I don’t do trigger warnings but even I was a bit disturbed by the subject matter of ‘Blue Whale’, our stimulus for this challenge. It’s effectively an online game, supposedly in Russia, which involves grooming an individual to fulfil tasks as part of a “game” which ultimately resolves into the player committing suicide as the…
Month: February 2018
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 8 – “The Count”
Challenge 8 – Due 09/02 at 09:59:59am GMT Let’s be all sporty. Find your inspiration from a sportical event, or from the culture of sportiality or from observing sportition. Cast: Cath Ian Babz Rhod The Announcer (voiceover) Scene: A brightly coloured wrestling ring. Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to tonight’s long awaited match. The grub…
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Just going through daft posts and came across this title. Literally no idea what this was about… This title is two years old. If you have any idea why I have this title in my drafts, please drop me a line. Or even just any suggestions about what you do with a post called “Here’s…
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 7 – “My Big Beautiful Mistake”
NOTE: Should be retitled what happens when you try to write really quickly off the top of your head while battling fatigue and dylexia. lolol Challenge 7 – Due 08/02 at 09:59:59am GMT How about writing some shite? Like, proper total crap. “My Big Beautiful Mistake” aka “Dyslexia in Action?” Cbast: Sian Scene: Sian sites…
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 6 – “The Bad Feminist”
Challenge 6 – Due 07/02 at 09:59:59am GMT Hi All So today’s prompt is: ‘Still Not Equal.’ And to reflect modern times, write it in the style of a farce. Bonus points if you drop in surprise celebrity appearances from the following feminists: Emily Pankhurst, Simone De Beauvoir, Germaine Greer, and Oprah Winfrey. “The Bad…
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 5 – “Ai-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Challenge 5 – Due 06/02 at 09:59:59am GMT Today I’ll give you the opening line: “Take off the girdle, Gertl, and tell me everything about Onun’s onions, or else little Dicklberg here will get it with this!” Bonus points if you end the play with the following line: “So there really were 50 of them…
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 4 – “Poe-Na-Na”
Challenge 4 – Due 05/02 at 09:59:59am GMT Find a short story, or a film, or a poem, or a song, or a… uhm… TV show… or… whateves. Make it into a play and bonus points to anyone who manages to modernise the adaptation. Based on “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe. Cast: Shasta…
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 3 – “혼동”
Challenge 3 – Due 04/02 at 09:59:59am GMT Tap into your dreams… and put them on stage. And make it a fascinating piece of drama. Think not only of the visuals but also of the story. Oh, and make the production huge. Author’s note: This was weirdly enjoyable. As I sit here, crap Saturday night…
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 2 – “Full Moon”
Challenge 2 – Due 03/02 at 09:59:59am GMT Look to the outside world for inspiration and the set you play as far away from your hometown as possible. Cast: Sarah Mann The Footprint The Play The Moon. It’s a stark series of contrasts. Light and dark. Flat and mountainous. There is a US flag, pitched in…
#28PlaysLater 2018: Day 1 – “Brave Little Soldier”m
Today’s challenge: Write a play about a brave little soldier. Cast: Connie – the translator Jess – the terrorist Dr Khan – the medic Cain, Mira, Josh, Cherish – the Disabled Liberation Front Note: Translation happens between a screen and Connie. There is always a lag and usually the conversation is paraphrased for a hearing…
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