Producing female led new writing since 2018.
In the first lockdown we produced a weekly online showcase.
As the theatre industries lights were down during this time we called it the
Light On Showcase
to show that we were keeping the lights on and continuing to support artists so we gave female writers the opportunity to test out their work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Watch Series 1:
This was supposed to be a special day for Chris and Jayne but its been ruined by the coronavirus pandemic. Jayne is entering them into a competition to hopefully cheer themselves up.
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Cast:
Alex Middleton - Chris
Alex Bull - Jayne
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Written by Caley Powell
Produced by Lights Down Productions
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In work Myra is asked out on a date by one of her customers, young, cute and rich Lawrence, what could possibly go wrong?
Cast: Emilie Maybank - Myra
Written by Vivian C Lermond
Directed by Samara Gannon
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Produced by Lights Down Productions
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Joe comes home from work to find his wife Dani has received a surprising email.
Cast:
Rosannah Lenaghan - Dani
Jumaane Brown - Joe
Writer: Emilie Maybank
Director: Emily Jane Kerr
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Produced by Lights Down Productions
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Hannah is a truck driver working during the coronavirus lockdown, who is shaken by an incident she had last night.
Cast: Jodyanne Richardson - Hannah
Writer: Judy Upton
Director: Leah Townley
Producer: Lights Down Productions
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Rachel has kept a secret from her family and needs to find a creative solution with the help of her wife Nora.
Cast:
Saba Nikoufekr - Nora
Josie Sedgwick -Davies - Rachel
Writer: Emilie Maybank
Director: Abigail Hirsch
Producer: Lights Down Productions
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Throughout the 90s Kylie and Michelle performed in a band together at Milton Keynes gig venue 'The Pitz'. As teenagers, they bonded through a love of music and shared everything. Ten years later Michelle is staying with Kylie for the weekend and growing resentments surface.
Cast:
Moureen Louie: Kylie
Gracie Lai: Michelle
Writer: Catherine O'Shea
Director: Sophie Flack
Additional Editing: Kristian Mitchell-Dolby
Producer: Lights Down Productions
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To support the artists involved, please consider donating to our Paypal. Any donations will be shared with the artists involved.
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You can also watch this piece as part of the 'Around The Globe In Eighty Plays' festival to raise funds for The Globe Theatre: https://www.facebook.com/events/680350555864652/
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If you are a parent, you've been to Tantrum Town. Hear Mum Vanessa recount her latest trip to Tantrum Town with her daughter.
Yvonne Wan - Vanessa
Writer: Vivian C Lermond
Director: Roann McCloskey
Producer: Lights Down Productions
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What if you could swap your citizenship, move to another country, and never look back? Would you do it?
Spokesperson: Niamh Handley-Vaughan
Kate: Emilie Maybank
Rory: Alex Maude
Writer: Emilie Maybank
Director: Niamh Handley-Vaughan
Editing: Kristian Mitchell-Dolby
Producer: Lights Down Productions
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Jane has a lovely, quiet life with her boyfriend Charlie. But what she’s craving is something new, different, unknown.
Trigger Warning: Discussions of assault.
Jane - Jacinta Maud Hunter
Writer: Tracey Hayward
Director: Kitty Ball
Producer: Lights Down Productions
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Sometimes a student becomes the teacher and the lesson plan can be life-changing. Set in a posh boarding school somewhere in the UK, INSURGENCE is a duologue, featuring the perceptions of an outspoken "charity" student, versus those of her antiquarian teacher. Clash and conflict lead to transformation and an unexpected revelation.
Imogen Butler - Millicent Cavanaugh
Barbara Ashworth - Wilma Woosley
Writer: Vivian C Lermond
Director: Katie Turner-Halliday
Producer: Lights Down Productions
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To support the artists involved, please consider donating to our Paypal. Any donations will be shared with the artists involved.
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Light On The Light On Showcase
We asked the writers of the Light On Showcase to answer some questions about themselves and the piece. Watch them here: