Word:Play/NWxSW - This is Only a Test/The Bears/Exodus/The Globe in the Attic/Nights with Dolly Henderson/Plastic Figurines

Synopsis

Box of Tricks champion the next generation of playwriting talent, putting six exciting new writers to the test on a nine stop tour of the North-West and South-West of England. Following the critical and sell-out success of the four previous cycles at Theatre 503 and The Arcola Theatre, six playwrights, three from each region, have been set the task of writing a 15 minute play inspired by the word "division".

Our Review:

3 March 2013

Word: Play NW/SW showcases the talents of six emerging authors from different regions whose short plays are inspired by just one word: ‘Division.’

Impressively the scripts fulfill the brief; there is no sense of the writers cheating and offering an old play they’ve had lying around. Such a collection is potentially disjointed but co-directors Adam Quayle and Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder present a stylish cohesive production. The end of one play merges seamlessly into the start of the next ensuring a smooth pace albeit at the cost of denying the audience the chance to show appreciation.

By co-incidence some of the writers adopt similar themes- coping with familial division and with loss or grief re-occur. The co-directors organise the running order to avoid a sense of familiarity and to send the audience home happy by ending both acts with a comedy. The Bears by Luke Barnes is funnier in conception than execution. Updating the legend of ...

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