ELEVATE SHORTS. images of a car with headlights on, an old sofa chair on top of a mountain, water pouring into a glass and 'the mad woman of Rosewarne' with two peacocks and ivy.

Elevate Festival: Elevate Shorts

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Exeter Northcott has once again commissioned four local playwrights to pen a collection of brand-new short plays, brought to life by a team of directors and actors from across the region. Elevate Shorts is an evening of new writing that puts South-West stories centre stage.

This year our writers were selected through our 2024 open script window. They have been invited to write in response to Theo Brown’s Devon Folklore Archive at Exeter University’s Special Collections.

BeanyBroadums by Michael Ramus, directed by Rachael Walsh
Dogging by Hattie Collins, directed by Helen Gilbert
Old Wives Tale by Charlie Coldfield, directed by Helen Gilbert
Mary Hartley and the Peacocks by Nash Colundalur, directed by Rachael Walsh

This performance will be a script in hand sharing. 


Elevate Festival

This event is part of Elevate Festival, a week-long celebration of new work from South-West artists.

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