Pint, Plate, Performance!

I'm delighted to announce the latest Lucky Dogs adventure: Pint, Plate, Performance!

Sophie Talbot has produced this fantastic evening of theatre, music and food at the Central Station in King's Cross- a unique venue for a unique evening.

Lucky Dogs Craig Jordon-Baker and Sally Beaumont have written two short plays, starring Sophie Talbot, Sally Beaumont, Helen Jessica Liggat and Mat Betteridge. The evening will be rounded off by the Northern Celts.

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http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=87774
(you’ll find links to our performers profiles here)

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The blurb:

Pint, Plate, Performance

Tuesday 29th September, 7.30pm
The Central Station, King’s Cross, N1 9SD.

This monthly event brings together great new theatre, performance, music, beer and food into a cultural stew that will satisfy the stomach, eyes, ears and brain.A pint, a plate and three performances all for just £7!

This is a chance to see brand new short plays written by some of the UK's best new writers: the Lucky Dogs Collective. The Dogs were formed via the Royal Court's Young Writers' Programme and support each other to further develop their writing.

The on-the-door ticket price of £7 covers three performances, a feast of either carnivorous speciality or vegan delight and a pint of guesting real ale.

Sophie Talbot will be on stage in the first short play by Craig Jordan-Baker, playing a woman with three roles, trying to reconcile them all.

The second short play is written and performed by Sally Beaumont, up and coming coordinator of the Lucky Dogs and is a snappy, scrappy look at narcissism and self-help. It also features Helen Jessica Liggat and Mat Betteridge tearing each other to pieces…emotionally speaking.

The evening will be rounded off by a fantastic rootsy folk set from local band the Northern Celts.

What We're All Upto...

After a break from our regular meetings, we're back and we're busy!

Huge congratulations go to our co-founder Kevin Kautzman:
For an application including Then Waves he has been named a 2009-10 Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis.
Then Waves has also been named a finalist for this year’s Yale Drama Series. Judging this year’s contest is Sir David Hare.
Then Waves has also been named a semi-finalist for Id Theater’s Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.
Kevin's website http://www.kevinkautzman.com/

Gem Carmella has been on our screens three times in quick succession with roles in The Bill, Holby City and Silent Witness.

Edward Llewlyn is off on a national tour. http://www.edwardllewelyn.co.uk/

Tim Macavoy has been writing Finlay Finds Himself for FYI Radio.
Tim's site http://timacavoy.googlepages.com/

Claude Starling has a reading of Under the L of Hollywood at the Tristam Bates Theatre on the 9th April.

Remote Goat Review and Photos

"6 Inspiring new short plays" by Lisa Williams for remotegoat

(photos by Sally Beaumont)

No, '666' wasn't a satanic theatrical gathering, but rather 6 new short plays, directed by 6 different directors and performed by 6 actors as a script-in-hand performance at the Tristan Bates Theatre. The Lucky Dogs, a playwrights' collective based in London is doing a sterling job of creating and developing new performance work.

Whenever you get the chance to see new work, especially staged readings, I strongly encourage that you check it out. So quickly in today's society do we dismiss things that do not satisfy us immediately, expecting and wanting immediate gratification. The beauty of seeing new work, in this case staged readings, is that it is in progress. It isn't claiming to be a perfect polished production. It's a chance for the writers to see their words come to life on stage, some for the first time, for actors to work with original scripts and for directors to see who is up and coming on the writer's circuit. And for audience members, it's an opportunity to be a part of the process of a play you may very well see staged professionally in the future.


The strongest scripts of the six were 'Black Dog Day' by Sharon Kanolik and 'The Other Side of Everything' by Sally Beaumont, both exploring themes of identity - how people really feel about themselves despite what they project to the world and leaving the audience with something to think about after the lights fade down. I found some of the other scripts to be a bit challenging as an audience member - it was great to see writers playing with variations of story structure, but this sometimes led to a lack of clarity in the story itself. There is often just as much strength in simplicity and well-crafted characters, which script in hand performances such as these can greatly assist writers to achieve. Of the performers of the evening, Kate Walsh was the stand out - convincing and engaging in both roles.

Overall, an inspiring evening of new talent and an artistic collective with a great deal of talent. For more info about The Lucky Dogs, visit www.theluckydogs.net .