Aftercare

1M, 2F (drama, 100 mins)

 

"Co-dependence, dysfunction, psychosis? No. It's about sacrifice, pain and blood."

 

When Sam registers on a BDSM website as a novice submissive, she is contacted by Paul and finds their first encounter to be a sexual and emotional revelation. But when she finds out what Paul really does with his current partner, Lisa, she is shocked yet feels compelled to learn more. In doing so, Sam discovers a new world that will test the limits of her feelings about love and desire. What she experiences by finally witnessing Paul and Lisa’s intimate ritual will change her life forever.

 

(Alma Tavern, Bristol, 2012; White Bear Kennington, London, 2013)

 

The Darkroom

2M, 1F (drama, 75 mins)

 

“We’ll convince him we’re the most normal couple in England. Tea on the lawn. What could be more normal than that?”

 

1949. Austerity. Make do and mend. A nation fed up of going without . . .

 

Faye doesn’t know what James did during the war – but she’s had to pick up the pieces of a broken man haunted by memories and a terror of the dark. But one day she finds a ‘collection’ compiled by her husband’s wartime comrade, who ran away one night and never came back. What secrets will come to light in the Darkroom?

 

(Alma Tavern, Bristol, 2011)

 

Touch

1M, 2F (thriller, 100 mins)

 

A young woman battles to save her dignity and her life when she is kidnapped by a couple who prey on London's lost souls.

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(Alma Tavern, Bristol, 2011)

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Little Deaths

1M, 2F (drama, 90 mins)

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“This is suburban S&M taken to painful extremes - but, far from being some gothic melodrama of predator and prey, it’s a softly realistic (and thus more shocking) account of the power struggles, compromises, epiphanies and loneliness of life on the other side of love” - Venue magazine.

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(Alma Tavern, Bristol, 2010)

 

Tea & Filth

1M, 1F (comedy, 25 mins)

 

There’s unrest in the marital bed – Bob’s been using a different shower gel.

 

(Hen and Chickens, Islington, 2010; Union Theatre, Southwark, 2011)

 

Park, 2am

1M, 2F (supernatural thriller, 25 mins)

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A young woman decides to turn the tables on her stalker when she shelters in a park where she played as a child.

 

(Rondo, Bath, 2010)

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Peter and Andy

2M (comedy drama, 25 mins)

 

A husband tricks his wife’s lover when he finds the naked man asleep on his sofa.

 

(Theatre503, 2010 and 2012)

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Aftercare (one-act)

1M, 1F (drama, 25 mins)

 

"When I get home, I'll undress, look at myself in the mirror, it'll be like it never happened." Sam has had a life-changing experience and now she wants more. Paul is not so sure. The secret lives of a man and a woman meet in a sexually-charged encounter that pushes both of them to their limits.

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(Camden People's Theatre, 2009)

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Hard Labour

1M, 1F (political satire, 30 mins)

 

A prisoner governess and her favourite inmate play cat-and-mouse over capitalism and unrequited love.

 

(Larkum Studio, Cambridge, 2009)

 

Showing the Monster

2M, 1F (drama, 60 mins)

 

It’s 1968 and theatre censorship is over. So anything goes – right? When a famous actor gets cold feet about a gay kiss in a new play, the producer and director just want to keep him happy. But his co-star threatens to quit if the kiss is cut. Once the gloves are off, it’s easy to shock but hard to be honest – onstage and in the real world.

 

(Alma Tavern, Bristol, 2009)

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A Good Send-Off

2M (comedy, 6 mins)

 

Two men toast the loss of a dear friend – even though he’s alive and well.

 

(Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard, and various pubs in Wales, 2009)

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Happy Happy Happy

3M, 3F (comedy, 45 mins)

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A Victorian couple, a modern family and an amorous dolphin seek the ultimate contentment.

 

(Trinity Centre, Bristol, 2009)

 

Represented by YouthPLAYS. Go to http://youthplays.com/plays/view/153/Happy_Happy_Happy

 

Sleep With Me

1M, 1F (comedy, 45 mins)

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Carol and Brian share a bed to try to cure their insomnia.

 

(Trinity Centre, Bristol, 2009; Cheltenham Playhouse, 2011; Kingshill House, Dursley, 2012; Coach House Theatre, Malvern, 2012)

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Welcome

1M (comedy, 10 mins)

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Ted would like to assure you he is 100% per cent gay, and that the unfortunate incident with his lover’s sister was a simple misunderstanding.

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(Trinity Centre, Bristol, 2009)

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Girl Friend

1F (drama, 10 mins)

 

Fiona, 17, kept her unrequited love a secret. Now the young man is dead. And he’s the only one to whom she can confess her grief. Standing by his grave, she wonders whether to move on with her life or stay cocooned in bereavement. Has Fiona finally got the object of her desire where she wants him?

 

(Rondo, Bath, 2008; Bristol Folk House, 2010)

 

Represented by YouthPLAYS. Go to http://youthplays.com/plays/view/108/Girl_Friend

 

Vacant

1M, 1F (thriller, 12 mins)

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When a man is offered the perfect apartment, he wants to know what happened to the previous occupants.

 

(Rondo, Bath, 2009; Hour Glass, Exeter, 2009; Old Red Lion 2012)

 

Still

1M, 1F (drama, 90 mins)

 

The heat of a summer night. The cool of a treacherous river. A secret place that has witnessed young love, lust and death. When a married father picks up a seductive hitch-hiker and takes her to his boyhood hiding place, the question is – has he been waiting for her all his life, or she for him? ‘Still’ is a story of desire and betrayal, hate and desecration, love and redemption.

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(Alma Tavern, Bristol, 2007; Bike Shed, Exeter, 2010; Lincoln Drill Hall, 2014)

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Sick of You

1M, 1F (drama, 15 mins)

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A woman suffers a devastating and inexplicable ailment after dumping her lover.

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(Rondo, Bath, 2007)

 

Last Train

2M (drama, 85 mins)

 

Two strangers meet on a railway station at night. Both have a secret to hide. But if you’re never going to see someone again, you can tell them anything – can’t you? A tale of menace, suspense and unrequited passion.

 

(Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 2005 - staged reading; Pill Community Centre, 2008; Alma Tavern, Bristol, 2009)

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