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Hopefully our Mystery day this July will get lots of 1 page plays to read out at Harpers Titchy Theatre!
The idea is that the plays are put on like a radio play, the meaning is in the intonation of the words, subtle drama, facial expressions.
What to write about?
Yourself
Family
Gossip
Sci fi
Green men
Television shows
Games
Sport
Anything you want…..
Will be getting round to asking people soon….
What a day! I went up to the Harpers Titchy Theatre event today. We held a small theatre in the round, with short two page scripts. Funny and poignant, thought provoking and hopefully memorable.
In addition a local author had a stall selling her books, we had various stalls selling knitware, tee shirts, some glassware, turned wood pieces, penkhull mystery plays memorabilia. Plus the obligatory raffle and tombola. I am currently drinking the raffle prize I won.
We were not only entertained by the actors, but also Ukelele players and Clay Chorus choir.
There were lovely cakes, scones, sandwiches and ice creams for sale. Plus tea, coffee and juice.
All in all it went really well. Hopefully enough funds were raised towards staging a full Mystery play event in Penkhull next year, which would be the twentieth anniversary of the community event.
You might not live in the UK but anyway I thought I’d share this. You never know who’s reading this!
Roll up roll up! Would you like to send in a script? Three minute plays needed (2 sheets of A4) for up to four voices. In aid of the Penkhull Mystery Plays. We are holding the Harpers Titchy Theatre on 6th July 2024, at Penkhull Village Hall,Penkhull,Stoke-on-Trent. X
For several years I was involved in a local community group that produced the Penkhull mystery plays. I was impressed by how the group wrote stories from scratch, made props like this green face, and organised music and stalls alongside the plays to make a wonderful mix of fun and theater for a local audience. I was sometimes involved, helping paint scenery and took small parts in the plays.
Sadly the Pandemic stopped all of this and it’s taken a few years to try and come up with New Mysteries. Firstly we are putting on a small theatre performance called Harpers Titchy Theatre, with 3 minute plays, a few stalls and hopefully some music. The plan is that if this works we can put on a 20th anniversary year Penkhull Mystery Play in 2025. Wish us luck (or a broken leg)!
16 short stories and poems, 11 authors, 6 readers, 1 host. We all had fun listening to many and various tales this afternoon. I wrote three very short pieces which I think I have already posted on here. It’s great to hear people laughing at your jokes and punchlines.
More about the day to follow later.
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