Extract showcases performance writing in development by students from the MA Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London.
EXTRACT has started!
Congrats to everyone who showcased their work yesterday! If you missed out, don’t worry - we’ve still got two more days of EXTRACT! Check us out this afternoon and tomorrow at Soho Theatre. #newwork#sohotheatre#goldsmiths
FLUX:
Victoria is fine, really — she’s doing great. Better than ever, honestly — so why can’t everyone just be happy for her?
It’s happening TODAY! Haven’t gotten your tickets yet? Hurry before your friend finds out you haven’t reserved a ticket ➡️ https://t.co/pRY9gdNLc5
FISSURE by Hattie Collins started at Extract 2017 and has gone on to receive multiple productions since then!
This is your chance to see plays in the first stage of development! EXTRACT opens tomorrow at 2:30pm at Soho Theatre! Reserve your spot here: https://t.co/pRY9gdNLc5
AYODHYA:
A brexit-like referendum is about to take place. Will India vote to become a Hindu nation?
If you haven’t booked your tickets for EXTRACT yet, why not? With just two days until our plays hit the stage, you’d better get them fast!
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AVALON LAND:
An English theme park. But if it feels like plastic, why does it hurt like pain?
Just TWO MORE DAYS until EXTRACTS! Have you reserved your tickets yet? They’re completely FREE, but space is filling up. If you don’t want to be left out, get your tickets NOW.
HEALA by Emma- Jane Betts is a psychological drama following a young computer programmer falling through the cracks of the NHS mental health service.
EXTRACT 2019 showcase new works of every genre by new writers ready to enter the industry.
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Here’s some of our writers hard at work! Our festival is made up of 18 writers and each performance will be different. So you can come to all three shows and see something new every day!
EXTRACT 2019 opens in less than a week! Don’t miss out!
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Cake by Abbie Grundy
Old doesn’t have to mean boring. It doesn’t have to mean tired. Really, it only has to mean fat. After all, everything is made easier with a slice of cake.
Indulge in 3 afternoons of new work from new writers at the EXTRACT Showcase this month!
Don’t be shy - show your face next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to watch extracts from brand new plays and performance pieces. Each afternoon will showcase excerpts from SIX pieces. June 19 - 21, 2:30pm at Soho Theatre - see you there!
THE DAYS BETWEEN SPRING AND SUMMER by Elinor Boult:
April and June have been best friends since high school. Now, for the first time in fifty years, they learn something new about each other.
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SHAPE:
In the deepest South West London, three teenage girls discover what it means to shape shift and expand in a world that wants them to shrink.
10 MORE DAYS! That’s when the best three-day showcase this summer begins!
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BRONA:
An unexpected arrival halts Donna’s historical research on a remote Scottish island.
Brona will be performed on Wednesday, June 19th - tickets are free so reserve your spot now!
LOCKDOWN: “You see that stationary cupboard? That’s our designated toilet.”
EXTRACT allows you into the minds of a group of new writers - into worlds you might never have imagined before. Don’t miss out!
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Every creative process is different, but they all have inspirations. Here is one of of ours.
Come see ORLANDO BLOOM star in part of the EXTRACT 2019 Showcase - three days of new writing that you won’t forget in a hurry.
TOO GREY TOO LOUD by Somebody Jones:
A young Black boy moves to an all grey town with his father and learns that what’s inside of you will always find a way out.
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15 STUDIES IN SPORTS: 15 vignettes in which movements from the world of men’s professional sports are reimagined through a lens of drag performance.
Reserve your spot on our Eventbrite page! Link in bio.
What do you call a group of ravens? An unkindness.
What do you call a group of playwrights? Stressed and excited about finishing their drafts!
Be the first to hear 18 excerpts of brand new plays June 19-21! (LINK IN BIO)
UNBURIED by Jimin Suh:
A Korean family’s identity and ties are threatened during Soviet ethnic cleansing in the 30s. This is what’s happening NOW. Whether from the past or present, each extract from the 2019 Goldsmiths MA writers reflects what’s happening right now in society.
What’s going on in this picture? Your guess is a good as ours!
Discover just what we’ve been up to these past few months at our showcase, 19-21st June.
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