MAKE-UP
Lady Christina brings another successful show to an end and comes off stage. As she takes her make up off, the star leaves the building and Christopher Landis, the nobody starts to emerge. Except this evening when Christina/Chris looks in the mirror, the wrinkles, receding hairline and bags under his eyes, suggest that someone else is with him; his father, the man he hasn’t seen in more than twenty years, since the day Chris told him about Christina.
Make Up was one of six plays selected by Breakwater Theatre Company for their Rough Cuts and Scratches : New Writing Competition at The Albert Room, Cleethorpes Library on 22nd February 2019. The play was voted joint winner by the audience on the evening and a longer version of the play was commissioned by the company. This was developed with dramaturgical and mentoring support from New Perspectives, the East Midlands' based touring theatre company that specialises in bringing new work to rural and community audiences.
The official premiere of the play was scheduled for May 2020 when it was due to be performed by NoLogoProductions at Brighton Fringe with Moj Taylor playing Christina/Chris. Prior to that, it was selected for the Highlands and Islands Touring Network Supported Programme. Slots were also confirmed at other major UK fringe festivals including a full fringe run at Underbelly Wee Coo.
While Covid stopped live performances for most of the year, the full version of Make-up eventually debuted at Brighton Fringe in October. The play was also selected by the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco for the Marsh Stream International Solo Fest. It was performed there via video link on the same day as the last Brighton performance. Proving that geography is no barrier to online theatre festivals, the recording of the San Francisco show went on to be part of Melbourne's Digital Fringe in November, adding a third continent to the places where it's been seen.
Covid and vaccines permitting, Make-up will be at UK festivals in 2021.
Make Up was one of six plays selected by Breakwater Theatre Company for their Rough Cuts and Scratches : New Writing Competition at The Albert Room, Cleethorpes Library on 22nd February 2019. The play was voted joint winner by the audience on the evening and a longer version of the play was commissioned by the company. This was developed with dramaturgical and mentoring support from New Perspectives, the East Midlands' based touring theatre company that specialises in bringing new work to rural and community audiences.
The official premiere of the play was scheduled for May 2020 when it was due to be performed by NoLogoProductions at Brighton Fringe with Moj Taylor playing Christina/Chris. Prior to that, it was selected for the Highlands and Islands Touring Network Supported Programme. Slots were also confirmed at other major UK fringe festivals including a full fringe run at Underbelly Wee Coo.
While Covid stopped live performances for most of the year, the full version of Make-up eventually debuted at Brighton Fringe in October. The play was also selected by the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco for the Marsh Stream International Solo Fest. It was performed there via video link on the same day as the last Brighton performance. Proving that geography is no barrier to online theatre festivals, the recording of the San Francisco show went on to be part of Melbourne's Digital Fringe in November, adding a third continent to the places where it's been seen.
Covid and vaccines permitting, Make-up will be at UK festivals in 2021.
