Variations Showcase
Variations is a dynamic collection of monologues with unforgettable characters and gripping narratives that explore the complexity of the human experience.
Told through a range of styles, from comedy to tragedy to performance art.
Running Time: 1 hour
Creatives
Director - Tippy Elgar
Producer - Annie Power
Technician - Nathaniel Kiayias
Music - K-A-B (Kelly Ann Buckley)
Poster Design - Ben Hall
Special Thanks to Joan Power and Amber Jarman-Crainey.
Where: The Drayton Arms Theatre
When: 8th & 9th December @ 7.30pm
Where: Hen & Chickens Theatre
When: 16th December @ 7.30pm
Specialising in Hospitality
A sex worker attends an office job interview, striving to reinvent her life.
Written by Simon Josiffe
Starring Finella Waddilove
Simon Josiffe
Simon is a writer and director, having studied theatre at the University of Warwick, and then taken an M.A. in Script Writing at City University.
He creates scripts for film, TV, audio and theatre. His short film Forgiving Your PE Teacher was the winner of the ”Brief Encounters” Film Festival, his play The Gaffer and the Wood God won the C
Simon is a writer and director, having studied theatre at the University of Warwick, and then taken an M.A. in Script Writing at City University.
He creates scripts for film, TV, audio and theatre. His short film Forgiving Your PE Teacher was the winner of the ”Brief Encounters” Film Festival, his play The Gaffer and the Wood God won the Constance Cox Radio Play Competition, and he helped write the feature Across The River. Most recently he has produced the sci-fi audio comedy The Space Buccaneers!
For more information, please visit www.moderndaymorlock.wordpress.com
Finella Waddilove
Finella Waddilove
Finella is a multifaceted actress, writer, and director, trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and LAMDA. She is a member of the National Youth Theatre, showcasing her versatility across stage and screen. Finella wrote and directed the short film Smooth Ride and expanded her creative portfolio by writing, directing, and starring in
Finella is a multifaceted actress, writer, and director, trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and LAMDA. She is a member of the National Youth Theatre, showcasing her versatility across stage and screen. Finella wrote and directed the short film Smooth Ride and expanded her creative portfolio by writing, directing, and starring in The Blair Bitch Project, which premiered at the 2024 GrimFest at the Old Red Lion Theatre. With a passion for compelling storytelling and a dynamic on-screen presence, she continues to carve a distinctive path in the entertainment industry.
I'm Not Afraid of the Sky
As a man falls from the sky, he grapples with existential questions.
Written by Max Kyte
Starring Matt Howdon
Max Kyte
Max is a writer for theatre, film, and radio. His work entertains rhythmic dialogue, reflecting philosophical themes of what it means to be human, inspiring hope within audiences. A graduate from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, he was the recipient of the school writing award. His work has been performed in theatres across London, Bri
Max is a writer for theatre, film, and radio. His work entertains rhythmic dialogue, reflecting philosophical themes of what it means to be human, inspiring hope within audiences. A graduate from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, he was the recipient of the school writing award. His work has been performed in theatres across London, Bristol, Newcastle, and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Max is currently developing a new full-length monologue comedy called The Girl on the Ledge.
Instagram & Twitter: @flyingkyte_
Contact Information:
E: maxkyte16@gmail.com T: 07506248240
Matt Howdon
Matt Howdon
Matt comes from Bellingham, Northumberland and studied Acting at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and in Northern Stage's North programme.
Theatre credits include: Three Shorts (Alphabetti Theatre), Between the Lines (Live Theatre), Butterfly (Northern Nomads), Cyrano de Bergerac (Northern Stage), Leaving (Curious Monkey), My Night W
Matt comes from Bellingham, Northumberland and studied Acting at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and in Northern Stage's North programme.
Theatre credits include: Three Shorts (Alphabetti Theatre), Between the Lines (Live Theatre), Butterfly (Northern Nomads), Cyrano de Bergerac (Northern Stage), Leaving (Curious Monkey), My Night With Reg (Less Is More), When The Boat Comes In (Customs House) and Reiver (Elysium Theatre).
Email Sent
A writer obsessively crafts the perfect email to the BBC, trying to define her "voice".
Written by Gail Egbeson
Starring Emily Olum
Gail Egbeson
Gail is a multidisciplinary artist who specialises in comedic writing. Her work has been staged in numerous venues such as Vaults Festival, Theatre Peckham and Bush Theatre.
Gail has also recently completed a school tour title No More Numbers which was commissioned by Mercury Theatre and visited over 15 school across Essex.
Emily Olum
Emily Olum
Born and raised in London, Emily is of a rich and abundant Ugandan heritage, specifically Acholi.
