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Tonight’s Programme of Plays from Almost Random Theatre! www.almostrandomtheatre.co.uk 8.15 First play outside (weather permitting) and second inside (upstairs) The Lady and ‘The Tyger’ or William Blake’s ‘How I Met Your Mother’ by Trace Crawford About the play: The Lady and 'The Tyger' or William Blake's 'How I Met Your Mother'” shows us how our first impressions of people can be mistaken and that taking the risk to fall in love is worth it, despite the mixed emotions it can generate. A man is sitting quietly reading poetry when he is accosted by a very unusual woman. Somewhere between her screaming about not wanting to be touched and him describing the meaning hiding within a William Blake poem, they manage to make a strong interpersonal connection. Exploring themes of our illusionistic first impressions and the duality of our emotional reaction to the new, “How I Met Your Mother” is evidence that love can spring up from even the most bizarre of encounters TRACE CRAWFORD’s plays have been produced in theatres throughout the United States as well as the UK, Australia, India, South Korea, and Luxembourg. A theatre educator for the past 16 years, he has also organized a quarterly state-wide improvisational comedy competition for high school students since 1999. He lives with his beautiful wife and son in Ohio. www.tracecrawford.com. Actors: Woman: Olivia Frazer Man: Tristan Robinson About ART Almost Random Theatre is a local theatre started by Chris Sivewright. It receives no government funding, hand-outs, legacies etc. It survives owing to the generosity of the actors/Directors with their time, limited savings from the founder and, of course, ticket sales. Sometimes shows – such as tonight – are for free. Longer plays (such as on Friday and Saturday this week) are ticket only. The Intricate Workings of a Sherbert Lemon by Dr. Stuart Lee About the play: A clever play that misdirects – or does it? – the audience as to where the real threat in the railway carriage is coming from…. About the author: My theatrical writing career includes: ‘Quiz Night at the Britannia’ (OxFRINGE 2011 and currently running at the COPA Bar every Thursday throughout the summer of 2012); ‘Dev’s Army’ (Winner Galway Theatre Festival New Writing, 2010; winner ‘Forever Manchester Award’ 2011; Winner ‘Buxton New Writing Award 2011′; Elysion Productions – Manchester, Buxton Fringe, Preston Fringe 2011; Salford, Oxford, London, Manchester, Liverpool 2012) ['Dev's Army' is available as a Kindle Ebook] ‘The Ghosts May Laugh’ (produced December 2003 Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford; August 2004 Greyfriars Kirkhouse, Edinburgh); ‘The Attic’ winner of the 2007 Oxford Writers/Oxford Playhouse New Writing Competition (produced September 2007 Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford); ‘Never Tell Them’ winner of the 2008 Oxford Writers/Oxford Playhouse New Writing Competition 2008 (produced September 2008 Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford; Oxford Fringe Festival, 24-27th March 2010). Actors: Woman 1: Olivia Frazer Woman 2: Emily East (See: http://www.almostrandomtheatre.co.uk/showcase/emily-east/) Man: Kyran Pritchard These plays are being put on for FREE – please come! Tonight’s Programme of Plays from Almost Random Theatre! www.almostrandomtheatre.co.uk Twins by Stuart Crafton Winner of the 2012 Scriptwriting Competition organized by Pint Sized plays About the Playwright: Stuart Crafton lives in Colorado, USA. His entry 'Twins' won both the 2012 Best Script category - as voted for by the audience - as well as the award for Best Performance. He says of the competition and the Script Slam: "I traveled 4519 miles to be part of Pint Sized Plays and it was worth every mile to be there!" (I looked up the mileage.)" About the play: Casey is shy, so is Amanda, but they both have twins who are just the opposite. And you know what opposites do... The Winning Script in the 2012 Pint-sized Plays competition. (www.pintsizedplays.org.uk) Male: Dan Abrams Lydia: Daria/Emily Amanda: Olivia Frazer About ART Almost Random Theatre is a local theatre started by Chris Sivewright. It receives no government funding, hand-outs, legacies etc. It survives owing to the generosity of the actors/Directors with their time, limited savings from the founder and, of course, ticket sales. Sometimes shows – such as tonight – are for free. Longer plays (such as on Friday and Saturday this week) are ticket only. Insex by Jeffrey Neuman About the playwright: Jeffrey Neuman's work has appeared at theaters and festivals across the United States and United Kingdom. His plays have been recognized by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Emerging Artists Theatre Company, the New York Innovative Theatre Awards, and the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival, among others. He was a finalist for the 2012 Heideman Award and recently published Modern Goddesses: Two Short Plays of Mythic Proportions with JAC Publishing & Promotions. In 2000, Jeffrey was commissioned by the Denver Center’s acclaimed Wilbur J. Gould Voice Research Center to develop and direct Paul Revere: The Voice Heard ‘Round the World, an outreach program designed to teach children about vocal health. The piece was performed in a number of elementary schools in and around the Denver metro area, reaching over 40,000 students. As a director and dramaturg, Jeffrey has worked for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He has presented professional papers for the Association for Theater in Higher Education, the American Alliance of Theatre Education, and the American Music Research Center. In 2009, his original research was acknowledged in the book Kander and Ebb, an installment in the Yale University Press Broadway Masters series. http://www.theaterbyjeff.com/ About the play: Two praying mantises (or mantodea, if you want to get technical) enjoy a post-coital moment before tensions arise. Actors: Claire: A female praying mantis: Laura Boone Brad: A male praying mantis: Dan Abrams