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Sharps
Synopsis:
A grieving doctor visits her friend’s bookshop for the first time in weeks after the impending Stay At Home order is announced. Stories flood the stage as they distract themselves again and again. How do we cope if we don’t know when the worst will be over?
Number of Characters: 2
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 2
Length (in Pages): 34
Location: Bookshop during the pandemic
Key Words: Queer, Women, Pandemic, Mental Health, Friendship
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
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The Lovers: After Shakespeare
Synopsis:
'A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a magical romp through a forest filled with confused lovers and the occasional donkey.
‘The Lovers’ asks whether it is quite so comedic when the trappings of fairies and mechanicals fall away, leaving what is ultimately an uncomfortably dark exploration of what it means to be in love.
Number of Characters: 4
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 4
Length (in Pages): 25
Location: Athens and the magical woods beyond.
Key Words: Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night\'s Dream, Adaptation, Queer, Love, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Young People, Relationships, Masculinity, Femininity, Women, Friendship
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
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Reviews:
\'Gates also masterfully resists the urge to incorporate Shakespeare’s dialogue, instead reinterpreting key scenes with a clear directorial instinct [...] A beautifully character led piece, with depth and style, it’s a fantastic piece of work that should, and I hope will, go further.\' - Palatinate
The Stress Test
Synopsis:
'The Big Short' meets 'The Imitation Game'.
Most of us think we know what happened in 2008: housing crises and wealthy banks taking high risks at the cost of ordinary people's lives. Not many of us know about the attempts at solutions.
A pressure cooker play centring around the New York Fed's decisions to save the banks as they collapsed in quick succession during the 2007-8 financial crash.
Number of Characters: 28
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 5
Length (in Pages): 100
Location: New York Fed Offices during the 2007-8 financial crash.
Key Words: Finance, New York, America, Economics, Pressure Cooker, Office, Morality, Drama, Comedy, Real Story
Has the Play Been Produced? No
Are the Rights Available? No
Has the Play Been Published? No
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