Join us for a reading of Justin Eade’s new play, The Blunderstudy.
When struggling theatre director Martin Quincannon finally gets his big break on the West End by snaring renowned stage actor Richard Pryce, Pryce goes and dies before the first rehearsal. Enter Richard’s twin brother Karl, a degenerate gambler and drinker, who must now save his departed brother’s legacy by taking his place in the play. Small problem, Karl has never set foot on stage in his entire life.
Nelson Fringe’s New Play Reading series is a simple event designed to let a playwright hear their work read aloud in a staged reading, and get feedback from the audience. There is a moderator who reads the stage directions and various readers who read each part of the script. After the reading, there is a Q&A session for feedback and discussion that can be really helpful for the playwright in the next stage of development.
Justin Eade is a playwright and screenwriter from Nelson. Justin has written eight full-length stage plays and two short stage plays. Recent plays include Maungatapu, The Wairau Affray, First Flight and Mission 34.
Justin has also written 30 feature length film scripts and has had several optioned over the years, both in New Zealand and the US. He has recently completed feature film Northspur and is developing numerous others. In recent years he has also made the short films Opal Valley, Death Round Every Bend, James Blond, Tinsel Over Twizel, War Paint and The British Broadcasting Corporal.
Cast: Nick Kemplen, Cameron West, Sarah O’Connell, Judene Edgar, Jacquie Boer, Nick Gastrell
New Play Reading Series
Thursday 28 August at 7.00-8.30pm
Refinery ArtSpace, 114 Hardy Street Nelson
FREE!
Big thanks to Creative Communities Nelson for supporting our New Play Reading Series.
If you have a play you’d like to submit, contact Debbie Brooks on debbiebrooks213@gmail.com
