Hot chicks
Synopsis:
Penlan, Swansea. Now.
Teenagers Ruby and Kyla spend their evenings hanging at Cheney’s chicken shop dreaming of moving to Vegas and going viral. A chance encounter with older, cooler Sadie, means their dreams of pool parties and showering in dollars could become a reality…but at what price?
A story of friendship, lost innocence and County Lines, Rebecca Jade Hammond’s ferocious, witty and unsettling new play is contemporary Welsh theatre at its sharpest.
Supported by Swansea Council, UK Government, Arts Council of Wales, National Lottery Community Fund, Welsh Government and People’s Postcode Lottery/Postcode Community Trust
Number of Characters: 4
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 4
Length (in Pages): 70
Location: Swansea (but could be in any seaside town)
Key Words: Young People, Drama, Welsh
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? Yes
Award nominations/wins: Papatango Short-listed (2021) Verity Bargate top 10% (2022) BBC Open Call top 10% (2024) Originals Theatre Short-listed (2021) Recipient of Lyric Theatre Development Fund (2022)
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Mad Margot
Synopsis:
Margot’s always loved Jude. And though he might not know it, they will be together. “Because this is the prophecy. It’s already been written”
MAD MARGOT charts epic events in young bodies, caught between childhood and adulthood in Bute Park, Cardiff. “For love. Love’s a dangerous thing”
Number of Characters: 7
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 8
Length (in Pages): 71
Location: Cardiff but could be any city
Key Words: Drama, Adaptation, Greek tragedy, young people
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
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Right Where We Left Us
Synopsis:
“I thought I would be grafting and working on it.
Pursuing it until I breathed my last breath.
But ambition will…
Ambition will kill you.”
The spark is instant. Miles away from home they find each other. They were going to make it big, together. Fast forward years later, a world reset and changed forever they return to where they left it. One an award-winning writer, the other adopting a child and putting faith in crystals. The spark is still there, electric and dangerous. But how do you heal once you’ve been burned?
Number of Characters: 2
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 0
Length (in Pages): 65
Location: Between Barry Island and Coney Island
Key Words: Drama, small cast, queer, love
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? Yes
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Right Where We Left Us
Synopsis:
“I thought I would be grafting and working on it.
Pursuing it until I breathed my last breath.
But ambition will…
Ambition will kill you.”
The spark is instant. Miles away from home they find each other. They were going to make it big, together. Fast forward years later, a world reset and changed forever they return to where they left it. One an award-winning writer, the other adopting a child and putting faith in crystals. The spark is still there, electric and dangerous. But how do you heal once you’ve been burned?
Number of Characters: 2
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 0
Length (in Pages): 65
Location: Between Barry Island and Coney Island
Key Words: Drama, small cast, queer, love
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? Yes
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Welcome To Bettyland
Synopsis:
“It’s just a matter of time before the pendulum swings in our favour.
And when it does.
My god.
My sweet god who must have been woman to show the mercy that she has”
Bettyland is an ultra-femme utopia within a dystopian world. It’s a place of humanity, care & divine feminine freedom.
But now Betty is gone, a girl dead, the community is spoiling and Bettyland is decaying.
Welcome to Bettyland is a piece of new writing rooted in the world of Greek tragedy and a reimagined contemporary response to Sophocles’ Antigone.
Number of Characters: 15
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 6
Length (in Pages): 74
Location: Anywhere
Key Words: Drama, Greek Tragedy, Adaptation
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
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