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Vibrant 2014 ​– Press Information VIBRANT ​NEW WRITING​ | UNIQUE ​REDISCOVERIES Premieres at the Finborough Theatre Season – November 2014 to February 2015 presents THE SIXTH YEAR VIBRANT 2014 – A FESTIVAL OF FINBOR​ OUGH PLAYWRIGHTS Satinder Chohan Henry Darke Steven Hevey Ross Howard Kevin Kautzman Nakkiah Lui Louise Monaghan Carmen Nasr Amy Ng Sarah Page Sharon Pollock Paul Roberts Chris Thompson Jane Wainwright Ben Weatherill The Earl’s Court Local Community Curated by Finborough Theatre Artistic Director Neil McPherson. Produced by Rachel Kraftman for the Finborough Theatre. Directed by Jennifer Bakst. Daniel Burgess. Suba Das. Simon Dormandy. Robert Hastie. Zoe Lafferty. Alex Marker. Anna Marsland. Laura McCluskey. Caitlin McLeod. David Mercatali. Max Pappenheim. ​Vik Sivalingam. Alex Thorpe. ​Chris White. Supported by 1 Press Information Now in its sixth consecutive year as West London's original new writing festival, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre – the coalface of British Theatre – presents ​Vibrant 2014 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights​, its annual explosion of new writing, running between ​2–20 November 2014​. This year's festival features 15 staged readings of new works by 15 UK and international playwrights, discovered, developed or championed by the Finborough Theatre. As always, ​Vibrant 2014 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights ​offers an eclectic and idiosyncratic selection of new plays from both established writers and first time writers, aged from their 20s to their 70s, including dramatists from Australia, the United States, Canada, and from throughout England including Cornwall, the North East, the East Midlands and Earl's Court itself. This festival also includes more female playwrights than ever before, work from South Asian, East Asian, British-Lebanese and Australian Aboriginal playwrights, work from our local community, and new plays from our Channel 4 Playwright-in-Residence and all three of our Playwrights-on-Attachment. Concentrated solely on full length works for the stage, ​Vibrant 2014 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights ​continues to introduce you to some of the fascinating diverse vibrant voices we have nurtured. A unique opportunity to see behind the scenes at one of the UK's most exciting theatres as we continue to discover and develop tomorrow's plays today, brought to life by some of the UK's most talented actors and directors. Since the first festival in 2009, our ​Vibrant ​festivals have included 79 new plays, 21 of which have gone on to be produced in full productions at the Finborough Theatre including ​Mirror Teeth​ by Nick Gill, ​The Man​ by James Graham, And I And Silence​ by Naomi Wallace, ​Black Jesus​ by Anders Lustgarten, ​Carthage​ by Chris Thompson and Nona Shepphard and Craig Adams' musical version of ​Thérèse Raquin​. Plays that went on to be produced by other theatres have included ​Bull ​by Mike Bartlett at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, and ​The Stock Da’Wa​ by David Eldridge at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs. Despite remaining completely unsubsidised, the Finborough Theatre has an unparalleled track record of discovering new playwrights who go on to become leading voices in British theatre. Under Artistic Director Neil McPherson, it has discovered some of the UK’s most exciting new playwrights including Laura Wade, James Graham, Mike Bartlett, Sarah Grochala, Chris Thompson, Jack Thorne, Simon Vinnicombe, Alexandra Wood, Al Smith, Nicholas de Jongh and Anders Lustgarten. It is the only theatre without public funding to be awarded the prestigious Pearson Playwriting Award bursary for writers not once, but eight times: Chris Lee in 2000, Laura Wade in 2005 (who also went on to win the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, the George Devine Award and an Olivier Award nomination), James Graham in 2006 (also subsequently nominated for an Olivier Award), Al Smith in 2007, Anders Lustgarten in 2009, Simon Vinnicombe in 2010, Shamser Sinha in 2012 and Chris Thompson in 2013. Three bursary holders (Laura Wade, James Graham and Anders Lustgarten) have also won the Catherine Johnson Award for Best Play written by a bursary holder. Vibrant 2014 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights​ is again curated by Finborough Theatre Artistic Director ​Neil McPherson​, winner of​ ​The Writers’ Guild Award for the Encouragement of New Writing, and twice winner of the OffWestEnd Award for Best Artistic Director. ● Sunday, 2 November 2014 at 7.30pm The House of My Father ​by Carmen Nasr. Directed by Zoe Lafferty. While war rages in the streets of a divided Beirut, a family refuses to abandon their home as they await the return of their father. As bombs fall and soldiers appear unannounced in their garden, Mona and her family cook, repaint the kitchen, plant flowers and persuade each other that all will be well. Exploring the sometimes forgotten lives of those who remain living in their homes during protracted