Project Tag: Shaun Kitchener
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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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All That
Lion and Unicorn Theatre (June 2017). (Show was later picked up by the King’s Head Theatre for an in-house production in August 2018, and brought back in August 2021 to headline their Queer Season.) All That is a play about monogamy and gay relationships in 2017. In a bid to improve their current financial crisis,…
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The Op
Part of Briefs 16 (April 5, 2017) at Waterloo East Theatre. A mother and daughter anxiously await the latter’s heart operation. Written by: Shaun Kitchener Directed by: Rob Ellis Cast: Sally George, Aoife Kilbane and Georgia Taylforth
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Bad News
Part of Briefs 15 (January 11, 2017) at Waterloo East Theatre. Christine, a new national hero, is being interviewed by a major newspaper – much to the concern of her daughter. (Scene from a longer work in progress) Written by: Shaun Kitchener Directed by: Michelle Shortland Cast: Kate Cooper, Fiz Marcus and Victoria Otter
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That’s Great!
Part of Briefs 14 (October 14, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre There’s one big hurdle in the way of two guys’ blossoming romance: a flatmate who has long had feelings for one of them. How will he take the news? Written by: Shaun Kitchener Directed by: Rob Ellis Cast: Thomas Wingfield, Shaun Kitchener and Timothy…
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Bad Karma Break-Up
Part of Briefs 13 (July 6, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre. A couple embark on a bizarre journey through reincarnation when one of them decides to split up. Writer: Toby Cohen Director: James Robert-Moore Cast: Charlotte Christie and Shaun Kitchener
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Hairbrush
Part of Briefs 13 (July 6, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre. A couple attempt to process the news that they’re about to become parents. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: Ant Cule Cast: Francesca Meaby and Sam Saunders
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Bad Reception
Part of Briefs 12 (April 6, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre. Farce set in the foyer of a legal firm, where the feud between the two partners is getting out of control. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: Georgia Robson Cast: Jonathan Cobb, Suzy Gill, Joe Jones, Shaun Kitchener and Sophie Mackenzie.
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Past Tense
Part of Briefs 11 (January 27, 2016) at Waterloo East Theatre. A woman has an important question for her drunken (engaged) friend, whom she suspects has a not-so-hidden crush. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: Alex Di Cuffa Cast: Sophie Mackenzie and Georgia Robson
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Hummingbirds
Part of Briefs 10 (September 2, 2015) at Waterloo East Theatre Extract from a play that begins with a slightly awkward night between two prospective lovers. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: Spencer Noll Cast: James Robert-Moore and Shaun Kitchener
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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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The Third Nine
Part of Briefs 8 (April 29, 2015) at Waterloo East Theatre A woman retells the story of a night in which she thought an intruder was in her apartment. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: Gwen Hanauer Cast: Roseanna Morris
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M&S
Part of Briefs 8 (April 29, 2015) at Waterloo East Theatre A former couple come face-to-face and old issues resurface. Writer: Roberta Morris Director: Hannah Rowley Cast: Roberta Morris and Shaun Kitchener
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The Note
Part of Briefs 7 (January 7, 2015) at Waterloo East Theatre A young woman leaves a note telling her parents she is gay, but doesn’t get the reaction she was expecting. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: James Callas Ball Cast: Sophie Mackenzie, Ann Theato and Hayley Wareham
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Instructions Not Included
Part of Briefs 7 (January 7, 2015) at Waterloo East Theatre A couple bicker their way through the construction of a bookcase. Writer: John Hill Director: Anoushka Bonwick Cast: Katherine Edrupt and Shaun Kitchener
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Milkshake
Part of Briefs 6 (October 31, 2014) at Waterloo East Theatre A man waits in McDonald’s to break up with his girlfriend. Written and performed by: Shaun Kitchener
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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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Going Down
Part of Briefs 4 (April 2, 2014) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre A man comes face-to-face with his ex-fiancee while stuck in an elevator with his current lover. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: James Callas Ball Cast: Charlotte Couture, Jenny Wilford, Shaun Kitchener and Sheila Atim
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Afterwards
Part of Briefs 3 (January 15, 2014) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre A woman dies and comes face-to-face with both of her ex-husbands in the afterlife. Writer: Shaun Kitchener Director: Anoushka Bonwick Cast: Francesca Meaby, Paul Heelis and Thomas Wingfield
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Exes
Part of Briefs 2 (October 22, 2013) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre A man asks the devil to revive his ex-wife from the dead, but accidentally brings back the wrong one. Writer: Beth Crane Director: Shaun Kitchener Cast: Jenny Wilford, Marc Gee-Finch and Matthew Cosgrove
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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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Buffering
Part of Briefs 1 (July 31, 2013) at the Rosemary Branch Theatre A home-made online sex show goes awry when a burglar is mistaken for a guest participant. Written and directed by: Shaun Kitchener Cast: Jennifer Tyler, Marc Gee-Finch, Sam Sadler and Shaun Kitchener
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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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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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