Monday 6 June – Thursday 9 June
Lakeside Theatre7.30pm
The Theatre Arts Society welcomes you to
ROAR Festival V.
A weeklong festival of original work
created by talented and industrious
students, ROAR has gone from strength to
strength since its birth in 2007.
This year every night is allocated to a
year group to fully display the range of
talent amongst the student body. Expect
everything from comedy sketches to
profound poetry, original theatre, and
much, much more!
Monday:
1. Road – By Jim Cartwright
Directed and Performed by Ryan Cowling, Jess Harris, Sophia Wincup and James Jefferies
The play explores the lives of the people in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the government of Margaret Thatcher, a time of high unemployment in the north of England. Despite its explicit nature, it was considered extremely effective in portraying the desperation of people’s lives at this time, as well as containing a great deal of humour.
Overexposure
Devised and Performed by Charlie Hay
Devised and Performed by Charlie Hay
Ever since she mistook cholera for a country, Charlie has been fascinated by the news and the world beyond Page 3 of her Dad's Sun. But can we know everything that's happening in the world? Every war, murder, child abuse and rape? Charlie's live art piece Overexposure will isolate her for 24 hours and watch, read and inhale nothing but news, good and bad.
3. The Café, Written and Directed by Gregory Robinson
Performed by Gregory Robinson and Jess Reid
The story discusses a dysfunctional relationship between an engaged couple Michael and Danielle. Their ‘perfect’ existence revolves around ‘the café’ a café where everything significant has happened to them. The play delves into an absurdist discussion into existence, futility, destruction, identity as well as a mysterious mutual friend ‘Chris’ who enters in Act Two of the play and disrupts the peace and attempts to break the fall of fiction. The protagonists’ stubbornness is so strong she leaves, creating an impact into their lives.
Tuesday:
4. Pawn – Written by David Garlick, Rebecca Macleod, Noelia Espinosa and Gemma Smith. Directed by David Garlick
Performed by David Garlick, Rebecca Macleod, Noelia Espinosa and David Burn
Based on real stories…that are on-going. War = innocent victims.
The next one could be you!
5. Re/Collection
Devised and Performed by Luke Eversley and Jess Harris
A contemporary/lyrical short dance that explores the intricate and fragile components that surround the theme of relationships. Love, sorrow and togetherness are all entwined in order to recreate that particular moment when lovers look back at what was, and what can be.
6. Pinter's Marriage – Written by Harold Pinter
Devised, Re-worded and Performed by Charlie Hay and Ellie Till
Is there a working marriage in Pinter's dramatic work? Charlie Hay's reimagining of Pinter's work collaborates over a dozen of his works to explore the importance of subtext and the key to any successful marriage: communication.
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Wednesday:
7. Servant Wanted
Devised and Performed by Alex Bell, Sean Tricker, Luke Standing and Lucy Pender
This Comedy of Manners explores how mistaken identity in an unfulfilled marriage can turn a household upside down. This devised piece from a group of second year comedy students takes inspiration from three highly influential comic pieces and forms a new and original piece of theatre.
8. Torn - Written and Directed by Hannah Broad and Calum Macleod
Performed by Genine Sumner, Lee Rowland and Elise Golbourn
A tragedy about a pregnant woman whose life is torn apart when she is arrested for the murder of her husband.
9. Looking Back
Devised and Performed by Alex Bell, Lucy Pender, Calum Macleod and Sophie Flack
Composed and devised by second year theatre students, Looking Back aggressively deals with the question of regret, communication and whether we can really go back and change our mistakes.
When unfolding events cause an ordinary family to bring all they hold dear into question, they head towards divided goals in an attempt to find common understanding in a broken home. In a surreal merging of time and action, this production blurs the dimensions of family and blame to produce a contemporary piece of theatre.
When unfolding events cause an ordinary family to bring all they hold dear into question, they head towards divided goals in an attempt to find common understanding in a broken home. In a surreal merging of time and action, this production blurs the dimensions of family and blame to produce a contemporary piece of theatre.
Thursday:
10. Clearing up the Mess - Written by Sophia Wincup and Directed by Peter Coxall
Performed by Sophia Wincup, James Jefferies Greg Robinson (Luke Eversley and Ryan Cowling)
Cleaning Up The Mess is a short, light hearted play about a young woman named Nicole and her experiences in arguably one of the most important aspects of life; how its affected her and those around her, and how there’s always hope that things will work out for the best in the end.
11. Fractures – Written by Ryan Cowling and Directed by Becca Mallet
Performed by Hannah Bettany, Lauren Haubenschmid, Luke Eversley, Rae Waddon and Claudia Follano
At the end, you see your life' A men's decent to discover his personal history and account for the shocking, often violent and disturbing life he once lead. An honest confession, from a dying man.
12. Long Distance – Filmed and Directed by Chris Tuck
Performed by Jess Harris and Lee Rowland
A short film about two people caught up between their passions and their desires. They love each other but also their lives. As the film develops they have to make a choice between what it is they think they love and what truely drives them in life.
13. Titus Andronicus – Written and Directed by Dan Shambrook and Lucy Quinton
Performed by Sam Burn, Hannah Broad, Troy Balmayor, Lauren Haubenschmid, Becca Mallett, Nicole Banks, Rachael Johnson, David Burn and Chris Connelly
Titus Andronicus is Shakespeare’s earliest and most gruesome tragedy. We bring you a new and exciting production that retells the events of the original text using famous words and scenes from Macbeth, Romeo & Juliette, King Leer, Othello, Julius Ceaser, Hamlet and Measure for Measure. This original adaptation has the feel of a classic Shakespeare play but gives you the opportunity to see it in its raw and gruesome nature.
