Embarrassment of riches as money plays unveiled
Corruption, poverty and the dark truth behind a glamorous celebrity lifestyle are some of the stories to be seen at Scarborough Library on Saturday November 17.
Spend some time in a world where Money Talks with nine short new play-readings.
Written by local up-andcoming writers and developed through Beach Hut Theatre Company’s fortnightly Script Hut writing workshops under Alison Watt, the rehearsed script-in-hand readings can be seen for free in Scarborough Library’s Arts Room between 11am and 2pm.
Co-Artistic Director at Beach Hut Theatre Company, Alison Watt said, “As part of Scarborough Library’s Talk Money Week, we have nine new short play-readings inspired by the theme of money.
“These locally-written, madcap comedies and gripping dramas concern loan companies, celebrity golfers, war zones, love and the daily grind of getting by. You can also meet some cheerily talkative tender itself.”
Each play will have its own starting time and will be performed only once. Starting times are:
11am : Alexa, Stop by Elaine Brookes
11.20am: ThePriceofEducation by David A. Banks
11.40am SyrianCrossings by Stuart Larner
Noon: The Last Haunting by Al Cross
12.20pm: Blood Money by Jo Reed
12.40pm: Money Talks by Dean Noon
1pm: Birdie in a Gilded Cage by Sue Wilkinson
1.20 pm: A Modest Proposal by Anna Nockles
1.40pm: Money Talks by David Brown
Money Talks is part of Talk Money Week at Scarborough Library and Customer Services Centre.
Talk Money Week (formerly Financial Capability Week) is the annual celebration of the work thousands of organisations are doing to improve money management across the UK. It is an annual event organised as part of the Financial Capability Strategy for the UK and aims to get more people talking about money.
Money Talks has been conceived and produced by writer/director Alison Watt and composer John Pattison, artistic directors of Beach Hut Theatre.