Core Cuts presents the best new plays from the brightest new talents of Soho Young Writers Core Group.

8th December 2008 7pm
Lighthouse Number 3
Shireen Mula

When 15 year old Adrian goes blind things start to change in the family. Mum goes back to work, Dad stays at home and Sam begins to plays truant. Best friend Fiona is keeping quiet. As things progress the dark unpleasant truth begins to be revealed. Unconventionally told, this play examines the ways we cloak unpalatable reality, and the methods we use to cope with trauma.


15th December 2008 7pm
England’s Dreaming
Natalie Mitchell

1977. Three lads from South East London discover punk and politics as Britain slides into mass unemployment and recession –cracks in the friendships soon appear though as Thatcher sweeps to power and punk goes corporate. 2008. When the boys meet up again the world has changed, but the problems remain the same.
 

16th December 2008 7pm
Moon River
Seiriol Davies

In a nursing home, Glad, Sandy, Ron and their friends welcome a new resident, Frank. Though they are old and sometimes senile, though they may often slip into their own private worlds, these characters are not bereft of humour, strong emotion and memories. In their modest way they provide comfort for each other, balm for the wounds suffered in life’s battles.