I'm trying a new thing where I make short films of new scripts I'm working on to test the material. This is from a sci-fi/dystopia project imagining the future of emotional labour called 'Soon to Be Running on Empty'.
Rehearsal shot from THE SQUIRREL PLAYS (Part of the Main Productions)
It's almost #EdFringe time, but first: London previews!
The Squirrel Plays is now back in rehearsal for our Edinburgh Fringe Preview performances at Theatre503! We're the 7pm slot on July 19th and 20th. Check out our lovely page on Theatre503's website and get booking!
And then we continue to Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a FULL RUN, THE ENTIRE MONTH, NO STOPPING (that's a lie we stop one time, on the 13th, but THAT'S IT.) Here we are!
And we're fundraising! We're raising funds! Whatever you're able to give, check out the page to learn more of the story behind this production. And if you're sat far away wishing you could see the squirrels in action, guess what: our perks include access to a video of our show :)
Photo courtesy of Part of the Main Productions' Olivia Munk!
THE SQUIRREL PLAYS
We're now one week into rehearsals for Mia McCullough's THE SQUIRREL PLAYS with Part of the Main Productions, directed by Jessica Bickel-Barlow!
THE SQUIRREL PLAYS
"There’s only one thing you need to know about newlyweds Tom and Sarah: They are definitely not “squirrel people.” Not that they judge, of course. So when they discover a critter in their attic, they’re faced with a marriage-testing decision: To exterminate, or not to exterminate? But the squirrels aren’t only invading Tom and Sarah’s home. They’ve infested the whole neighbourhood. This time, the issue doesn’t only tear Sarah and Tom apart. It threatens the peace of an entire community." - Part of the Main Productions
Welcome to the world of THE SQUIRREL PLAYS, where the babies are squirrels, the bodies are houses, and the abortions are 'exterminations'. I play opposing roles, starting as the Exterminator and then switching to pro-squirrel-lifer Alice. Mia's written an amazing series of metaphor plays that give every view a voice, and encourages open conversation. As an American living abroad, it's especially awesome to get to collaborate with other North American expats along with English and European artists on this play that so thoroughly investigates a culture I've been separated from for the past few years. Not to mention it's funny as hell.
Our first run of performances is at Wandsworth Arts Fringe, and then we'll do a FULL RUN at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (links and all to come). Hope to see you there!
"And we will get the f*** off this planet!" IN TEN DAYS!
My new short play MISSION CREEP is being performed for the first time at the White Bear Theatre in Cuckoo Bang's night of new writing, BITS!
MISSION CREEP
Asexual and bisexual solidarity IN SPACE.
Tess and Liam are determined to get off the planet at any cost. On paper, they're the perfect applicants for Britain's relocation project: they're fertile, they're healthy, and they might even pass for a real couple. Mary just has a few more questions to ask, but it can't be anything the pair hasn't already prepared for...
It's gonna be a whole evening of new writing by some badass folks with CONCEPTS and OPINIONS.
Space is limited, so go buy a ticket.
Evi Polyviou (left) and Bee Scott (right) in LAST TRAGEDY
Talos: Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London
Evi Polyviou and I performed to a sold-out house in the Talos Science Fiction Theatre Festival! The festival, put on by sci-fi/Greek theatre company Cyborphic, ran for four nights at The Bread and Roses Theatre and featured everything from robots to unicorns to clones. Our play, LAST TRAGEDY, was written by festival director Christos Callow Jr. and directed by Sokratis Synitos.
"[Last Tragedy] had an enjoyable playfulness to it and the strongest performances of the night. Zoe, the only human actress in the city (who can’t get a job playing a human because she’s not convincing enough), was portrayed with comic frustration and warmth by Evi Polyviou. Rosita, her robotic owner, who is growing increasingly disinterested in Zoe by the second and thinking of having her terminated, was played with conviction by Bee Scott."
-Annie Powers, London Pub Theatres
"A short, humorous sketch which forecasts the evolution between human and robot, played by Bee Scott and Evi Polyviou, it intrigues the audience, holding our attention as we realise how the tables could be turned. It is a well-acted, brief comment on the future of the cyber age."
-Joanna Hetherington, Spy in the Stalls
"This absurd scenario is cleverly written with the right tone of sarcasm and self-irony. The performance of both actresses is convincing and entertaining, especially Scott’s auto-pilot-optimism."
-Lara Domke, A Younger Theatre