Presenting five exciting new 30 minute plays Tues – Fri at the CCA

13 - 16 May
The Black Water
by Martin Brocklebank

In the long, hot summer of 1976, Karen Field disappeared from her home. Twenty one years later her husband was arrested for her murder. 'The Black Water' is a fantasy about the last night of Karen's life.

Martin is a TV scriptwriter, currently on the writing team of BBC One Scotland’s flagship soap 'River City'. He's also written for the BBC drama 'Doctors' and the Channel 4 new writing strand 'Coming Up'. His first play 'Those Below' was staged by Paines Plough in 1999.

20 - 23 May
Takes A Trip
by Karen Barclay

Don Morrison is a pensioner. He falls and is admitted to hospital. He thinks the system is trying to kill him, but he's afraid to go home. Isa is a nurse. She wants to help him, but he might disagree with her methods.

Karen won the Playwrights' Studio Scotland's Ignite competition in 2006. She's worked extensively in Scottish Theatre.

27 - 30 May
The Unspoken Etiquette of Queues
by Martin McNaughton

Chris likes to queue as long as the person in front of him knows the etiquette - unfortunately not everyone does - in this tale of life, love and lines.

Martin is an actor and director who has written a variety of plays from 'Stourie Annie : A Scots Cinderella' to 'A Scottish Play' his re-imagining of Macbeth set in the Scottish Parliament, as well as writing for Naked Radio and Weekending.

3 - 6 June
Scenes From Room 44
by Cormac Quinn

Rita and James and a corkscrew are in Room 44. Their love life spins between love, murder and a good bottle of wine. Three possibilities, quantum physics and most importantly; a corkscrew, in a tale of love in the space/ time continuum.

Cormac is a writer. His play 'Still' was performed at the New Writing, New Worlds Festival in 2007.

10-13 June
Forgetting Sebastian
by Kenny McKenna

Gillian returns home to find her husband reading a newspaper and a man locked in a chest in the living-room. Forgetting Sebastian is about truth and fantasy, trust and suspicion and the importance of getting your story straight.

Kenny is a new writer. His first play 'Memoria' was given a reading at the CCA in December last year, organized by the Playwrights' Studio Scotland and the RSAMD. Kenny is an actor who has worked extensively in Scottish theatre with companies including The Royal Lyceum and Raindog, and in radio and T.V.

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