Mono Box presents Playstart, The: Short plays from new voices (Oberon Modern Playwrights) - Softcover

Brookes, Graeme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786827085 ISBN 13: 9781786827081

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2018

Synopsis

Five new short plays developed and supported by The Mono Box. THE INTERVIEW by Graeme Brookes  A panel of three interviewers are meeting with one of many applicants to see if they're 'working class enough' to obtain support from their elite organisation. In trying to offer their support, the expert panel slowly lose control with their own reality. What starts with honest intentions turns into a grotesque grilling.THE INTERVIEW is an absurd comedy written with a biting political edge that will make you laugh, wince, cringe and scream!    PAPA  by Sid Sagar    PAPA explores the troubled relationship between a father and a daughter. It questions notions of parenting, failure and masculinity, and asks whether we can ever truly overcome our past mistakes.    NSA by Charles Entsie  NSA is about the conflict between doing what it takes to survive in the present, when also trying to secure something for your future.   LA MERDE by Roberta Livingston  La Merde follows the journey of Chrissy, a black student who is obsessed with make-up. She aspires to be as successful as her idol Allegra Aldridge, a YouTube beauty sensation. But as she delves into the growing beast that is the YouTube world she soon discovers the cracks that are hidden within it.   GODFREY by Aisling Towl  GODFREY is a short play set in an 'up and coming'/ gentrified  South London restaurant. It follows four people; Simone, Jason, Carys and Godfrey, through one working day, honing in on the kind of seemingly mundane conversations that expose the parts of ourselves we try desperately to hide.

About this title

About the Author

Graeme Brooks is an Actor & Writer. He has been acting for over 13 years, performing with the RSC, on Broadway and toured Europe and the UK many times. As a writer, Graeme wrote the short film 'OneinFive' (2015), this won many awards at the BAFTA qualifying: KinoFilm festival and shortlisted at many others including Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Sid Sagar is an actor and writer. He has written short plays for Tamasha, Little Pieces of Gold at the Southwark Playhouse, and Rapid Write Response at Theatre503. He will be appearing in the stage adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth at the Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle) from October 26th to December 22nd.



Charles Entsie is an Actor/Writer. He most recently appeared at The Bunker Theatre apart of The Wo Lab Actor-Writer Showcase where he performed his piece “Bossman”.

Roberta Livingston is an actor and writer from East London. Graduating last year, she trained as an actor in London & New York. She was introduced to playwriting during her time at The New School for Drama in Manhattan. She then went onto co-write Bite Your Tongue for Talawa last year & was recently appearing in Nadia Fall’s The Village at Stratford East.

Aisling Towl is a writer and actor from London. She trained at The BRIT School and Mountview and is currently studying History at Goldsmiths. As a poet she has performed across London and the UK, at venues such as Lyric Hammersmith, Roundhouse and Brainchild. Godfrey is her first play.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786827085
• ISBN 13: 9781786827081
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104