About me
Chloe reached the top 15 in Bristol Old Vic's 2020 open Submission Competition. She reached the 2023 quarter final of Titchfield Festival Theatre's new playwrighting Prize. Her work has been read by Free Hand Script reads London, and Exeter Drama Company. She has written several 10 minute plays alongside her main body of work. One is currently under review as a commission for a local library.
My Plays
Otik, or How Lucy took the Bride\\\'s Veil
Synopsis:
Surreal fairy-tale horror. Inspired by a fairy-tale by Karel Jaromir Erben of a similar name. Young Victorian bride Lucy stumbles into a bizarre trap in a friend\'s house that sends her stumbling from strange encounter to strange encounter. Why is everyone so very nervous about the man she may marry, and is anything even real?
Number of Characters: 20
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 8
Length (in Pages): 58
Location: A surreal large house in the Victorian era.
Key Words: fairy tale, surrealism, gothic horror, marriage, gender expectations, female protaganist, 19th century, inspired by a short story, Victorian Era
Has the Play Been Produced? No
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins:
Reviews:
\"I love your use of voices and the specificity of the world you create.
There is a real ease with which you bring us into the world, no exposition needed, total trust\" Flo Desseau, via Free Hand Script reads London (2022)
\" We appreciated the almost candlelit or fireside tones of the storytelling, and how earthy and elemental this felt.\"
-Bristol Old Vic, Open Submission top 15 place, 2020.
The Cut Glass Pavilion
Synopsis:
1999. Marie, a worker over from Paris to work on London\\\\\\\'s infamous \\\\\\\"millennium dome\\\\\\\" exhibit, loses herself quite literally just before midnight, slipping into an alternate London that reflects her alienation back at her.
Episodic psychological surreal drama. Using a minimal set, and video projections.
Number of Characters: 17
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 6
Length (in Pages): 61
Location: A hotel room in London, New Years Eve 1999
Key Words: alienation, politics, identity, surreal, female protagonist, episodic, London, 1990s, state of the nation
Has the Play Been Produced? No
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins: semi finalist in Titchfield festival theatre new playwright competition 2023.
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