Well… What an intense experience.

9.30 till 1 and then it is no longer. The 100 word play is left in the hands of the exceptional directors. Thank god.

We began the day by working towards the play we were going to write. First 10 words. Then 20 with two scenes. As you might imagine this was tricky tricky business.

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At the start of Tuesday morning I was feeling a bit hyped from too much caffeine and nerves, as I’d never done anything like this before. First of all, Natasha told us a bit about the project, how it came about and where it may go – although it’s difficult to say at the moment as it’s just the start.

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Speed…A false God?

A director once gave me some advice. ‘Speed is a false God’, he said after I broke the sound barrier on my way to rehearsal. He was right, but in his weary understanding came to light his constant and somewhat ironic struggle with this modern disease; a dominating aspect of both youth and age that I would at once have to capture and wilfully obey during Friday’s frantic pace.

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Never has an evening of theatre so closely resembled a fireworks display. The audience were still uttering their “Ooohs” and “Aaahhs” at the last play, as the next rushed on to take its place.

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These are the plays performed on the last night:

The Many Daring &Heroic Lives of Joshua Bloom by Michael J Flexer
Save The Pandas by Dominic Mitchell
Me First, Then You by Tiffany Tondut
Piss On My Parade by Sam Holcroft
Catch 17 by Katie Boyd (NYT member and the youngest writer – just 16)
Bound By Contract by Luke Norris (NYT member/actor who was involved in quite a few performances)
Put Yer Left Leg In by Colin Goodwin
Confessional by Will Hammond
Pick Up by Elise Hearst
Outside Cool by Gbolahan Obisesan (NYT member)
Chorus Line by Aled Roberts

The plays written and performed on Friday were:

Mandy & Rita by Sharon Brennan
Me First, Then You by Tiffany Tondut
Outdoors World by Takbir Uddin
Roast Chicken by Nick Payne
Confessional by Will Hammond
Big Bad by Ali Muriel
Swallow by Deborah Pearson
Pick Up by Elise Hearst
The Many Daring & Heroic Lives of Joshua Bloom by Michael J Flexer (written Thursday)

and another…

and another…