urban wars, this debut play from an exciting new playwright asks how far people will go to preserve a sense of normality, in the face of unimaginable horror. Part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's ​Nour Festival of Arts​, a celebration of the very best in contemporary Middle Eastern and North African arts and culture. Playwright​ Carmen Nasr​ is British-Lebanese, grew up in Beirut, and then moved to London five years ago to study and pursue a career in playwriting. This is her first play. Director ​Zoe Lafferty​ is currently an Associate Director of the Freedom Theatre, Palestine. Productions at the Finborough Theatre include ​The Fear of Breathing​ which Zoe wrote whilst undercover in the Syrian revolution. It was published by Oberon Books, as was Critics’ Choice in both ​Time Out ​and ​The Daily Telegraph​. Zoe trained at Drama Centre, London, and the Vaktangov Theatre School, Moscow. Theatre includes the world premiere of Bola Agbaje’s Concrete Jungle​ (Riverside Studios), ​The Keepers of Infinite Space​ and ​No More Page Three​ (Park Theatre), ​Gaza: 2 Press Information Breathing Space ​and ​Off Record​ (Soho Theatre and AZ Theatre), ​War and Peace​ (Rich Mix and AZ Theatre) ​Sho Khman? (Freedom Theatre, Palestine, and International Tour), ​Alice in Wonderland​ (Freedom Theatre, Palestine), ​Adult Child / Dead Child​ (Edinburgh Festival and Unicorn Theatre) and ​Not a Step Back​ (Cochrane Theatre). Zoe was also Associate Director for the documentary and site-specific production of ​Lost Nation​ (The Red Room). Assistant Direction includes The Dresser​ (Watford Palace Theatre), ​Waiting For Godot​ (Freedom Theatre, Palestine, and International Tour), ​Protozoa and ​Oikos​ (The Red Room). ● Monday, 3 November 2014 at 7.30pm A Film About Someone You Love​ by Chris Thompson. Directed by Robert Hastie. Sophie can’t work out why one of her daughters went out one morning and never came back. The rejection is taking its toll – Sophie is on the brink of losing her shit and has been signed off work for locking herself in the stationery cupboard. Her other daughter, Ellie, hasn’t left (more’s the pity) and has invited round her fiancé, Monday, and her best friend, Adam, to practice the first dance for her upcoming wedding. Monday’s got the dinner on, and the doorbell goes. Could this be the night the errant daughter sees sense and comes back home to Croydon? You can’t choose your family, but you can sure as hell f***k them up if you want to. Urgent, acerbic and sometimes painful, this is a corrosive comedy about self-obsession and what happens when someone stops loving you. Playwright​ Chris Thompson​ is Channel 4 Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre, where his debut play Carthage ​premiered earlier this year. Theatre includes ​Albion ​(Bush Theatre). Following an attachment at the Royal Court Theatre in 2014, Chris was invited to join their most recent Summer Group, whilst in 2013 he took part in the Kudos/ Bush initiative. In his previous career, Chris was a social worker. Director ​Robert Hastie​ returns to the Finborough Theatre where his previous productions include Chris Thompson’s critically acclaimed ​Carthage​ (the first reading of which he also directed for ​Vibrant 2012 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights​), and the first production in over 40 years of John McGrath's ​Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun​. Theatre includes ​My Night with Reg ​(Donmar Warehouse) and the UK premiere of​ Sunburst ​by Tennessee Williams, as part of ​The Hotel Plays​ for Defibrillator at the Holborn Grange Hotel. Associate Direction includes ​Sixty-Six Books​ which opened the new Bush Theatre in which Robert directed the world premieres of ​In The Land of Uz​ by Neil LaBute, ​The Middle Man​ by Anthony Weigh, ​David and Goliath​ by Andrew Motion, ​Snow In Sheffield​ by Helen Mort and ​A Lost Expression​ by Luke Kennard. Robert was also Associate Director of ​Much Ado About Nothing​, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate (Wyndham's Theatre). ● Tuesday, 4 November 2014 at 3.00pm One for All​ by Henry Darke. Directed by Anna Marsland. Huck, 38, decides to squat in a Cornish holiday home to make a political stand. But is he a fierce revolutionary, or a bum that wants his name in the paper? When arch nemesis and local surf God Darren Kashmarick appears on the scene intent on sabotaging Huck's plan, a political battle becomes a local grudge going back thirty years. Both men will stop at nothing to outdo each other. The local surf championships are coming up and seemingly happy-go-lucky pillar of the community, Daz, turns out to be a man with a lot to prove. There are sharks in the water – and they bite. Set in a disenfranchised community in Cornwall, ​One For All​ is about man’s struggle to feel significant. Playwright ​Henry Darke​ had his first piece of writing, a one-act play, ​Highfliers​ included in the Royal Court Young Playwrights Season, and was subsequently selected as one of 'The Royal Court 50' by Plymouth Theatre Royal.
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