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The Smoke!
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travel back in time in this unique theatrical experience that has the poetry of shakespeare, the romantic excitement of john hughes, all bound up with smith's uniquely delicious vernacular.
1988
1988
The Audio Drama
The play was originally written (under the name of PATIENCE) primarily during the COVID19 lockdown of Spring 2020, therefore, as an "isolation" alternative to the traditional workshop, at first an audio drama was adapted from the first two scenes of the draft script, with listeners encouraged to donate to ACTING FOR OTHERS
The cast for the Audio Drama was:
Keri Hopwood as "Viola Hyde."
Betheni Conyers as "Bobbie Mills"
Jeanie Barnsley as "Rosa Mills"
Forest Mannikko as "Edmund Green"
and Jake A Smith as "Julian Kackzmarek"
"Love is a Battlefield" sung by Skylias Cares
Additional voices by Emma Smith and Jake Smith.
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Listen to the audio drama here.
Hearing impared?! Download the transcript here!
The Readthroughs
The first reading of the script took place in early 2021 over zoom.
It featured,
Sally E Witts as "Viola Hyde."
Keri Hopwood as "Bobbie Lear"
Lulu Frenett as "Rosa Lear"
Nathan Hall as "Julian Łoziński"
Sami Hindmardh as "Larry Lear"
and Jake A Smith as "Edmond Green"
The play was then extensively rewritten throughout 2021, and after a break was completed in 2022 under the new title LOVE KILLS. A second read-through was then held on 15h April 2022, where the roles were performed by:
Sally E Witts as Viola
Keri Hopwood as Julian Page
Emma L Smith as Bobbie King
Lulu Frenett as Rosa King
Jake Smith as Thomas Knight
Sami Hindmarsh as Dicky King