Making Mischief: Two Radical New Plays: The Earthworks by Tom Morton-Smith, Myth by Matt Hartley and Kirsty Housley (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

Matt Hartley; Tom Morton-Smith; Kirsty Housley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786822172 ISBN 13: 9781786822178

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2017

Synopsis

The Making Mischief Festival features work from some of today’s most exciting playwrights who are challenging and questioning our society. The Festival runs from 24 May to 17 June from The Other Place Studio Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

THE EARTHWORKS: “The universe doesn’t care if we know how it works.”

On the eve of the activation of the Large Hadron Collider, two strangers – a journalist and a scientist – share their experiences of loss and hope in a funny but deeply touching one-act play.

MYTH:“I can only see wrong choices. Things that will make everything worse.”

In one wine-fuelled evening, two couples debate their materialistic lifestyle. As their dinner party descends into chaos, their friendship and their lives are irreparably changed. A play about those things we don’t want to see or say.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Morton-Smith is a playwright based in the South East of England. His debut play, Salt Meets Wound, opened at Theatre 503 in May 2007. His play Oppenheimer, about the 'father of the atomic bomb' Robert J Oppenheimer, was highly acclaimed, and was one of Michael Billington's Top Ten plays of 2015. Matt Hartley grew up just outside Sheffield in the Peak District. He studied Drama at the University of Hull, graduating in 2002. Matt is currently under commission to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatres Valence and Theatre503. Kirsty Housley is an award winning director who has worked for Complicite, the National Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, RSC, Told By An Idiot and Painesplough.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786822172
• ISBN 13: 9781786822178
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138