New writing one-act play festival Write Now, brings six brand new pieces, one from outside the region and five from Merseyside–based playwrights to Unity Theatre’s stages from Wednesday 18th to Saturday 21st September.
“We relocated to the Unity Theatre and have tweaked the structure for this our fourth event,” admits Ian Moore, Festival Founder and Director, “putting the focus firmly upon the playwright and director.”
The variety within the six productions offers an eclectic mix for all tastes.
Desperately seeking a cure for her daughter, Margot Agnew’s Guardian Angel looks at how one woman’s desperation leads her to be drawn into occult practices which have unexpected results.
Happiness by Danny Whitehead asks the question if, when we’re happiest, are we at our most vulnerable? Happiness is a dark but uplifting exploration of love, rage, and forgiveness.
Two Liverpool born playwrights, Brian Brown and Johnny Parker premiere new pieces. Brian explores moral values in Hoverin’ on the Edge where two young men seek to profit by volunteering for charity but have their outlook changed by the experience while Johnny takes a Billy Eliot-esque approach with Stings like a Butterfly where life alone is the toughest fight for ex-boxer Biffo. Could Salsa save him or is he too macho to mambo?
The financial crisis within the N.H.S. bring a little more comedy to the festival with Mari Lloyd’s light hearted Last Tango at St Leonards. With innovative management, loyal staff, generous volunteers and grateful patients what could possibly go wrong?
Finally a poignant story of trainers in the fridge, Lady Macbeth, and the love between a daughter and her mother makes up the six productions with Angela Walsh’s Road to Skibbereen.
Performances are
Angel by Margot Agnew – Wed 18 – 7pm | Fri 20 – 7pm [unity 2]
Happiness by Danny Whitehead – Wed 18 – 9pm | Fri 20 – 5pm [unity 1]
Hovering on the Edge by Brian Brown – Thu 19 – 9pm | Sat 21 – 5pm [unity 1]
Last Tango at St Leonards by Mari Lloyd – Wed 18 – 5pm | Fri 20 – 9pm [unity 1]
The Road to Skibbereen by Angela Walsh – Thu 19 – 5pm | Sat 21 – 9pm [unity 1]
Stings Like a Butterfly by Johnny Parker – Thu 19 – 7pm | Sat 21 – 7pm [unity 2]
Tickets for all shows are priced at £10 with concessions available at £8. Patrons buying tickets for three different shows save £5 and by booking for all six shows you save £12. Tickets are available to purchase from The Unity Theatre Box office on Hope Place.