The project «Pocket plays»

English modern short play

Organizers:

Jenya Stashkov, playwright, poet, performer. pos.vostok@gmail.ru

Performance-troupe «Vibrating body»

The project is aimed at popularizing modern English dramatic art of small form in Russia. This project is open and non-commercial, pursues exclusively educational goals. All the plays that will be presented under this project have been translated into Russian for the first time.

 

Target:

The presentation of modern English plays of small form in Russian in the form of a play-reading and a playbook.

 

Tasks:

 

  • For playwrights, free participation in the project, with the limitation of the volume of the play (up to 15 pages). Communication is via facebook and e-mail.
  • Selection of plays that match the conditions of the project.
  • Translation of plays into Russian.
  • Compilation of a book, layout, distribution in electronic form on the Internet and on theaters.
  • Conducting a reading of plays, photo and video documentation. Distribution of video on the Internet.

The short play, according to the author of the project, is the most interesting and lively form. It is in demand, but more relevant for independent or non-professional theater projects, rather than for repertory theaters. The plays of the living playwrights present the most modern trends in drama, and they make it possible to make a so-called «cut» practically in real time. The more interesting it is to present to the spectator a modern short English play as an «actual picture of the world» by writers of the Misty Albion.

 

Terms of implementation: September 2017 - April 2018.

Place of implementation: St. Petersburg, Russia

The project involves:

John Collings «Buddhism»

Jonathan Ellman «After the Crash»

Jane Sunderland «Battery Life»

Tom Jensen «Career Opportunities»

Neil Smith «Mable»

Mark L. Burrow, «Transformation Perfection»


Realization:

«Pocket plays» project vol. 1

Neil Smith, «Mable»

John Collings «Buddhism»

St. Petersburg, Liteyny prospect, 58

Art-center «Borey»

24 DECEMBER 2017


John Collings, «Buddhism»

Dialogue about the meaning of life, norms of behavior and folk dances.


Neil Smith, «Mable»

A short street sketch about a mad old age and an evil youth.


«Pocket plays» project vol. 2

Tom Jensen «Career Opportunities»

Jane Sunderland «Battery Life»

St. Petersburg, Liteyny prospect, 58

Art-center «Borey»

11 FEBRUARY 2018


Tom Jensen «Career Opportunities»

A short satirical play about the "wise advice" of the teacher, addressed to the younger generation.


Jane Sunderland «Battery Life»

Dialogue about gender roles and the difficult relationship between a man and a woman in the modern world.


«Pocket plays» project vol. 3

Mark L. Burrow «Transformation Perfection»

Jonathan Ellman «After the Crash»

St. Petersburg, Liteyny prospect, 58

Art-center «Borey»

11 MARCH 2018


Mark L. Burrow «Transformation Perfection»

One-act satirical comedy, exploiting the textbook story of the "reviser" waiting. The action takes place in our day, in a British cosmetic clinic.


Jonathan Ellman «After the Crash»

The play constructs and describes an abstract world that lives by its laws, not designating the time of action and space. Despite these conventions, it creates vivid characters and their relationships.