September 16, 2022
Next play reading
The Committee has gotten some suggestions about starting play readings again. An idea that we liked is to return to an earlier concept of using this activity to preview plays that FEST might be interested in performing. Since we are still thinking about launching a December production, this is a work in progress. Watch this space and please let us know if you […]
March 8, 2022
Next Play Reading on 10th March
This month we will be reading The Murder Room, a hilarious spoof thriller play by Jack Sharkey. Come and join us for mirth, plot, twists, cats, an adulterous newly-wed, a disappearing corpse and, above all, the obligatory bedtime cocoa! If you are not on the mailing list and wish to join us, contact [email protected]
February 16, 2020
March Play Reading
This month’s play choice is Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. In a small town in Vermont, New England, five unlikely strangers come together in their community centre for a creative drama class for adults. The free-spirited Marty, recently divorced Schulz, former actress Teresa, the self-conscious high school student Lauren, and Marty’s quiet husband, James. […]
January 24, 2020
February Play Reading
In February we will read the Ibsen classic Hedda Gabler, featuring one of the most dramatic and tragic roles of theatre history. Although written about 130 years ago, this play is still relevant today with its psychological depths and its criticism of a society built by men which can only end up frustrating the desires […]
January 6, 2020
January Play Reading
For the first play reading session in 2020 we have chosen The Lion and the Jewel by the Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka. A selection of one-acts for FEATS, the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies, will also be read. We will not necessarily make a final decision but seek for the feedback of those attending […]
December 7, 2019
December Play Reading
Since FEST is performing at the annual FEATS one-act theatre event in Den Haag next year, we will read a selection of one-act plays. The idea is not necessarily to select one of the plays we read for FEATS, but to see how the various plays come across in reading and discussion. A strong favourite […]
November 3, 2019
November Play Reading
In November we will read Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth. “Jerusalem is a raucous, provocative new work that tells of a modern, mythic English hero: Johnny “Rooster” Byron. During the course of this Tony-nominated play, Johnny tells tales, gets drunk, does drugs, dodges the authorities, and both charms and infuriates all that he meets. The play […]
October 9, 2019
October Play Reading
This month we will be reading For Services Rendered by Somerset Maugham. If you wish to take part in the play reading, please send a mail to [email protected]. Date: Wednesday October 9th, 2019Time: 7pmVenue: Jess’s place
August 8, 2019
August Play Reading
For this monthly play reading we have chosen the American classic All My Sons by Arthur Miller. If you wish to take part in the play reading, please send a mail to [email protected]. Date: Thursday August 8th, 2019Time: 7 pmVenue: Mirjam’s place
July 10, 2019
July Play Reading
The monthly play reading will be Detainee by Sam Graber. Detainee is a play about a decision — whether or not to torture a US citizen. Lindsey is a middle-aged college professor who drives a middle-aged van and lives in a middle-aged house. She’s a middle-aged Mom with a middle-aged husband. Detainee will be our […]