A RUN OUT FOR THREE NEW PLAYS
Around fifty people turned up at The Exchange on July 16 for our rehearsed readings of three new short plays from the region.
Ten Minutes to Midnight by Daniel Crowe, Hospitality by Noreen Rees and It’s a Fair Cop by Carol Clewlow proved a contrasting threesome. They were performed by Dylan Mortimer, Zoe Hakin, myself and Daniel Crowe (who is an actor as well as a writer.) Ten Minutes to Midnight sees an English lout stranded at a remote railway station somewhere in central Europe who gets more than his come-uppance. Hospitality is centred in a London hotel and conflicts occur when they are asked to take in some street people – especially a querulous Glaswegian. It’s a Fair Cop is a satire about modern-day indolence and our attitudes towards it.
Audience members were encouraged to submit their reactions to all three plays which gave writers some valuable feedback. The musician Bugman also performed a set. Thanks to all who took part.
Peter Mortimer
