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• Presenting,
  'The Sentence', 'The Boy With A Flame In this Soul', 'Making It Up', 'Black Waves' & 'Laughing Matters'

Presented by Michael Neri & Liam Holmes as part of the Nu' Pen Festival 2025

Book Tickets

Each show is just under 30 minutes long. There will be five showings this evening with a 10 minute break in between each showing.

Overview

The Sentence

by Fraser Brown

A man visits a graveyard to speak to an imaginary ghost named James. The man and James discuss their respective lives and what it means, to both of them, to have someone to talk to. The mans thoughts and fears play out and expose themselves through his dialogue with his imagined dead friend.

The Boy with a Flame in his Soul

by Jordan Eskeisa

“The one rule you should keep in mind before this story shall begin, My voice shall be the voice of two. The Narrator speaks. The Boy, he sings.” They say he might have lived amongst our ancestors, but disappeared into the forest on the south side of the village. They say he was sought after by kings and queens across the world, and that he could commune with Death itself. Some say his spirit still lives on in the forest – in The Shadow – to this day. Inspired by the Grimm brothers’ tale of Godfather Death, this is the story of the Boy with a flame in his soul.

Making it up

by Wyn Teasdale

Director – Zarshaa Ismail

Making It Up is a fun, fast-paced and interactive quest designed to get the audience on their feet and having a go. It has roots in fantasy and role-playing games and uses household objects to make the world. Throughout the show the audience builds blanket rivers and pillow mountains, they wear woolly hat helmets and hurl teddy bear projectiles, all in the hopes of defeating a great evil, The Joy Stealing Wizard.

Black Waves

by Paloma Hill

Hero is waiting in her room for the love of her life, Leander, to swim across from the other side of the sea. But outside the room a storm rages, and Leander can’t make the journey without fear for his life. Instead he sends her a letter. And as Hero decides what to reply, she remembers how they met, how she feels and all the other couples parted by the sea. Based on the myth in Ovid’s Heroides, ‘Black Waves’ contains all the impulsivity and strength of feeling that comes with first love.

Laughing Matters

by Alec Watson

Director – Gayane Kaligian

Laughing Matters is a piece that follows Chris, a standup comedian, and how he navigates his relationship with comedy and with his own material in the face of tragic circumstances. Combining a traditional piece of solo theatre with a standup set, the audience is invited to follow along on Chris’ journey as he works out how to find meaning in his material following a devastating loss.