Boudin, a convicted terrorist and founding member of the US militant Weather Underground organization. The group engaged in bombings of government buildings to express opposition to U.S. foreign policy and racism.

    The second narrative unfolds after enduring two serious crimes without support. Our character finds themselves in a psych-ICU-prison, where they encounter Kathy Boudin's words. This unbelievable and true tale is rife with ridiculous and cruel absurdities. Beginning in a psych-ICU-prison and concluding in a river with water cooling and drowning the insane narrative, it liberates our character as a kingfisher gracefully flies past.

    Witness an extraordinary journey that challenges perceptions and captivates audiences with its raw, emotional intensity.

    Recorded live at Alphabetti Theatre 2024
    (audio version recorded and edited by Matt Jamie)
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    49 分
  • IMAGINARY FRIENDS by Daniel Bye

    IMAGINARY FRIENDS by Daniel Bye
    2024/05/09
    This solo show from Daniel Bye is a surreal and often very funny take on deeply unfunny subjects – grief, environmental devastation and the possible end of the world....

    Bye is a TV comic tasked with turning the week’s events into bit-sized satirical shows. But when his big-hearted brother dies, it throws his cynicism into sharp relief. What kind of person, he wonders, stands at a sibling’s deathbed and ponders how he would rewrite the scene? His character is further tested when an unlikely celebrity suicide brings out his dark side. When he finds himself in a creative crisis, help comes from the most unlikely source: a spectral Piers Morgan.

    Tracey Sinclair THE STAGE

    Written and performed by Daniel Bye
    Produced by Alphabetti Theatre and ARC Stockton
    Recorded live at Alphabetti Theatre by Matt Jamie
    Sound Design by Ziad Jabero
    Technical Operations by Chris Foley
    Special Thanks to Annabel Turpin, Veronica Johnson and Sarah Pushon
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    1 時間 12 分
  • Angela by Charlotte Small

    Angela by Charlotte Small
    2023/12/07
    Angela
    a Darkly Funny Journey through Innocence and Disillusionment.
    written by Charlotte Small

    Alphabetti’s Autumn 2023 season continues with a debut show from local writer, Charlotte Small. Girl-guides, talking eggcups and wildlife disposal, Angela promises to be one of the most bizarre and hilarious stories to debut at the Award-Winning Fringe Venue. Angela is a play for everyone who has ever felt like a no one. She wants more than she has and commits one and a half hours per week volunteering as a Guide Leader to try and get it. And even when she fails, and fails again, she keeps going, and keeps us going with her.

    The play builds on its origins as a 2023 Winner of Alphabetti’s Response Writing programme. Angela will be contributing to a decade’s old tradition of new writing created and nurtured by Alphabetti in the North East. It promises a hilarious, heart wrenching yet uplifting tale of talking eggcups, a beatboxing Spiderman, and finding your power when you feel powerless.

    Writer: Charlotte Small (she/her)
    Director: Ruth Mary Johnson (she/her)
    Performer: Rebecca Glendenning-Laycock (she/they)
    Sound Designer: Calum Howard (he/him)
    Dramaturg: Tamsin Rees (they/them)
    Producer: Gina Ruffin (she/her)
    Stage Manager: Hannah Richardson (she/her)
    Technical Coordination: Chris Foley
    Audio recording, adaptation and editing: Matt Jamie
    Closing Music: Jahzzar (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/ - used under CC license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
    Production Company: Alphabetti Theatre
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    1 時間 3 分
  • Roots Food by Jaz Craddock-Jones

    Roots Food by Jaz Craddock-Jones
    2021/03/22
    As part of Alphabetti Theatre’s Listen Up project comes the ninth of nine short plays written by underrepresented writers in the North East.

    Jaz is a Northern writer and NHS biomedical scientist. As a BAME artist she enjoys writing stories about Black British experiences. Her stage work has been performed in Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester and she has written a short film as part of the BFI Network Film Hub North 'Script Lab'.

    Tricia Wey is a 25-year-old London-based multi-disciplined creative and describes herself as a General Maker of Things. She is passionate about removing passivity from theatre and is an advocate for encouraging those who don't see themselves in theatre to take up space. She is particularly interested in creating and producing work that represents marginalised groups, and aims to instill young creatives with the confidence to explore their various artforms. When life begins to open up again, she would like to get more involved with the London cabaret and drag scene.

    She has written and performed work at the Bunker Theatre, the Vaults, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, the World Transformed Festival, and the National Theatre. She also recently partook in WoLab's actor-writer programme. This is her first radio play and she was absolutely honoured to work with the cast and creatives. She hopes you enjoy this little slice of domestic Black life.

