Details of the entries for the Harold Jolliffe One Act Play Festival 2016 are as follows:

Thursday 14 April 2016

Lechlade Players

The Tempest

a drama by William Shakespeare

Miranda begs her father, Prospero, to calm the storm.

Prospero decides to tell Miranda her life story.

He calls on his spirit, Ariel to report on how his commands have been carried out...

30 minutes / no offensive content

Jackrill Theatre Company

(Ab)solution

a drama by Helen Ackrill

Three brothers go to confession, each admitting a sin against the same woman.

Michael, the eldest, is a family man and a secret sex addict; the middle brother, Alec, is a mummy’s boy confused about his sexuality; the youngest, Ryan, is a rebel who has anger issues and a drug dependency.

Michael and Ryan add fuel to existing sibling rivalry when Alec introduces the free-spirited Fiona as his girlfriend, with dire consequences.

Secrets are revealed and family loyalty is tested in this drama about lust, religious guilt and deceit.

50 minutes / language: strong, frequent

Further Information

Please see the Jackrill Theatre Company Facebook page (www.facebook.com/jackrillproductions/?fref=ts).

Athenaeum Limelight Players

Loose Threads

a drama by Marc Cox

Set in the present day, the play looks at what makes us and what breaks us, in a world that may not always be what it seems.

Is there a moment that defines us, or are we made up of many threads that reveal the tapestry of our life?

What would you change?

30 minutes / language: mild, infrequent

Further Information

Please see the Athenaeum Limelight Players Facebook page (www.facebook.com/TheAthenaeumLimelightPlayers/?fref=ts).

Friday 15 April 2016

Pewsey Vale Amateur Dramatics Youth Society

The Laundry Room

a drama by Nettie Brown

The Laundry Room is a dramatisation based around true facts and figures taken from censuses from 1841-1911 from the Pewsey Union Workhouse, the Masters Journal from 1919-1920, reports in the Marlborough Times from 1904-1911 by the Pewsey Board of Guardians.

50 minutes / no offensive content

Further Information

Please see the PVADYS Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PVADS/?fref=ts).

Lechlade Players

The Proposal

a farce by Anton Chekhov

Two landowners, one errant daughter.

And they haven’t even discussed property or dogs yet.

What could possibly go wrong?

30 minutes / no offensive content

RWB Productions

So What Would You Do?

a drama by Derek Clifford

An unexpected rain storm leads to a series of events that leaves a wife and mother with an impossible decision to make. She is isolated, not knowing all the facts, will she stick to her story or tell the truth? What would you do?

45 minutes / language: strong, infrequent

Further Information

Please see the RWB Productions Facebook page (www.facebook.com/RWBProductions-261110564049960/?fref=ts).

Saturday 16 April 2016

Pewsey Vale Amateur Dramatics Society

Watching the Magpies

a drama by Les Clarke

Dottie, although not a qualified carer looks after her friend Rose.

They live together in a home which has recently been sold for redevelopment and they’ve been told they have to move out.

Rose’s illness is becoming worse and the council are having difficulties in rehousing them.

Further Information

Please see the PVADS Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PVADS/?fref=ts).

Quirky Bird Theatre

Tusk, Tusk

a drama by Polly Stenham

Three children, Eliot, Maggie and Finn are alone in a new flat, surrounded by boxes.

Their mother has gone missing, not for the first time.

50 minutes / language: strong, infrequent

Further Information

Please see the Quirky Bird Theatre Facebook page (www.facebook.com/quirkybirdtheatre/?fref=ts).