This February, the Tower Theatre dedicates its spaces to new and emerging talent from within the company.
The Artistic Team has programmed a series of events which provide a platform for new writers, directors, designers, technicians and stage managers to play, learn, develop and share, all under the guidance of experienced mentors.
Writers’ Room Live
The Tower Theatre’s Writers’ Room, launched during lockdown, share staged extracts of their year’s work and invite audience feedback. Directed by Victor Craven.
6th February
Virtual Reality
Two pieces first performed online in our award-winning Virtual Tower during the lockdowns of 2020/21 are given their first full staging here.
Each Fallen Robin by Emily Carmichael
While the snow falls heavily outside, Will and Fran share their lives, loves, sorrows and hopes after a shift at the carpentry workshop where they both work.
Passing the Spoon adapted from Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology by Angelika Michitsch
First published in Missouri in 1914, the Anthology consists of epitaphs for dead women of the fictitious small town Spoon River. Passing the Spoon is a devised piece focussing on sixteen of these women, describing their complex relationships, their lives and their demise, using voice and movement.
16th-19th February
Nick Hern Shorts
Four short plays from the Nick Hern canon, carefully chosen in collaboration with Tamara Von Werthern of Nick Hern Books.
PMQ by Ella Hickson
First presented as part of Coalition at Theatre503 in 2010, PMQ was singled out by Lyn Gardner as a “cunning drama”. The play is set in a Westminster dressing room, where new PM Dave is nervously preparing for his first-ever bout of Prime Minister’s Questions. As he rehearses his lines, he is continually mocked and interrupted by the Speaker, a young woman who sits in a large leather armchair suspended high above the floor, strumming a guitar.
Prodigal by Kalungi Ssebandeke
An estranged brother and sister are brought together after the death of their mother, forcing them to deal with the root of their dysfunctional family.
Ursa Major by Joe White
Jay encounters Callisto, a homeless woman, outside a supermarket. Jay is feeling down on his luck but has a lot to learn from Callisto in this poignant, witty piece about love and fortune.
Baby Dolls by Tamara von Werthern
Darkly comic and subversive, Baby Dolls explores the idea of pregnancy, bodily autonomy, babies, and cupcakes.
23rd-26th February
