Unearthed Festival
Scratch Nights
Unearthed Festival
Scratch Nights
Watch North East based artists and companies present fresh ideas and showcase projects in development. A scratch night is an opportunity for artists to take risks, have fun, and experiment with fellow creatives in front of a Live Theatre audience, hungry for exciting new theatre!
Scratch One – Sat 24 May
Georgian Shore
Writers/performers – Chess Tomlinson, Lauren Hurwood, Sian Armstrong, Sam Bell, Olivia Hirst
Director – Emma Roxburgh
Who runs the world? Men! It’s Georgian England and Beyoncé would not be happy. But hello girls, why let the tiny things like thousands of years of ingrained misogyny, societal shackles, and the long arm of the law get in the way of living your best life? Five fleabags (with actual fleas) share real Geordie tales of Georgian triumph with contemporary comedy relevance…and absolute actual factual-ish accuracy. Well-behaved women seldom make history. Pah! It’s the 1770’s, no women made history! A dark comedy about resilience and overcoming a shitload of adversity. What happens when well-behaved women aren't?
What Adult Am I?
An experimental blend of script and dance by Alicia Meehan, Lucie Harries and Rebecca Glendenning
The Understudy
An exciting new script by Chess Tomlinson
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Scratch Two – Sat 31 May
The Last Wave
A life affirming new musical by Rosie Bowden and Maya Torres
In Newcastle, a queer community choir meet, eat biscuits and belt ABBA songs. A safe space amidst the chaos of the big bad world. But when this calm is shaken up, should they stay quiet to stay safe?
Meat Your Heroes by Jake Wilson Craw
Grief can get weird when the past refuses to stay buried
Cabaret At The End Of The World by Laurie Waugh
The world is ending, and Lil sees no better time to face her fears. Sometimes the bravest act is to strip down and bare all.
Ctrl-Alt-Dlt by Miles Kinsley
How long can a connection last when only one of you is choosing? And what if the person you’re falling for never had a choice?
New Show by Kema Kay
Spoken Word piece written and performed by Earl Charlton
Creatives
Rosie Bowden - The Last Wave
Rosie Bowden is a director, producer and facilitator based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. As director, her credits include Gerry and Sewell by Jamie Eastlake (Associate - Newcastle Theatre Royal), Soapbox Racer by Ben Schwarz (Alphabetti Theatre) and Head Girl (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Rosie has begun producing Rosy Cheek cabaret events such as Lasses and New Folk on the block and produces The Girls, Theys and Slays choir.
Maya Torres - The Last Wave
Maya Torres is a performer and facilitator based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Her credits include How to be a Person (BAFTA Award Winning short film for Channel 4), Blue Jean (People's Choice Award winner at Venice Film Festival), The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Laura Lindow (Northern Stage) and Raven by Danielle Burn (Alphabetti Theatre). Maya leads the Girls, Theys and Slays choir.
