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  Performance Preparation Academy

Book Tickets

Overview

Step into the cutting room of creativity. Fringe Cuts is a dynamic platform showcasing fresh, fearless writing in development – refined, reshaped and ready to spark conversation.
Discover emerging voices. Experience new works-in-progress like never before. See the edit, feel the evolution.

Not just reading. Not just drafts. This is writing – sharpened.
Created, developed, written and performed by the 2026 graduates from the Acting for Stage and Screen course at the Performance Preparation Academy.

 

Parrot Song

Parrot song documents two musician’s on a journey to explore love, side by side. They find themselves alone, together. The only thing separating them? They’re a century apart.

Written by Katie Poole
Composed by Paterson Brown & Joe Edwards
Directed by Emily Bolton
Movement by Liv Russell

JULIAN played by Joe Edwards
ROBIN played by Kacey Lowe
GEORGE played by Liv Russell
ROMY played by Paterson Brown
OPHELIA played by Katie Poole
HENRIETTE played by Emily Bolton
Frozen In Place

Co-written by Sara Álvarez-Fernández and Lee Hillier, Frozen in Place explores the harshest aspects of loneliness and exclusion. Set in an art classroom, new student Mickey befriends a group that feels like family, but the looming presence of a Detective asks whether all is truly as it seems…

This performance is a 25 minute cut of a full length play, directed by Lee Hillier. The cast is comprised of recent PPA graduates: Sara Álvarez-Fernández, Andreia Alves, Benáta Baricz-Hughes, Jodie Davidson, Leon Hoyle, Kacey Lowe, and Lydia Moody.

 

Flowers by the side of the Road

Rebecca Caslake’s ‘flowers by the side of the road’ charmingly weaves poetry and movement, placing nature as the observer. Exploring themes of grief, connection and time although disruptive, completely inevitable. Directed by Elliot Holt and Jasmine Ruffle, with story-driven and imaginative movement by Liv Russell.

 

H3LP M3

When a normal day in the office turns into a crime investigation, how will these six minimum wage call centre workers band together to help their mystery caller?

Written by Alicia Jane Berridge & Tyler Storm Berridge
Directed by Tyler Storm Berridge & Jessica Mayne
Technical designer – Anissa Hamidi

HANNAH played by Tyler Storm Berridge
CHLOE played by Jessica Mayne
MEL played by Elise Hardwick
BELLA played by Lucy Victoria
FRANKIE played by Alicia Jane Berridge
JENNA played by Madeline Conquer

WAAY TOO MUCH VINO
Whether it’s a chuckle, a giggle, a fart, or a queef we want to hear you! The Unlucky3; founded by Rebecca Caslake, Liv Russell and Elliot Holt invite you to hang up your brains, take a seat, and experience wacky comedy at its finest. A fast-paced comedy show with something for everyone!