Emily studied Acting and World Theatre, under scholarship at Regent’s University London and The New School for Drama in New York. Since graduating in 2018, she has worked mainly as an actor. Credits include: Essentially Black (Soho Theatre),
Born and raised in London, Emily is of a rich and abundant Ugandan heritage, specifically Acholi.
Emily studied Acting and World Theatre, under scholarship at Regent’s University London and The New School for Drama in New York. Since graduating in 2018, she has worked mainly as an actor. Credits include: Essentially Black (Soho Theatre), Breathe (Seven Dials formerly Tristan Bates) and films including Aaron Bishop’s Playing With Fire and Kiosa Sukami’s Yolk.
As well as acting, Emily has dipped her toe into directing. Recently, Assistant Director on the play One Way Out by Montel Douglas (Theatre Peckham/New Diorama/Edinburgh Fringe).
For more information please visit: http://www.spotlight.com/2456-0197-9432
Catalyst
Catalyst is a powerful performance art piece blending movement, emotion and experimental storytelling.
Devised and performed by Adrienne Ming
Ming
Ming has worked as a dance artist, choreographer, lighting designer and technician for 9 years since graduating from Palm Beach Atlantic University.
After graduating, she went on to become a production apprentice at New York Live Arts where she had the opportunity to work with artists, such as Bill T. Jones, Okwui Okpokwasili and Miguel G
Ming has worked as a dance artist, choreographer, lighting designer and technician for 9 years since graduating from Palm Beach Atlantic University.
After graduating, she went on to become a production apprentice at New York Live Arts where she had the opportunity to work with artists, such as Bill T. Jones, Okwui Okpokwasili and Miguel Gutierrez.
In 2018, Ming graduated with an MFA in choreography with distinction from Roehampton University, winning the Choreographic Thesis Prize.
Ming has also done several lighting designs for H2 Dance, Fubunation, and Resolutions Dance Festival. Ming is currently pursuing a PhD at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, works as a visiting lecturer at Roehampton University, and recently performed in works by H2 Dance, Nicola Conibere, Amber Jarman-Crainey, and Seke Chimutengwende.
Fashionable Wolf
A relentless salesman hawks outlandish fashion accessories.
Written by Simon Josiffe
Starring Matt Howdon
Simon Josiffe
Simon is a writer and director, having studied theatre at the University of Warwick, and then taken an M.A. in Script Writing at City University.
He creates scripts for film, TV, audio and theatre. His short film Forgiving Your PE Teacher was the winner of the ”Brief Encounters” Film Festival, his play The Gaffer and the Wood God won the C
Simon is a writer and director, having studied theatre at the University of Warwick, and then taken an M.A. in Script Writing at City University.
He creates scripts for film, TV, audio and theatre. His short film Forgiving Your PE Teacher was the winner of the ”Brief Encounters” Film Festival, his play The Gaffer and the Wood God won the Constance Cox Radio Play Competition, and he helped write the feature Across The River. Most recently he has produced the sci-fi audio comedy The Space Buccaneers!
For more information, please visit www.moderndaymorlock.wordpress.com
Matt Howdon
Matt Howdon
Matt comes from Bellingham, Northumberland and studied Acting at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and in Northern Stage's North programme.
Theatre credits include: Three Shorts (Alphabetti Theatre), Between the Lines (Live Theatre), Butterfly (Northern Nomads), Cyrano de Bergerac (Northern Stage), Leaving (Curious Monkey), My Night W
Matt comes from Bellingham, Northumberland and studied Acting at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and in Northern Stage's North programme.
Theatre credits include: Three Shorts (Alphabetti Theatre), Between the Lines (Live Theatre), Butterfly (Northern Nomads), Cyrano de Bergerac (Northern Stage), Leaving (Curious Monkey), My Night With Reg (Less Is More), When The Boat Comes In (Customs House) and Reiver (Elysium Theatre).
Rehmat
A ruthless businesswoman tracks down a traitor in her company.
Written by & Starring
Subika Anwar-Khan
Subika Anwar-Khan
Subika is a Writer and Actor who was part of The Royal Court and Hampstead Theatre’s writing programmes. She has developed scripts with Paines Plough, Curve Theatre, Tamasha, Belgrade Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Drywrite.
Her plays have been produced by Kali theatre, Vault Festival and her solo shows Divided, by Camden People’s Theatre an
Subika is a Writer and Actor who was part of The Royal Court and Hampstead Theatre’s writing programmes. She has developed scripts with Paines Plough, Curve Theatre, Tamasha, Belgrade Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Drywrite.
Her plays have been produced by Kali theatre, Vault Festival and her solo shows Divided, by Camden People’s Theatre and Echo by Taking the Stage and Tara Theatre. Subika is published in Hear Me Now Vol.2 and was a contributing writer for audio drama Beneath Our Feet (Spotify, Apple podcast).
