Creative Writing Slot
The Creative Writing slot is Minotaur’s annual show, built to showcase one amazing piece of student-written theatre. It currently sits in the calendar as our first show of the academic year. Every year students are given the opportunity to submit scripts, usually an hour in length, with one being chosen to be produced and ultimately performed in the UEA Drama Studio. Not only is this a brilliant opportunities for writers on the course to see their work put on stage, it also allows for Minotaur to show the quality and variety it offers year in year out. In recent years, 2024 saw ‘This Is Not A Drill’ by Joe McCloskey, a wonderfully twisted and horrifying play which left audiences stunned. Whereas only a year before the CWS introduced the world to the new comedy ‘Disco Dick’ by Charlotte D’Angelo, which went on to independently head to the Edinburgh Fringe! Scroll down for more…
Dive into the online world of four friends: Phil (Finn Kennedy Macmillan), Marla (Martha Treston), Stu (Mukuka Jumah) and Ike (Jamie Radcliffe) as they find their escape in the world of video games through their very modern and digitalised concept of friendship. But can any of them really know what’s going on Behind The Screen? - Also starring Abbie Want as Liv.
THE PRODUCTION CREW IS AS FOLLOWS: IZZY WAYNE - STAGE MANAGER, MAI STACEY - ASSISSTANT STAGE MANAGER, RILEY FLAUNTY- LIGHTING, CATHY BOWMAN- SOUND. THE PLAY IS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY FINN KENNEDY MACMILLIAN WITH KATIE HOWELL AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Content Warnings: Misogyny, Homophobia, Strong language, Self-harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Bullying
IN THE PRESS
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(Behind The Screen’s writer/director, Finn Kennedy Macmillan appeared on Ray Tempesta’s East Anglian Theatre Podcast to chat about the show and give a little insight into everything that has gone into putting it together!)
Last Year… ‘This Is Not A Drill’ (2024)
Minotaur Theatre Company present ‘THIS IS NOT A DRILL’, an original play by Joseph McCloskey.
STARRING: Finn Kennedy Macmillan, Jess Knight & Anthony-Rolf Atkinson
CREW: Directors: Joseph McCloskey & Amira Hollis - Stage Manager: Edie Havas - Lighting: Alastair Kitchener - Sound: Megan Beth - Producer: James Moxley
SYNOPSIS: Three soldiers stationed in a derelict nuclear bunker are forced to hide underground when one witnesses a nuclear strike. But are they 100% sure of what they saw? It’s Schrödinger’s take on Oppenheimer’s bomb. Arguments break out, as they have to come to a decision: do they open the door?
REVIEWS: “This was very cleverly written, with well paced realisations for the audience to uncover throughout. All three performed brilliantly, and we got a chance to get to know each character individually over the course of the play.” -Hannah Foley, Concrete