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Celebrating

creativity

southof the river

New writing season at theJack Studio Theatre

by Martin McNamara

by Vinay Patel

by Melanie PennantNo Rhyme

4–25 May 2013Booking: 0844 8700 887 www.brockleyjack.co.uk

BumpThe Magic Hour

In September 2012 the Jack Studio Theatre invitedplaywrights with a connection to south east London tosubmit unperformed plays to the theatre.The three plays which form our season were drawn fromthese submissions.

MARTIN MCNAMARA (The Magic Hour) is a freelancejournalist and producer who has worked for nationalnewspapers, magazines, Associated Press TV and BBCRadio 4. He won a screenwriting bursary from the BBCand had a short play performed at The Soho Theatre.Martin was brought up in Camberwell.

VINAY PATEL (Bump) studied writing at the Royal CentralSchool of Speech and Drama. He has had work performedat Theatre 503, the Bush, the NYT, the White Bear andRich Mix, as well as winning competitions held by the BBCand Shine Drama. Vinay was born in Sidcup and grew upin Bexley.

MELANIE PENNANT (No Rhyme) is studying for an MA inScreenwriting at the London College of Communication. In2011 she won the International Student Film Organizationcompetition with her screenplay Hit and Run. No Rhyme isMelanie's debut play. Melanie lives in Lewisham whereshe looks after her two young children.

Write Now 4 is made possible thanks toArts Council England and the London Boroughof Lewisham. This project is supported byAcorn Estates Ltd.

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Dennis O’Neill has died, and his family gather at thehospital as the priest prays for his soul. Whilst twosons try to remember how to mourn the dead, anolder generation evokes the remorse and sense ofloss of unwilling migrants from an indifferent Ireland.The Magic Hour is a darkly comic family drama setin a waiting room of a London hospital.

“He loved a good funeral. He would go to thefunerals of people he didn’t know.He used to rate them. Mostly it was about howgenerous they were with the drink and how muchsinging there was. He always said the English didn’tknow how to die.”

Wednesday 8th, Friday 10thand Saturday 11th May at 8pmStaged Reading. All tickets: £7(suitable for over 14s)

The Magic Hourby Martin McNamaraDirected by Mark Leipacher

After ten years apart, Dan and Jayesh run into eachother in the maternity ward of their hometownhospital. They share an anxious night as they waitfor their partners to give birth. But as the old schoolfriends reconnect, it becomes clear that the pastthey shared was not as straightforward as itseemed, and that they and their families face a verydifferent future.

“It's always gonna say Dartford on her birthcertificate though. Can't ever change that."

Tuesday 7th, Thursday 9th May at 8pmand Saturday 11th May at 5pmStaged Reading. All tickets: £7

Bumpby Vinay PatelDirected by Tanith Lindon

by Melanie PennantDirected by Kate Bannister

No Rhyme

Nushka’s planning revenge, Pepper’s plansbackfire and Jayde is nowhere to be seen. Katyahates her job, Lizzie can’t leave hers and a younggirl hovers between life and death.

Enter a world where a disrespect can mean morethan a life, where being different makes you thetarget. No Rhyme is a raw new play about youthon youth crime and the struggle to find answers.It’s New Year’s Eve. When tragedy strikes whowill walk away?

“I wanna be little again...just us three playing onthe estate and knocking on doors and runningaway...member. And picking up pennies andbuying sweets and not even knowing aboutnothing else.”

Tuesday 14th – Saturday 25th May at 8pmTickets: £13, £10 (conc)(suitable for over 14s)

Starters for Ten: Legacy?

To launch this year's Write Now Festival we have aselection of short plays to whet your appetite.Chosen from submissions to the Jack, these playsexplore different aspects of our theme.

Legacy? Where are we going, where are we now,and how did we get there?

Banker’s TrustChris MurrayFace to FaceKeith LargeKingdomNicola O’ConnorThe JoinLuke GittosThe Third FlyRichard FitchettTom’s BodyElizabeth Adlington

Starters for Ten produced by Graeme Thompson

Date: Saturday 4 May at 5pm and 8pmAll tickets: £10 (suitable for over 16s)Booking: 0844 8700 887www.brockley jack.co.uk

If you wish to find out more about new writingprogrammes at the Jack, please emailwriters@brockley jack.co.uk

Take Part

Please join us in our writing workshops if you want totry out something new, or if you have an idea you wantto develop.

1. Synopsis SurgeryGet it right before you write! This workshop is about honinga workable blueprint for your play. Pitch and kick ideasaround and get feedback from group discussion to moveyour play forward.Saturday 11 May 2–4pm (12 participants max)

2. Creating CharactersCome and find challenging new ways of creating threedimensional characters for your play. Through groupexercises we will invent characters with lives of their own,discover their needs, their environment and the startingpoints for a play scenario.Saturday 18 May 2–4pm (16 participants max)

3. Writing for OneEver wanted to create your own one person show but didn'tknow where to start? This workshop gives you the tools tofind the essence of your stage persona and differentapproaches to how to best tell your own story on stage.Saturday 25 May 2–4pm (12 participants max)

Cost: £10 per workshop.All places must be booked in advance:www.brockleyjack.co.ukWorkshops are led by David BottomleyJack Studio Theatre Literary Manager.

In ConversationFollowing performances of all three plays there will be ashort discussion session with members of the creativeteam. This is open to all and free if you have bought aticket for that night’s performance.Dates: Thursday 9 May, Friday 10 May, Friday 17 May.

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Book tickets online at: www.brockleyjack.co.uk(no booking fee)Phone: 0844 8700 887(£1.50 booking fee applies to phone sales ONLY)

Box office at the theatreopens 30 minutes beforeeach performance.

Jack Studioat the Brockley Jack410 Brockley RoadLondon SE4 2DH

Pub and Theatre wheelchair accessible

Buses122, 171, 172,P4, N171

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Tuesday 7 MayBump (staged reading)8pm all tickets £7

Wednesday 8 MayThe Magic Hour (staged reading)8pm all tickets £7

Thursday 9 MayBump (staged reading)8pm all tickets £7

Friday 10 MayThe Magic Hour (staged reading)8pm all tickets £7

Saturday 11 MayBump (staged reading)5pm all tickets £7

Saturday 11 MayThe Magic Hour (staged reading)8pm all tickets £7

Tuesday 14 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Wednesday 15 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Thursday 16 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

May 2013Friday 17 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Saturday 18 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Sunday 19 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Monday 20 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Tuesday 21 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Wednesday 22 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Thursday 23 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Friday 24 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

Saturday 25 MayNo Rhyme8pm £13, £10

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