Featured Playwright
Alex Ansdell
About Me: Alex is a writer from Oxford. His short-form work has been produced at theatres like Southwark Playhouse, Park Theatre and Pleasance Theatre, and his play FIT was longlisted for the Papatango Prize and highly commended by the Royal Court and National Theatre. He staged his first full-length play Phalanx, about a five-a-side football team that gets stranded on a minibus in the wilderness, at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in June 2024 and received a Standing Ovation Award nomination from London Pub Theatres. Alex is also an actor. His credits include NewsRevue, Red Pill and Strangers in Between, for which he received a Newcomer nomination at the 2024 OffWestEnd Awards.
Featured Play
Freiheit
30 MIN -- In the study of a German home, Hans Scholl and Alex Schmorell write and print leaflets. Treasonous leaflets. Leaflets that target the religious and intellectual Germans and call for the toppling of Hitler's regime. In the same home is Hans' little sister, Sophie, who takes an interest in the anonymous leaflets. After witnessing Hans' stubborn and self-sacrificial determination when it comes to protecting Sophie, Alex wonders if Hans would hide something from him in the same way
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