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Dateline: 13th October, 2002

Imprint at the Royal Court

In March the Royal Court invited entries for their young writers' festival. Now the theatre is to present Imprint, the best six plays from the the 350 entered. There are two programmes:

Programme 1
(Friday 18th October to Saturday 2nd November)

A Day in Dull Armour
by Chloe Moss
Directed by Richard Wilson
Cast: Anthony Flanagan, Andrea Lowe, Tony Maudsley, Caroline O'Neill

Chloe Moss is 26 and joined the Young Writers Programme in 2001. Since then she has attended a 17 – 25 playwriting group, an advanced writing group and recently represented the Royal Court in Hungary at an international playwrights' exchange, Interplay 2002.

Graffiti
by Richard Leighton
Directed by Richard Wilson
Cast: Anthony Flanagan, Tony Maudsley

This is Richard Leighton’s first play. He was inspired by his teacher who had a play produced in the last Young Writers Festival. Richard is 15.

Programme 2
(Thursday 7th November to Saturday 23rd)

Just a Bloke
by David Watson
Directed by Ramin Gray
Cast: Sian Brooke, Daniel Mays

David Watson is 17. He joined Birmingham Rep’s scheme for young writers in 1999 and has had three play readings there.

The One with the Oven
by Emma Rosoman
Directed by Joseph Hill-Gibbins
Cast: Sian Brooke, Daniel Mays, Jo Joyner, Marcel McCalla

Emma Rosoman is 26 and has been writing for as long as she can remember. This is her first professional production.

Night Owls
by Will Evans
Directed by Ramin Gray

Night Owls was submitted for the Young Writers Festival when Will Evans sent it to the YWP as an example of his writing to gain a place on a playwriting course. Will (22) is from Yorkshire, and a former art student interested in writing for theatre and film.

Parallel Lines
by Miranda Howard-Williams
Directed by Ramin Gray

Miranda Howard-Williams is 16 and has been a member of the YWP since she joined the 13 – 16 playwriting group earlier this year, where she developed the characters for Parallel Lines. She finished it on the bus on the way home!

There will also be four rehearsed readings:

Monday 28th October at 2.30pm
Mother's Ruin
by David Varela (23)
Directed by Janette Smith

Wednesday 30th October at 2.30pm
The Little Ark
by Sean Buckley (24)
Directed by Simon Usher

Friday 1st November at 2.30pm
Arrival with Baggage
by Dawn King (23)
Directed by Dawn Walton

Thursday 21st November at 2.30pm
Black Snot
by Louise Ramsden (23)
Directed by Roxana Silbert

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©Peter Lathan 2001