    Music by Ketsa
    freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa
    CC lIcence:
    creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    11 分
  • Giraffe By Julie Tsang

    Giraffe By Julie Tsang
    2021/03/15
    As part of Alphabetti Theatre’s Listen Up project comes the eighth of nine short plays written by underrepresented writers in the North East.

    Celine and Malik made a pact and now the day has come to face their fear together.

    Giraffe is a short audio drama about loss, honour and the childhood friendships which shape you as an adult.

    Julie Tsang is an award-winning playwright. Her recent work includes: All Noise – Imagination project with Theatre Centre and Theatre 503, Spring Lantern Riddles - Lyceum theatre/Royal Shakespeare Company, Fix - Pleasance theatre. Julie's work will be staged as part of the 12th Women's International Playwrights Conference in Montréal 2022.

    Find out more about Julie’s work by following her on Twitter: @executetheatre

    Music by Borrtex: Distant Sphere
    https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Distant_Sphere
    Used under Creative Commons Licence
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    17 分
  • Mystery Tour by Hannah Sowerby

    Mystery Tour by Hannah Sowerby
    2021/03/08
    As part of Alphabetti Theatre’s Listen Up project comes the seventh of nine short plays written by underrepresented writers in the North East.

    Janet, recently retired and bored of it already, loves a good bus tour. She’s been all over: Loch Lomond, Stratford-upon-Avon, even the Isle of Weight. It’s time to try something new, so she books herself on a mystery bus tour. Where on earth will she end up? And what on earth will she end up doing?

    Directed by Paula Penman

    Dramaturged & Produced by Ali Pritchard

    Recording, Editing & Sound Design by Matt Jamie

    Performed by Zoe Lambert

    Hannah is an emerging writer and performer originally from Cumbria. She’s had short many plays staged in theatres such as The Southwark Playhouse, Union Theatre, Canal Café Theatre and Alphabetti Theatre. She loves comedy and was one of the regular writer-performers on BBC Newcastle’s radio sketch show ‘It’s Grin Up North’.

    Find out more about Hannah’s work by following her on twitter: @hannahsowerby1 or visiting her website www.hannahsowerbywriter.co.uk

    Music by Ketsa
    https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa
    CC licence
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
    And Swing Music clip from Moson Big Band
    http://mosonbigband.hu
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    12 分
  • Hearing Voices by Richard Boggie

    Hearing Voices by Richard Boggie
    2021/03/01
    As part of Alphabetti Theatre’s Listen Up project comes the sixth of nine short plays written by underrepresented writers in the North East.

    This is a play about voices – those we choose to adopt when it suits us, and those we choose to ignore when it...suits us. For Matt, the voice is a familiar one, but the conversation is anything but.

    Directed by Karen Traynor

    Dramaturged & Produced by Ali Pritchard

    Recording, Editing & Sound Design by Matt Jamie

    Performed by Adam Donaldson

    Richard Boggie is an emerging writer from Newcastle. He can normally be found performing spoken word as Bogsey. His work is often playful and comedic, but can also offer Serious insight into life with sight loss and disability.

    Find out more about Richard by following him on Twitter @reb_678

    Music by Chad Crouch
    https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch
    Creative Commons Licence
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    11 分
  • Jigsaw by Beth Nolan

    Jigsaw by Beth Nolan
    2021/02/22
    As part of Alphabetti Theatre’s Listen Up project comes the fifth of nine short plays written by underrepresented writers in the North East.


    Liam and his mum decided to become a foster family. Now he invites you to listen to his side of the story. The side that doesn't get asked about. Discover the highs, the lows, the brutal truths and emotions that come along with foster caring and inevitably, letting go. A beautiful heart wrenching drama about a side we don’t hear about in the foster system.


    Directed by Paula Penman

    Dramaturged & Produced by Ali Pritchard

    Recording, Editing & Sound Design by Matt Jamie

    Performed by Arabella Arnott & Bob Nicholson

    Beth is an 23 year old emerging northern writer and actor. Jigsaw is about foster caring from the perspective of a Foster Carer's birth child- something she experienced. It's a specific voice in society which rarely gets heard, she feel it's under, and sometimes, falsely represented within media. It's her mission to write something which gives an accurate insight into the foster caring experience. Away from writing, she loves creating comedy sketches with her best friend, playing the ukulele, performing their own spoken word and hiking in the lakes!

    Music by Ketsa
    https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
    Used under Creative Commons license:
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    15 分