YEP Writers' Scratch Showcase 2023
Fri 15 Sep to Sat 16 Sep 2023
EVERYMAN, EV1
£5
A short, sharp, shock of a showcase featuring the best of Liverpool’s new talent. 7 writers, 2 directors, 4 actors and 1 day of rehearsal, this will be a whirlwind scratch of exciting new work from this year’s YEP Writers.
A Remedy for Indescribable Violence
By Sammy Ali
A medical student waits with a patient under anaesthesia for the next step in a brain surgery.
Trigger Warning: Strong language, descriptions of surgery and gore, fatphobic language
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Beneath the Branches
By Claire Beerjeraz
A young woman reflects on her father’s immigration and the impacts it has had on her own trajectory in life.
Trigger Warning: Racialised strong language (one instance)
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Chonged
By Maisy Gordon
Two friends use their stoner thoughts to ponder the human condition.
Trigger Warning: Strong language, drug use.
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The Gallerist
By Lex Bettany
A university dropout misses her old life and spends her evening drinking at the student’s union bar.
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Kitchen Conversations
By Roz Murtagh
A jar. A garden. An eviction and an old friend.
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Take The Next Left
By Sinead Taylor
A taxi driver collects more than a fare.
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Wait At The Stage Door
By Tasha Dowd
Post show, a performer meets an old friend in their dressing room.
Trigger Warning: mention of suicide.
Cast
Alina Burwitz
Actor
Amber Buttery
Director
Trev Fleming
Actor
Jason Kelly
Actor
Princess Khumalo
Actor
Isaac Nixon
Director
Company
Written by Sammy Ali, Claire Beerjeraz, Maisy Gordon, Lex Bettany, Roz Murtagh, Sinead Taylor & Tasha Dowd
Directed by Amber Buttery & Isaac Nixon