A showcase of rising talent from The REP’s Grass Routes writing programme for 18 – 30 year olds.

Each evening will feature script-in-hand performances of extracts of work developed by the cream of young writing talent in Birmingham. All evenings are ‘Pay What You Can’!

Programme

31 March
Flashdance
Developed by Birmingham School of Acting first and second year community and applied Theatre/Dance Theatre students, directed by Hannah Phillips.

A number of exciting physical and vocal performance pieces designed to whet your appetite before other pieces in our Cuttings programme

Winter Moon by Lee Surridge
A young couple are journey-bound in the spirit realm only to have their true love tested to the limit.

Growing Up by Shaun Welch
To find growth, it must be found within.

1 April
Sorry Is The Hardest Word by Adrian Spence
A desperate man takes a police officer hostage and demands justice in return.

Clubland by Justin Cliffe
“This mess, this thick sick that covers the streets…” The sinners are on a night out, the conclusion is in: burn the clubs to the ground.

The Colour Of Love by Cora Greenwood
Monica is a black British woman who wants to start a family; Nero is a Jamaican escaping poverty and Regina is a woman with strong views on her daughter marrying a ‘yardie’.

7 April
Forgotten by David Martin
Amnesiac Joe tries to discover who he really is with the help of his new friend Martin, who can’t form any new memories after an accident.

Stranger In The Park by Damien Morgan
Justin’s journey through spoken word as he seeks the truth, which lies closer to home than he could have possibly imagined.

But For One Day by David Poole
Based on a true story; a Parliamentarian clergyman in the English Civil war finds himself threatened for his beliefs during a Royal visit to his village.

9 April
In Between The Music by Farrah Chaudhry
June 25 2009, Michael Jackson is dead – people from around the globe are indirectly affected by this news. How will their stories end?

Core by Ryan Baxter
Peter considers himself a virtuous man: a struggling, unpublished journalist because of it. His unremitting pursuit for fulfilment through truth, reveals a hidden cynicism and sparks a nightmarish fight for survival.

The Crown by Nathan Alleyne
True righteousness comes at a price. The Crown follows the life of Anaias, fatherless and oppressed by the system, who finds himself with a deadly choice to make.

ID-79 by Daniel Wilson
A one man performance which takes Benjamin Reid on a journey into self discovery of mixed racial identity. The 79 bus route links Benjamin between two contrasting worlds. But what hapens when these worlds clash and Benjamin is forced to choose between them? Which side will he choose? Or will the outside world choose for him?