Trafalgar
Studios, 14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY (nearest tube: Charing
Cross)
Sunday 4 March 2007 - 8pm - £10Tickets: 0870 060 6632 or in person from Trafalgar Studios
The return of the toughest creative challenge in town. A group of playwrights, directors, poets and musicians have just one week to respond to the most important news story of the moment.
Some of the UK's most exciting talent convenes to select the most momentous story on the news agenda. They each have one week to create a piece of work that responds to the topic they choose. As the news changes, they will be forced to adapt their work, until it is performed live in the West End on Sunday 4 March - exactly seven days after they began.
Stop Press: After much deliberation over a stack of newsprint last Sunday the group decided that the story of the schism over homosexuality in the Anglican Church that was voted on at the General Synod this Wednesday. More updates about this story are also available on the blog.
Last night you saw:-
TANZANIA
Created by
Josie Rourke,
Rob Hastie,
Chris New
Performed by Chris New, Rob Hastie
SO CLOSE TO HEAVEN by
Joel Lindsey
Joel Lindsey - Vocals/Guitar,
Adam Lewis - Bass Guitar
AMAZING GRACE by
Kat Francois
FRACTURES by
Joel Horwood
Directed by
George Perrin
Performed by
Alex Beckett,
Maxwell Hutcheon
ALL THE TEACHERS ARE GONE & SPIRITUALITY IS ABOVE SEXUALITY
By
Catherine Taylor-Dawson
THE BOOK by
Mike Bartlett
Directed by
James Grieve
Performed by
Elizabeth Boag,
Kirsty Bushell,
Leander Deeny,
Matthew Pearson,
Maxwell Hutcheon
SO HERE’S TO YOU, MR. ROBINSON by
Tim Clare
LOVE THE SINNER by
Drew Pautz
Directed by
Matthew Dunster
Performed by
Alec Nichols,
Ciaran McIntyre,
Daniel York,
Dennis Kelly,
Dickon Tyrell,
Jason Barnett,
John Hoggarth,
John Kirk,
Kirsty Bushell,
Nathaniel Martello-White,
Nigel Cooke,
Paul Jenkins,
Tarek Iskander
Throughout the week, you could follow the artist's progress on the blog at
www.nabokov-online.com/ptblog.