Summer Shorts (2023)

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Ten pieces of new writing, curated by Peter Stevens, Guy Jones and Mark Vinson

Performances: Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 August 2023, Old Fire Station

South London Theatre is again running an evening of 10 varied short plays (each running up to 10 minutes) as a chance for new and experienced writers to see their original work on stage. Due to popular demand, the run this year has been extended to five nights!

Every year we give writers the chance to have a piece of new writing performed. This year we chose the theme, 'Sporty Shorts' for our playwrights to grapple with, and set the brief that the pieces could be no longer than 10 minutes and have no more than 5 actors. We will perform 10 texts, which span monologue and small company, drama and comedy, and contemporary and period. There truly will be something for everyone.

Presenter / Umpire - Celia Delaney

A Short Interview

by Jacob Smith

Directed by Mark Vinson

• 1 – Ben Oakes
• 2 – Jason Rosenthal

Strength and How to Obtain It

by Lisa Thomas

Directed by Lisa Thomas

• 1 – Matthew Davies
• 2 – Tom Watts

Sweet Science

by Matthew Davies

Directed by Lorraine Spenceley

• 1 – Caroline Doyle

The Transition

by Mitchell Labiak

Directed by Sarah Pearcey

• 1 – Cheyenne Eugene
• 2 – Barry Heselden

Mr Tuesday

by Charlotte Benstead

Directed by Charlotte Benstead

• 1 - Victoria Waddington

Rain Stopped Play

by David Lydon

Directed by Lucy Robinson

• 1 - Charlotte Benstead
• 2 - Dennis Fenton
• 3 - Jack Harding
• 4 - Yousaf Sharif

A Subaltern’s Love, Set, Match

by Robert Clarkson

Directed by Cal Beckett

• 1 - Roisin Deady
• 2 - Stephen Grist
• 3 - Richard Shead

The Goat

by Henry Burt

Directed by Roisin Deady

• 1 - Imogen Buxton
• 2 - Susan Cunningham
• 3 - Jacob Loftus
• 4 - Emmanuel Oduja

Sport

by Caroline Doyle

Directed by Peter Stevens

• 1 - Eugene Duffy
• 2 - Saskia van t'Hoff

Three Lions

by Guy Jones

Directed by Guy Jones

• 1 - Oneikeh Campbell
• 2 - Susan Cunningham
• 3 - Ditta Demeter
• 4 - Jacob Loftus

Crew

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• Lighting & Sound Operator - [[]]
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Gallery

• Photos by Phil Gammon
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