PLAYWRIGHT’S PLAY NIGHT No.6
Once a month we are inviting audiences to a double bill of brand new work at different levels of readiness. Scripts will be in hand. Some plays might be 20 minutes of an idea, others will be full length. It’s not polished but it is all the fun. We are inviting audiences to take a look and support some of the incredible new voices out there. There’s nothing better than live feedback, and this is giving exactly that.
Lineup and Schedule
Tuesday 7th October 2025 7.00pm
7pm
A Murder of Crows by Angelika May
After their mother vanishes, four young crows and their father descend into a brutal fight for survival.
‘A Murder Of Crows’ navigates the interplay between motherhood and avian symbolism, drawing a parallel between the nurturing instincts of birds and the complexities embedded within the psychoanalytical realm of maternal sacrifice and the ideas surrounding a family unit. The narrative centres around four young crows - Albus, Cora, Splenden, Brach and their Father in the aftermath of their mother’s recent and sudden departure from their nest. The Mother’s departure leaves the familial enclave in a realm of uncertainty, one that in a “Lord Of The Flies”-esq way can only end in bloodshed.
7.45pm
Winter. Spring. Summer. Or. By Lilly Driscoll
When faced with the end of the world, what else is there to care about?
WINTER. SPRING. SUMMER. OR. Is a working class rom-com, a play about love, during the changing of seasons. The ups, downs, the messiness of it all. As the planet gets hotter, storms increase, and the dating scene feels like a never ending hellscape, we meet a couple trying to find a way through it all. Finding a friend for the end of the world.
Angelika May
Angelika May is a 26-year-old half-Polish, half-English, working class writer and actor from Bradford, based in London. Angelika has co-authored a short film ‘7 to 10’, with BAFTA director Ana Pio. In theatre, she has authored two plays, ‘The Unicorn In Captivity’, staged in July 2024 and ‘A Murder of Crows’, which has been short-listed for the Ilfeld Prize 2025. Angelika's poetry has been published by Heroica, BASH, recently her prose has been published by Infested Publishing. Angelika also works as a music journalist for DAZED, DIY, Hard of Hearing and Hideous Magazine of which she is the editor of.
Lilly Driscoll
Lilly Driscoll is an actor, writer and director from London. Lilly founded the company DE-MYS-TIFY in 2022, to support actors from low socio-economic backgrounds. As an actor Lilly has worked in TV, Theatre and Film with companies including BBC, Channel 4, ITV and at venues including Southwark Playhouse, Bush Theatre, Theatre 503, Shoreditch Town Hall and The Old Vic.
Plays include Offie nominated Dirty Promises (The Hope Theatre), short play My girlfriend is a real doll face (Bush Theatre) and solo play Only You (Theatre 503). Lilly was commissioned in 2022 to write PIECES for Small Truth Theatre (Caravan Theatre), which is available to listen to on all audio platforms. Lilly was part of the writers room at Stockroom (previously Out of Joint) for the majority of 2023. Co-writing the play The Growing (working title). Which was a co-production with Cardboard Citizens.
As a director Lilly recently worked with Clean Break for their members festival, assisted on a new Jim Cartwright play at The NT Studio, and directed her first full length play Silent Houses, at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre. WINTER. SPRING. SUMMER. OR. Was shortlisted for the BOLD Playwrights award.