Subika has appeared in plays Indigo Giant (UK Tour) Hear me Now (Theatre503), Mephisto (A Rhapsody) (Gate theatre), Julie (National Theatre), 60 Miles by Road or Rail (Royal and Derngate) and Ok Tata Bye Bye (Curve theatre). For TV she has appeared in Eastenders (BBC), Goldie’s Oldies (Nickelodeon) and Bafta winning feature film After Love (BFI).
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Airbrushing Austen
A woman muses over why Jane Austen was airbrushed on the £10 note.
Written by Annie Power
Starring Tippy Elgar
Annie Power
Annie is the Artistic Director of Open Page Productions. She is a producer, director and an award-winning writer.
A graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme she has had multiple short plays staged at venues such as Soho Theatre, The Old Red Lion Theatre, The Hen & Chickens, The Pleasance, Octagon, Leicester Square Theatre, The E
Annie is the Artistic Director of Open Page Productions. She is a producer, director and an award-winning writer.
A graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme she has had multiple short plays staged at venues such as Soho Theatre, The Old Red Lion Theatre, The Hen & Chickens, The Pleasance, Octagon, Leicester Square Theatre, The Etcetera, The Rosemary Branch and The Tabard.
Annie has written several short films which have been screened at various film festivals and in 2014 she won the Best Screenwriter award at Underwire film festival for her screenplay Caravan 9.
Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and an anthology. In 2021 she was shortlisted for The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction.
She also trained as a FCP Editor at Ealing Film Studios and is a fringe theatre reviewer for London Pub Theatres Magazine.
Tippy Elgar
Tippy Elgar
Tippy is the Creative Director of Open Page Productions. She is an award winning director, actor, film maker and practitioner for stage and screen, based in Chelmsford.
Tippy has directed multiple plays at venues including The Kings Head Theatre, Drayton Arms Theatre, Hen & Chickens and Harlow Playhouse.
Most recently she directed a new
Tippy is the Creative Director of Open Page Productions. She is an award winning director, actor, film maker and practitioner for stage and screen, based in Chelmsford.
Tippy has directed multiple plays at venues including The Kings Head Theatre, Drayton Arms Theatre, Hen & Chickens and Harlow Playhouse.
Most recently she directed a new play The A Word written by Jade Winters which raises awareness of domestic abuse in the LGBTQ+ community, in collaboration with the charity Safe Lives.
As an actor, Tippy has appeared in a range of supporting roles for Netflix, Amazon Prime & Channel 4. She is an award-winning filmmaker and her most recent experimental film Terminus, was screened at BAFTA qualifying festivals and won at the London Independent Film Awards.
Currently she is collaborating with University Centre Harlow, Essex Film Collective, Film Barking & Dagenham, and is part of the Director’s Development Programme at The Mercury Theatre.
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Faulty
A teenage girl is forced to confront a life-altering secret.
Written by Annie Power
Starring George Bird
Annie Power
Annie is the Artistic Director of Open Page Productions. She is a producer, director and an award-winning writer.
A graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme she has had multiple short plays staged at venues such as Soho Theatre, The Old Red Lion Theatre, The Hen & Chickens, The Pleasance, Octagon, Leicester Square Theatre, The E
Annie is the Artistic Director of Open Page Productions. She is a producer, director and an award-winning writer.
A graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme she has had multiple short plays staged at venues such as Soho Theatre, The Old Red Lion Theatre, The Hen & Chickens, The Pleasance, Octagon, Leicester Square Theatre, The Etcetera, The Rosemary Branch and The Tabard.
Annie has written several short films which have been screened at various film festivals and in 2014 she won the Best Screenwriter award at Underwire film festival for her screenplay Caravan 9.
Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and an anthology. In 2021 she was shortlisted for The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction.
She also trained as a FCP Editor at Ealing Film Studios and is a fringe theatre reviewer for London Pub Theatres Magazine.
George Bird
George Bird
George is an actor and theatre maker from Dorset. She graduated from the American Theatre Arts course at Rose Bruford College and studied abroad in Wilmington, North Carolina.
She recently made her professional debut in The Pageant Play with Righton Productions and has launched Lamp Light Theatre Company with a few of her fellow Bruford g
George is an actor and theatre maker from Dorset. She graduated from the American Theatre Arts course at Rose Bruford College and studied abroad in Wilmington, North Carolina.
She recently made her professional debut in The Pageant Play with Righton Productions and has launched Lamp Light Theatre Company with a few of her fellow Bruford grads. She has appeared in many productions including; San Diego, Child’s Play, Dracula and Machinal.
For more information please visit: https://www.spotlight.com/9339-8945-0321