RADA graduates perform rehearsed readings of a wide range of new work. Previous playreadings have included World Music by Steve Waters, The Schuman Plan by Tim Luscombe and Eyes Catch Fire by Jason Hall that have subsequently been performed at the Hampstead Theatre, Donmar Warehouse and the Finborough Theatre. FREE.
We also run a short course in scriptwriting.
Rehearsed Reading
The Tale of Florika by Glyn Maxwell
This is the working title of a modern version of the 15th century Morality play Everyman. Glyn Maxwell is one of the U.K’s leading poets. He has written over 20 plays, most of which have been produced. He has had a 15 year working relationship with RADA, where many of these plays have been evolved through graduate and student workshops. Of his four plays produced in London in 2008 Liberty, Glyn’s play about the French Revolution was presented at Shakespeare’s Globe and subsequently on a national tour and The Only Girl in the World (about Jack the Ripper’s last victim) produced by RADA graduate Jennifer Kidd, won the Time Out Best Fringe Production that year.
Wednesday 11 August 7:30pm
Rehearsed Reading:
Immaculate Conception
A RADA graduate rehearsed reading of a work in progress screenplay Immaculate Conception by Cary Crankson (RADA graduate 2006). Young Joe has survived a difficult upbringing in and around South London housing estates. Recovering from a nervous breakdown, he finds a newborn baby on the doorstep of his hostel, and decides to keep it....
Wednesday 18th August 7:30pm
Rehearsed Reading:
Today I Live by Susan-Jane Harrison
Political artist Niaz Sadaat is determined to change her life.
Following detention in Iran, she is unable to connect with those she loves. Believing that healing can occur through creation of personal art, she isolates herself in a flat in Southwark, soon discovering that she shares it with an inhabitant. Michael, an Irish mapmaker living in the year 1820, finds her intrusion into his life disturbing, to say the least. After much conniving, Niaz finally convinces Michael to pose for her. The experience is fully consummate, when he in turns uses Niaz as his parchment, on which to sketch the path of his life. This odd experience of connection with a most unlikely subject, creates a ripple effect of change across each of their lives, transforming their most important relationships, for the better.
Tuesday 14th September 7.30pm
The dates for the next playreadings are:
11th August, 18th August
More details to follow.