Project Tag: Natalie Lester
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Christmas Farce
Rosemary Branch Theatre (November 2015), Waterloo East Theatre (December 2017) Christmas Farce is a two-act comedy set backstage at a regional theatre during the opening night of a modern retelling of the Nativity. As egos clash and various tensions come to a head, the company have to pull together to stop the production on-stage becoming…
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5, 6, 7, 8: A Steps Musical
Upstairs at the Gatehouse (August 2017) 5, 6, 7, 8 is a 70-minute comedy about a group of work mates making a very special pact – and it uses the songs of Steps. Noticing that their love lives are all cack, Caz, Robbie, Jess and Nicky give themselves one week to get themselves out of their…
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Witches Be Bitches
Part of Briefs 14 (October 14, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre A human girl gatecrashes a witches’ convention in the hope of joining their ranks. Written by: Roberta Morris Directed by: Sophie Mackenzie Cast: Roberta Morris, Jamie-Rose Monk, Natalie Lester, Charlotte Christie and Sophie Greenham
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Out! Out!
Part of Briefs 13 (July 6, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre. Extract from a musical about a group of women letting off steam at the end of a tiresome week. Writer: Roberta Morris Director: Sheila Atim Cast: Ryan J Brown, Suzy Gill, Helen Keeley, Kate Lindeman, Natalie Lester, Sophie Mackenzie and Roberta Morris.
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For The Kids
Part of Briefs 12 (April 6, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre. Parents of children enrolled in a stage school clash in this dark ensemble comedy. Writer: Ryan J Brown Director: Ryan J Brown Cast: Samuel Buttery, Shalisha James-Davis, Natalie Lester, Roberta Morris, Jamie-Rose Monk and Emma Tansley.
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Flat Share People
Part of Briefs 11 (January 27, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre. A woman has to reluctantly cover for her flatmate when he brings an unexpected guest home for the night – and then wants her out. Writer: Roberta Morris Director: Max Attard Cast: Roberta Morris, Jack Gogarty and Natalie Lester
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Circulation
Part of Briefs 9 (June 2, 2015) at Waterloo East Theatre The staff of an ailing specialist magazine hold crisis talks on how to revive it. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Cast: Jamie-Rose Monk, Natalie Lester and Shaun Kitchener
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Spanx
Part of Briefs 8 (April 29, 2015) at Waterloo East Theatre A woman is mortified when she realises who her flatmate’s latest date is. Writer: Natalie Lester Director: Georgia Robson Cast: Rebecca Bentham, Natalie Lester and Sam Saunders
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The Ballad of Tab and Sal
Part of Briefs 6 (October 31, 2014) at Waterloo East Theatre Two women lament the perils of mobile dating. Writer: Frankie Meredith Director: Anoushka Bonwick Cast: Helen Booth and Natalie Lester
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Flytja
Part of Briefs 5 (July 22, 2014) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre Scene from a longer work-in-progress about a mother who tells her adult children she intends to move abroad. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: Sheila Atim Cast: Lorna Baillie, Katherine Edrupt, Natalie Lester and Shaun Kitchener
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She Who Bakes, Wins
Part of Briefs 4 (April 2, 2014) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre A PTA cake-baking contest gets taken far too seriously by a trio of competitors. Devised and performed by: Jamie-Rose Monk, Katherine Edrupt and Natalie Lester
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We Need To Talk About Clive
Part of Briefs 3 (January 15, 2014) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre Two elderly ladies discuss the rather in-depth death of one’s husband. Writer: John Hill Director: Jamie-Rose Monk Cast: Katherine Edrupt and Natalie Lester
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Engagement Pie
Part of Briefs 2 (October 22, 2013) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre Farce set at an engagement party, wherein the groom-to-be has been killed by his mistress after a confrontation between them and the bride. Written and directed by: Shaun Kitchener Cast: George Chandler, Jamie-Rose Monk, Katherine Edrupt, Natalie Lester and Shaun Kitchener
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The Gallery Wall
Part of Briefs 1 (July 31, 2013) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre A tender love story about a woman working at an art gallery. Writer: Roberta Morris Director: Sheila Atim Cast: Katherine Edrupt, Matthew Cosgrove, Natalie Lester and Paul Heelis
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Postive
Park Theatre (July 2015, with Ann Pinnington Productions), Waterloo East Theatre (May 2014), Edinburgh Fringe (August 2013), Etcetera Theatre (Rehearsed reading – March 2013) Positive tells the story of Benji, a twentysomething Londoner living with HIV. This isn’t a story about doom, gloom and death, though – it’s about Benji’s struggles with stigma, and the…
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Pin
White Bear Theatre (January 2015) Pin catches up with a young woman named Rachel as she is released from prison; news which threatens to dismantle the much more comfortable life led by her older sister, Lou, whose relatively posh friends – though facing dilemmas of their own – make no secret of their feelings towards…
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Caravan
White Bear Theatre (January 2015) Caravan is a one-act drama about Leanne, a young woman who faked her own death and escaped to live in a caravan in the woods under a new identity, a long way from home. Several months after making the escape, however, she’s already hit a rough spot – and has…
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It Never Rains
White Bear Theatre (April 2013), Etcetera Theatre (November 2012) It Never Rains is a one-act two-hander about a former couple thrown back together by a huge storm. A year after their split, Aimee visits Conor before he flies abroad with some of his stuff that she never got round to returning, but when the dramatic…
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One Night Stand
Edinburgh Fringe (August 2012) One Night Stand is a farcical one-act comedy about a pair of colleagues who wake up together after an office party: Alice, who’s now excited to launch a full-on relationship; and Brian, who has absolutely no recollection of how they got there. All he knows is that, for various reasons, he…
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