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# PREVIEW: Short Play Festival 2017
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/preview-short-play-festival-2017-2/
- Published: 2017-07-17T07:51:41.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-17T07:51:41.000Z
- Description: New Venture Theatre’s Short Play Festival runs from Friday July 21 to Saturday, July 29, 2017. Six new writers have been selected to each produce a 15-20 minute long play. They are Michelle Donkin, Sarah Charsley, Amy Onyett, Charly Sommers, Sam Chittenden and Nick Richards.
- Author: Besi
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## A selection of new writing over six new and diverse plays

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**New Venture Theatre’s** *Short Play Festival* runs from Friday July 21 to Saturday, July 29, 2017.

Six new writers have been selected to each produce a 15-20 minute long play. They are **Michelle Donkin**, **Sarah Charsley**, **Amy Onyett**, **Charly Sommers**, **Sam Chittenden** and **Nick Richards**.

They were all guided through an editorial process by two experienced and professional writers.

The plays are now in the hands of six selected new directors; **Erica Fletcher**, **Sabrina Giles**, **James Macauley**, **Jeremy Crow**, **Emmie Spencer** and **Tom Slater-Hyndman**.

All the writers, directors and their mentors have strong connections with the New Venture Theatre in Brighton.

**The Plays are:**

*♦ Impact Statement* by **Michelle Donkin –** Directed by **Erica Fletcher**

*♦ Moving Slowly* by **Sam Chittenden –** Directed by **Emmie Spencer**

*♦ Sorry* by **Amy Onyett –** Directed by **Sabrina Giles**

*♦ The Doppelganger* by **Nicholas Richards** Directed by **Tom Slater-Hyndman**

*♦ The Swing* by **Charly Sommers –** Directed by **James Macauley**

*♦ You’ll Do* by **Sarah Charsley –** Directed by **Jeremy Crow**

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Event: Short Play Festival

Where: New Venture Theatre, Bedford Pl, Hove, Brighton BN1 2PT

When: Friday July 21 to Saturday, July 29, 2017,

Time: Evening performances, 7.45 pm: Matinee: Sunday July 23 at 2.30pm. No performance on Monday.

Tickets: £9 (£8 opening night/£10 closing weekend)

**To book tickets online, [click here:](http://www.newventure.org.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

Or telephone Box Office on **01273 746118**