‘Set in the near future where the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been completely locked off, two people from either side will meet by chance, and discover what life is like across the border, and also learn how divided their two countries have become.’

Written by Philip Catherwood.

Performed by Wallis Hamilton Felton and Robbie Martin

Directed by Sepy Baghaei.

This reading is free to attend and is happening live on zoom. Booking required.

What is ScriptSpace?
It’s a script development service delivered by the Space which culminates in ‘prepared readings’ of brand new plays followed by an informal feedback session and networking opportunity.

What’s it for?
To help playwrights develop ‘early draft’ work, giving them an opportunity to hear the work read aloud, see it on its feet and receive thoughts and ideas from the audience, director and actors.

Who is it for?
Anyone interested in new writing, producers, directors and actors looking for plays to work on, those interested in the creative process and/or meeting creative people.

‘In 1959, Otto Skorzeny purchased Martinstown House in Kildare. Due to his past as Hitler’s favourite commando, this set off a flurry of national and international press interest, and attracted the attention of the British and Irish governments. As both governments work to find out his interests, Marian, his secretary and a local girl, becomes embroiled in their efforts – in a way that will change the course of her whole life.’

Written by Maev Mac Coille.

Performed by Wallis Hamilton Felton, Christina McGrath, Colm Gleeson, Jack Forsyth-Noble, Nina Fog and Richard Stemp.

Directed by Charlotte Everest.

This reading is free to attend and is happening live on zoom. Booking required.

What is ScriptSpace?
It’s a script development service delivered by the Space which culminates in ‘prepared readings’ of brand new plays followed by an informal feedback session and networking opportunity.

What’s it for?
To help playwrights develop ‘early draft’ work, giving them an opportunity to hear the work read aloud, see it on its feet and receive thoughts and ideas from the audience, director and actors.

Who is it for?
Anyone interested in new writing, producers, directors and actors looking for plays to work on, those interested in the creative process and/or meeting creative people.

Tuesday 2nd Feb, 7pm
Rúin by Wallis Hamilton Felton

‘Louisa returns home from America for the first time in 5 years. Warped by a secret and steering her relationship with her Mother and Grandmother, she discovers that some secrets are better kept hidden. A play about matriarchy and how far we go to protect the ones we love.’

Performed by Sorcha Bannon, Sinéad Clancy, Brendan Fleming, Jonathan Hawkins, Deirdra Morris.

Directed by Sepy Baghaei.

This reading is free to attend and is happening live on zoom. Booking required.

What is ScriptSpace?
It’s a script development service delivered by the Space which culminates in ‘prepared readings’ of brand new plays followed by an informal feedback session and networking opportunity.

What’s it for?
To help playwrights develop ‘early draft’ work, giving them an opportunity to hear the work read aloud, see it on its feet and receive thoughts and ideas from the audience, director and actors.

Who is it for?
Anyone interested in new writing, producers, directors and actors looking for plays to work on, those interested in the creative process and/or meeting creative people.

Friday 12th June, 7pm
Refuge by Katie Duncan

'Three women from different worlds find themselves living side by side in a women’s refuge, where in order to become the authors of their own futures they must first let go of their pasts.'


Performed by Wallis Hamilton Felton, Caron Kehoe, Sibylla Meienberg, Kathryn O’Reilly and Kyara Orlando

Directed by Sepy Baghaei

What is ScriptSpace?
It’s a script development service delivered by the Space which culminates in ‘prepared readings’ of brand new plays followed by an informal feedback session and networking opportunity.

What’s it for?
To help playwrights develop ‘early draft’ work, giving them an opportunity to hear the work read aloud, see it on its feet and receive thoughts and ideas from the audience, director and actors.

Who is it for?
Anyone interested in new writing, producers, directors and actors looking for plays to work on, those interested in the creative process and/or meeting creative people.

The Academy of St Mary-le-Bow performs a concert of music inspired by the theme of ‘Enchantment’ filled with magic, fairies, witches and wizards. St Cuthbert’s will be transformed, with lighting and sound, into an enchanted forest for a programme that includes Mendelssohn’s incidental music from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ brought to life by actress Wallis Hamilton Felton, as well Dukas’ The Sorcerer's Apprentice, made famous by a lazy Mickey Mouse in Disney’s Fantasia!

Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique concludes the programme, telling the story of a young artist, who, enchanted by his love, dreams a gruesome tale where he is marched to the execution scaffold, condemned for the murder of his beloved, and sees her dancing with witches, shades, sorcerers and monsters at his funeral – All this just in time for Halloween!

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Dukas – The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Mendelssohn – incidental music from
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (excerpts)

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

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Sopranos: Eleanor Penfold and Annabel Kennedy
Actress: Wallis Hamilton Felton
Conductor: Alex Fryer

“But what if it’s wrong, Father? What if it’s all…wrong?”
One woman. One confession box. A lifetime of untold truths.

Follow No Name as she recounts her harrowing experiences whilst in the 'care' of a Magdalene Laundry. After having her youth cut short, she is forced to endure immeasurable physical and emotional hardship in order to survive. But as she faces one impossible choice after another, she carves a path for herself that no one, least of all herself, expected.