Plays
Rare Fortune Productions
Brief Encounters
Plays by
David Hampshire
Tom Jensen
Carolyn Pertwee
Nicolas Ridley
Sally Sheringham
In September 2020, Rare Fortune Productions returned to launch the OSO’s live performance season post lockdown. Our five short plays, presented to a socially-distanced audience, dealt with the eternal themes of connection – the dangerous, the ecstatic and the hilarious. In order to be Covid secure, we rehearsed on Zoom and then finally on Barnes Green outside the OSO Arts Centre.
These plays are all written by members of the professional Actors and Writers London group and provide short insights into all kinds of connection, ranging from new love to timeless misunderstandings via an alternative view on that iconic encounter at a provincial railway station.
This was our first return to live theatre post-lockdown – we kept our distance but, as we promised, the experience was touching.
It was great to be back.
Venue
OSO Arts Centre, London
25th – 26th September 2020
Directed by Maurice Thorogood
The Cast
Creative
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do by Sally Sheringham
Martin – Alexander Jonas
Becky – Susan Casanove
Merger Talks by Tom Jensen
Daniel – Jeremy Drakes
Sophie – Julia Haythorn
On Thin Ice by Carolyn Pertwee
Fran – Susan Casanove
Mick – Alexander Jonas
In Plain Sight by Nicolas Ridley
Mrs Potts – Robin Miller
Georgia – Julia Haythorn
Oliver – Gregory Cox
Mark – Jeremy Drakes
Briefcase Encounter by David Hampshire
Laura – Robin Miller
Alec – Gregory Cox
Creative
Director – Maurice Thorogood
Producer – Julia Haythorn
Photography & Sound Design – Paddy Gormley
