QExtraQExtra: Work in Process Festival
Various AuthorsPutting the audience at the heart of the creative process
6 days of plays, performances, and workshops putting you, the audience, at the heart of the creative process.
The development of constructive criticism is crucial to the making of
all art – so this year we’re giving the actors and the audience the
reins. In a packed week of events, our workshops, and script-in-hand
performances will allow writers to grow from the fields of experience
that actors - and YOU the audience - furrow.
Each play will be presented differently, from the near-finished product
to a more open workshop approach. Culminating with the recording of a
brand-new audio play cast from audience members on the day of the
performance – Work in Process Festival reimagines the way we share and appreciate theatre at every stage of its development.
Here’s our programme…
(Correct as of 21 June)
Monday 24th July
Warmup: A unique ‘poemusic’ performance by James Connor and David Erdos
6pm in the Studio
This IS It by BH Fraser
7.45pm in the Studio
A script-in-hand performance by members of the Questors Youth Theatre,
this experimental play set in the near future explores the climate
change crisis through the lens of the new generation.
Tuesday 25th July
Warmup: Pitzhanger Poets recital
6pm in the Studio
Hilarious by John Barron
7:45pm in the Studio
A script in hand premiere performance of John Barron’s HILARIOUS, directed by Questors resident troubadour, Julian Smith.
Wednesday 26th July
There by Geoff Saunders
7:45pm in the Studio
The first reading of a large cast play, THERE is a delightful comedy of
manners and the lack of! Directed by Paula Robinson, it is a QExtra
premiere for both writer and director.
Thursday 27th July
Warmup: Pitzhanger Poets recital
6pm in the Studio
Flight of the Canaries by Lauren Harper
7:45pm in the Studio
This work-in-progress play tells the poignant story of forbidden love in
the decades following WW2 as two hearts unite in their Autumn years.
Friday 28th July
Warmup: Pitzhanger Poets recital
6pm in the Studio
The Boys from Wishbone Junction by Ben Francis
7:45 pm in the Studio
A workshop production of The Boys from Wishbone Junction, a tonal cocktail of the comic and the tragic, featuring a newly conjoined set of theatrical twins!
Saturday 29th July
Workshops
On the final day of the festival, we’ll be running a full program of
workshops throughout the afternoon and evening in the Emmet Room,
including:
First Steps in Filmmaking with Steve Rehman
12pm to 2pm in The Emmet Room
Commedia del Artefacts with Julian Smith
3pm to 5pm in The Emmet Room
Playwrights Process: Harold Pinter and Heathcote Williams with David Erdos
5:30pm to 7pm in The Emmet Room
Events
Our festival week concludes with two live events running concurrently in the Emmet Room and the Studio:
Disintegration 2 by QYT
8pm to 10pm in The Emmet Room
A trio of plays written, performed, and directed by Questors Youth Theatre members.
Coming Round by Peter Gould
7.45pm in the Studio
A live recording of a new audio drama directed by David Erdos and James
Connor. After having the chance to critique and contribute to the other
performances, the audience now gets the chance to become a part of the
creative process themselves.
Tickets
On the door - card payments available
Events: £5
Full festival ticket (includes all warmups, events & workshops): £30 - available to buy on Monday 24th July at The Questors Theatre
Warmups: Pay as you feel
Workshops: Pay as you feel£5-£30
