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When? Wed 06 Sep, from 7pm
Where? Stratford East Bar
Tickets? Free to attend, no booking required
Scratch Nights are here!
Join us for an evening of work-in-progress pieces, shared by members of our Freelance Royalty Scheme, and hosted by Stratford East's own Martin Willis.
THE HOUSE THAT BREATHED by Lola Rose Wood
Inspired by the true(ish) stories of the people I met whilst WWOOFing around France, who fed me on wine and words and weeding, this play is an exploration into the consequences of following our dreams. Namely, the dream of abandoning the urban rat race and ‘escaping’ to the countryside to try and live sustainably and self-sufficiently off the land. In a world where we’re all searching for our own Walden Ponds, is Drew and Lena’s love – for the trees, for the soil, for each other – enough to make it work? You can’t fill a belly on dreams…
ORIGINAL SONGS by Sarah Carvalho
Sarah is currently working on their debut EP - hyperbolic statements, and is trying out a few of the songs they currently believe will be in it. This is a test out for them on new songs as well as fresh songs that they have rarely played live, to see what it is like for the audience as well as for themself. They would love for the audience to respond on whether the songs feel coherent and all fit together for an EP.
MANNY by Immanuel Simon
What if it’s your dream to make it in the entertainment industry? And when you finally get the opportunity, you get rejected and embarrassed nationally on reality TV? How would you react? Move on in a state of depression or fight back the system? What if your surroundings and living conditions are anti-social living? Actor, Performer and playwright Immanuel Simon re-enacts his audition experience on Britain's Got Talent back in 2016 being fixed as a comedy act on television for millions to see, facing the backlash from it in his neighbourhood, Immanuel uses original music as his navigation to tell the story.
Lola Rose Wood for Pig on the Tracks Theatre
“I am not proposing a return to the Stone Age […] All I’m trying to do is figure out how to put a pig on the tracks.” - Ursula K. Le Guin. A London-based theatre company platforming new writing and emerging talent to tell stories that help us find hope in the face of climate catastrophe.
Sarah Carvalho (they/them) is a queer and non-binary indie-folk artist. They are hugely inspired by artists such as Phoebe Bridgers, Kevin Atwater, and Leith Ross, with their intricate and poetic lyricism as well as delicate vocals. After starting their music career at the end of last year, Sarah has already started producing their music to be released, working alongside other writers in London, and working on their debut EP.
Emmanuel Simon also known professionally as 'Immanuel' is an actor, performer, producer, theatre-maker and spoken-word artist with a purpose to create and perform Untold stories experienced in the world, that the theatre audience can relate to, his comedic spoken word film ‘On a Date With Lucozade’ was shown at the Kino Film Festival this year in April (2023), he is also part of the Black Writers Collective at the Southwark Playhouse the Young Lyric Adult Company at the Lyric Hammersmith, Immanuel is also currently developing a Hip Hop hybrid performance called 'Break-Looping'.
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