Camdram

    presents...

    Festival of New Writing

    19:30, Thu 6th – Sat 8th March 2025 at Howard Theatre, Downing College
    Lent Week 6

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    Beater’s Day (Thurs): Strong language, blood, sexism, mentions of animal death;

    Gulp and Nonsuch (Thurs): N/A

    Giving Out (Thurs): Reference to death and terminal illness, reference to drugs, use of archaic homophobic language

    Dry Land (Fri): Alcoholism, addiction, substance abuse

    Threads (Fri): Abusive relationships, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, allusions to violence

    The Lost Pubs of Tewkesbury (Fri): Alcohol, physical violence

    The Mark of the Carol (Sat): N/A;

    Bathwater (Sat): Implied child sexual abuse

    Engaged (Sat): Reference to panic attack, depiction of vomiting

    The annual Festival of New Writing, established in 2014 and now a central and prestigious feature of the Cambridge drama scene, returns in Lent 2024 to showcase the best of the writing talent the student body has to offer.

    Students of all disciplines and from all over Cambridge submit one-act plays to be read and assessed over the Christmas holidays. A select few are chosen to be staged over the three nights of the Festival, directed and performed by students. At the end of each evening, the playwrights are invited to join a panel of top theatre practitioners to discuss their work-in-progress and take questions from the audience. Everyone plays a part!

    The Festival provides students with the opportunity to engage with industry professionals, a unique learning experience, as well as bringing a wonderful theatrical spectacle to the Howard stage. DDS is proud of the fact that many FoNW alumni have gone on to forge successful careers in the Performing Arts as actors, writers and directors.

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    Cast

    Cast (“Beater’s Day”), ,
    Cast (“Gulp and Nonsuch”), ,
    Cast (“Giving Out”),
    Cast (“Dry Land”), ,
    Cast (“The Lost Pubs of Tewkesbury”), , ,
    Cast (“The Mark of the Carol”), , ,
    Cast (“Engaged”)
    Cast (“Bathwater”),

    Production Team

    Festival Officer – ,
    Writer ("Bathwater") –
    Writer ("Beater's Day") –
    Writer ("Dry Land") –
    Writer ("Engaged") –
    Writer ("Giving Out") –
    Writer ("Gulp and Nonsuch") –
    Writer ("The Mark of the Carol") –
    Writer ("The Lost Pubs of Tewkesbury") –
    Writer ("Threads") –
    Director ("Threads") –
    Director ("Giving Out") –
    Director ("Engaged") –
    Director ("The Mark of the Carol") –
    Director ("Beater's Day") –
    Intimacy Coordinator ("Beater's Day") –
    Publicity Designer
    Director ("Gulp and Nonsuch") –
    Director ("Dry Land") –
    Director ("The Lost Pubs of Tewkesbury") –
    Director ("Bathwater") –
    Assistant Producer
    Photographer
    Sound & Lighting Operator – , ,
    Sound & Lighting Designer –