gsa ba acting 2020 scratch festival
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GSA BA ACTING 2020 SCRATCH FESTIVAL
PROGRAMME
WELCOMECurator’s Note: Grainne Byrne‘Scratch’ is about sharing a brand new idea in front of an audience and so gathering feedback which then strengthens and shapes the project going forward.
Welcome to the first ever GSA BA Acting (Hons) Scratch Festival which, due to COVID-19, is being delivered entirely online. The Festival gives the 2020 graduating students the opportunity to work on their own material, either as solo artists or in virtual groups, and to develop exciting projects that could have a life beyond GSA. Here we present these early-stage excerpts of work which include the Spoken Word, play writing, short film and even an interactive web programme where you choose your own story option for a unique experience.
This is the final project for these students and perhaps some of these little acorns will put down their roots.
“Dreams are the seedlings of realities.” James Allen
Enjoy!
In this virtual programme you will find all the links needed to tune in during the Scratch Festival. For each showing time there will be a 20 minute allowance for latecomers, after which time the video will be made unavailable until its next showing. Live readings will start on time, latecomers can be admitted up to 5 minutes after the showing begins. After the festival closes, on Saturday 6th June all content will be rereleased at 10am and you can continue to use these links to rewatch the prerecorded content again and again!
The Scratch Festival is brought to you by the BA Acting Class of 2020. Get to know us here!
@GSABAActors2020 @gsabaactors2020
Created by Ashh Blackwood
Created by Lucy Alexander, Callum Anderson, Hannah Johnson, Oliver Turner and Olivia Chester
Created by Joe Chapman
A three part spoken word series exploring what it feels like from the speakers perspective to release old habits, people and a former version of one’s self.
Four Walls Part 1: HOUSE
SynchroniseZoomeralIn this short film, we follow the story of a man searching and reaching for inner peace, questioning what is reality, and what connects all of us. And all from the isolation of his home.
Putting the fun in funeral, join us for an absurd comedy to laugh away the pain! WARNING: This piece contains dark humour, drug use and sensitive themes.
1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pmTUNE IN HERE!
MONDAY 1ST JUNE
Created by Erin Maria Walther
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A Love Story tells the true tale of Marianne Walther, from her childhood in Nazi Germany to her elderly years in modern Manhattan. Join us for excerpts from this love letter to family, the power of women, and the beauty of a mother’s love.
A live reading over zoom performed by third year BA Acting students.
A Love StoryDungeons and DecisionsA choose your own adventure story set around a game of Dungeons and Dragons, where the choices you make have consequences in and out of the ‘game’. Heart-breaking drama, a surrealist comedy, or fantastical adventures, it all depends on the choices you make leading to one of 30+ endings.
1:30pmPLAY HERE!
WEDNESDAY 3RD JUNE
LOVE STORYA
June 3rd13:30, 16:30, 19:30
image by Charlie Mackesy
Martyn Baxter, Sean Hanratty, James Qualtrough, Ben Casey, Robert Sidar
AVAILABLE ALL DAY! TUNE IN HERE!7:30pm4:30pm
Created by Ashh Blackwood
The second instalment of a three part spoken word series exploring what it feels like from the speakers perspective to release old habits, people and a former version of one’s self.
Four Walls Part 2: BREEZE
1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pmTUNE IN HERE!
THURSDAY 4TH JUNE
Created by Rebecca Weiss
A light comedy about two close friends navigating the oddities and monotony of suburban England.
Dapdune Road
Created by Ruby Hoggarth
A recorded reading of a play detailing the secret lives of the women that built the Waterloo Bridge during the Second World War.
The Women of Waterloo Bridge
Created by Metamorphosis Theatre Company: Harry Ames, Shannon Bowden, Milo Mathews, Mariana Nunes, Jamie Patterson, Guilherme Pelote
A new Webflix Prime experiment delving into the depths of mood deterioration in solitary confinement. Could you trust yourself to be alone in the Empty Space?
Empty Space
Created by Jess Inchbald
Created by Megan Parry, Anna Francis and Teegan Hurley
Created by Ashh Blackwood
A true story based on a twenty-three year old woman’s life up until today. How much does she need to remember in order to move forward?
Jezebel Four Walls Part 3: LIGHT
Hinged
The final instalment of a three part spoken word series exploring what it feels like from the speakers perspective to release old habits, people and a former version of one’s self.
A dynamic and contemporary short film dreaming into the experiences of three women with mental health disorders. This abstract exploration questions the essence of the relationship we have with ourselves and our mental well-being.
1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pmTUNE IN HERE!
FRIDAY 5TH JUNE
With thanks to Grainne Byrne, Aiden Crawford,
Benjamin Furey and Claire Parker.
Guildford School of Acting Stag Hill Campus Guildford, Surrey
GU2 7XH, UK
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Sean McNamara - Head of GSA Trevor Rawlins - Head of Acting & Performance
Dominic Rouse - Programme Leader BA (Hons) Acting