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Thursday to Saturday1 – 3 December 2005 20.30 /
Sunday 4 December 2005 19.30
Paines Plough After the End by Dennis Kelly
Paines Ploughs recent production After the End by Dennis Kelly was directed by the new artistic director Roxana Silbert. The play was staged at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival and until only recently at the Bush Theatre in London.
They were all in the pub when the explosion happened. Louise wakes up to find herself trapped with Mark, who has saved her life. Mark is always prepared for the worst and has everything he thinks they will need to survive; tinned chilli, Dungeons and Dragons and a knife - now all they need to do is to wait until it's safe to go outside. Can they survive the attack? Can they survive each other?
Dennis Kelly burst onto the scene with his brilliantly twisted debut Debris in 2003. His new play Osama The Hero has recently been produced in London .
Paines Plough This Other England
This Other England, a season of plays from some of the UK 's most exciting writers that opened at London 's up-and-coming Off-West End space, The Menier Chocolate Factory, in January, was inspired by the BBC Radio 4 series The Routes of English , presented by Melvyn Bragg. The Herculean task the series set itself was to trace key changes in English from its origins over one thousand years ago to its current condition as a language spoken and understood by one and a half billion people worldwide.
The first four plays – produced first because they arrived first – are from David Greig ( Pyrenees ), Douglas Maxwell ( If Destroyed True ), Enda Walsh ( The Small Things ) and Philip Ridley ( Mercury Fur ).
Friday 2 December 2005, 18.00, HAU 3
Staged Reading - If Destroyed True by Douglas Maxwell
A wry and witty satire on community and communication. We see a small town – repeatedly voted Scotland 's worst – where the council is intent on blocking face-to-face contact between civilians Directed by John Tiffany, from the writer of Decky Does a Bronco, Our Bad Magnet and Helmet.
Saturday 3 December 2005 16.30, HAU 3
Staged Reading - The Small Things by Enda Walsh
An exploration of language and our need for words to survive. Enda Walsh has penned a dialogue between an elderly couple whose talk gradually shifts from childhood memories to the horrific ‘language cleansing' that swept through their community. Contains explicit and disturbing language that may cause offence. Directed by Vicky Featherstone, from the writer of Disco Pigs and Bedbound.
Sunday 4 December 2005 12.30, HAU 3
Staged Reading - Pyrenees by David Greig
A naked man with amnesia is found at the foot of the Pyrenees . A young woman from the British Consulate is sent to try to piece together his identity. Directed by Vicky Featherstone, from the writer of Caligula, Victoria and The Cosmonauts Message….
Sunday 4 December 2005 16.30, HAU 3
Staged Reading - Mercury Fur by Philip Ridley
In a lawless city, two brothers and their team of party planners survive by bringing their clients' darkest fantasies to life. Directed by John Tiffany, from the writer of The Pitchfork Disney, The Fastest Clock in the Universe and Sparkleshark.
Saturday, 3. 12.05, 18.00 h, HAU 3
Discussion - This Other England
With the playwrights Enda Walsh und Philip Ridley,Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland and former Artistic Director of Paines Plough and Pippa Ellis, Literary Manager of Paines Plough.
Introduction: Nina Peters, Theatre Critic
Sunday 4 December 2005, 11.00
English Breakfast at WAU – Wirtshaus am Ufer (HAU 2)
Sunday 4 December 2005 15.00, HAU 3
Talk - Current Play-Writing in the UK
With the playwrights David Greig und Dennis Kelly,
Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland and former Artistic Director of Paines Plough
Introduction: Michael Raab, Translator and Dramaturg
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