Ravers
Performed by Inspire Performing Arts
A rag tag group of self-described ‘neeks’ (nerds and geeks) gather at midnight in a local park, to hold a ‘dry rave’. (no intoxicants). Will they succeed in redefining ‘cool’? Or will the powers that be succeed in shutting down the neek revolution?
SHOW ADVISORIES:
14+ | Depiction of underage drinking | Moderate language | Themes of anxiety | References of the loss of a parent
YOU 2.0
Performed by Derby Youth Theatre
Strangers Martha and Isaac find themselves forced into playing YOU 2.0, a new therapy video game designed to help players access their better selves. As they tackle the levels in two player mode, the pair form an unlikely friendship behind the anonymity of their gaming avatars, but their impact on each other’s lives goes much deeper than the game.
SHOW ADVISORIES:
13+ | Discussion of mental health | Allusion to self-harm | Mild language | Discussion of bereavement | References to chronic illness
As Part Of…
Playwright
Danusia Samal
Danusia Samal is an actor, writer & jazz singer from London. In 2018 she won the
Theatre503 International Playwriting Award for ‘Out of Sorts’, which was later shortlisted
for the George Devine Award. Her Garage musical Bangers (in which Danusia also
stars) sold out at Soho Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe. Danusia is also a climate
campaigner, founding the Green Rider to cut film and TV pollution. Screen Writing Credits
include: Doing Good (ZDF); Virdee (BBC) Gangs of London S2 & 3 (Sky); Bodies (Netflix).
Theatre Writing Credits include: Saba’s Swim (NT Connections); Cinderella (Brixton
House); Bangers (Soho/Cardboard Citz/Paines Plough); The Keyworker Cycles (Almeida);
Out of Sorts (Theatre503); Busking It (Shoreditch Town Hall/HighTide).
Gary McNair
Gary McNair is a writer performer based in Glasgow.
He aims to make work that will challenge and entertain audiences in equal measure. His
work has been translated into several languages and been performed around the world
from America to Australia, from Germany to Japan, and from Portugal to Possilpark. He
is a mainstay of the Edinburgh Fringe where his last seven shows have sold out and he
has won the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award three times.
He is an Associate Artist at both the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and the Tron in
Glasgow. He loves telling stories and is delighted that people want to hear them.
Recent works include; Dear Billy (National Theatre of Scotland), Nae Expectations (The
Tron) Jekyll and Hyde (Reading Rep/The Lyceum) Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil
(The Lyceum), The Alchemist (The Tron), Square Go [co-authored by Kieran Hurley]
(Francesca Moody Productions/Paines Plough), McGonagall’s Chronicles (Oran Mor),
Locker Room Talk/Letters to Morrissey/Donald Robertson Is Not a Standup Comedian
(The Traverse) A Gambler’s Guide To Dying (Show and Tell/The Traverse).