Bare E-ssentials 24 June 2020

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Encompass Productions presents BARE E-SSENTIALS, the acclaimed online edition of London’s best-reviewed new writing night, returning due to popular demand! Featuring short plays from established and emerging playwrights across a variety of genres, get ready for an incredible hour of bare-bones theatre as each piece is performed live and beamed straight into your homes and devices. The plays submitted from around the world include:
Every Seven Minutes by Ken Preuss
Spread by Robbie Knox
Spud by Robert Wallis
Like A House On Fire by Keith Gow
Reviews:
‘Bare E-ssentials breaks the mould. Impressive.’ A Younger Theatre
‘Amazing. A clear demonstration that theatre is never at a standstill and can thrive.’ The Upcoming
‘Encompass have lit a creative spark with Bare E-ssentials.’ ★★★★ Theatre Weekly (May 2020 edition review)
★★★★★ Time Out ★★★★★ West End Wilma ★★★★★ LondonTheatre1 ★★★★★ Grumpy Gay Critic ★★★★★ London Unattached ★★★★ Everything Theatre ★★★★ Theatre Bubble ★★★★ Carn’s Theatre Passion ★★★★ Female Arts ★★★★ London Pub Theatres ★★★★ Pursued by Bears
**Recommended by Time Out, British Theatre, Empty Pocket Guide, Theatre Bubble and London Pub Theatres**
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CAST LIST & BIOGRAPHIES:
Encompass Productions presents
BARE E-SSENTIALS
June 24, 2020
Hosted by Liam Fleming
Produced by Liam Fleming, Rachael Owens & Jonathan Woodhouse
Assistant Producer: Ekaterina Kuchmina
Every Seven Minutes by Ken Preuss
Performed by Ryan Brannon and Cate Olivia
Stage Manager: Hayley-Jo Murphy
Directed by Jonathan Woodhouse
Ken Preuss is a writer and performer who became a teacher to guarantee himself an audience 5 days a week. His 14 published one-acts for teens include Shuffling, Juliet’s Ghost, Alienated, and Campsite Chaos. His short plays, Binged There-Done That, Every Seven Minutes, A Dave with Destiny, and others are produced in festivals worldwide. Although productions of his scripts have reached Australia, Canada, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, and 48 of the 50 States, Ken can usually be found rooted near Orlando, Florida with his wife, sons, and a few too many pets.
Spread by Robbie Knox
Performed by Gabrielle Macpherson and Robert Gallagher
Directed by Rachael Owens & Liam Fleming
Robbie Knox is a writer, director, producer, podcaster and YouTuber from Kent. After spending seven years on the production team of Sky Sports’ award-winning sports entertainment show Soccer AM, Robbie left in 2007 to form Channelbee, a groundbreaking internet TV channel. In 2009 he founded the video production company Dry Lunch Productions, which he still runs to this day. Robbie has over 80,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, and co-presents the podcasts Football Legends, Cooped Up and Jaackmaate’s Happy Hour. Spread is his first play.
Spud by Robert Wallis
Performed by Liz McMullen and Richard Coffey
Directed by Rachael Owens
Rob is a graduate of the London Film School with untold short film credits to his name, some of which he’ll even admit to. His first play, This is Not A Christmas Play was produced in the West End by Encompass back in 2014 and was well-received, The Stage describing it as “genuinely oddball” and “impressive” whilst also ranking no. 5 in British Airways’ Top 9 London Shows. He has contributed to upcoming TV series ’The Myth of Control’.
Like A House On Fire by Keith Gow
Performed by Rachel Nott
Directed by Liam Fleming
Keith is a playwright, screenwriter, director and theatre critic. He is the co-creator of the TV series, Sonnigsburg (C31 Melbourne/YouTube), and the writer of the acclaimed Fringe festival favourite, Who Are You Supposed To Be, which has been performed in Edinburgh, London, Melbourne, Adelaide and Albury. His short plays have been produced across Australia, South East Asia, London and New York. His personal blog is home to much of his theatre criticism, but his work has also been published at AussieTheatre.com, Beat, The Music and Witness Performance. His essay “Dancing Through Life: Fiyero in Wicked” was published as part of a collection, If I Only Had a Brain: Scarecrows in Film & Television, in 2018.
ABOUT ENCOMPASS PRODUCTIONS:
Encompass Productions are a London-based company in their tenth anniversary year, making bold and visually arresting new theatre since 2010. Through collaborative processes they explore the psychological and emotional, drawing from cinematic influences to tell stories through heightened reality and stunning minimalism. Their mission: to challenge, move and entertain.
Encompass have a passion for genre, with acclaimed plays exploring noir (Chummy), sci-fi (Stasis), comedy (This is Not a Christmas Play; Life in a Sketchbook;) neuroscience (What It Feels Like) and World War III (Who is Moloch?). They also produce London’s best-reviewed new writing night Bare Essentials, sell-out ‘micro-theatre’ events staging new work by established and emerging theatremakers.
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