Mercurial Takeover: The Play Lottery present Out and Out
The Play Lottery is a contest for playwrights based in the East of England.
The twist? The winning play has been chosen totally at random.
The winning play is Out and Out by Joy Beresford Frye.
Out and Out portrays the stories of women whose lives were decimated by dismissal from the armed services solely because they were gay. This practice came to end in the year 2000 yet still they await reparation.
Hearing their stories and honouring these veterans should be high on society’s radar, particularly as these people fought for the freedoms we now enjoy. The scenes in the play are set in 1995 and 2005 and feature three women from different ranks and backgrounds.
Gay Veterans – Hear them, Honour them, Heal them.
This event is part of our Mercurial Takeover, celebrating homegrown talent and will be presented as a work-in-progress.
Content to Consider
This play includes depictions of homophobia.
Amelia Paltridge
Amelia Paltridge is an English/Australian actress who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre school, graduating from the BA course in 2021. Her stage credits include: Cathy in The Sobcentre (Jack Studio Theatre, 2024); Izzy in Untitled Sparkly Vampire Play (Omnibus Theatre, 2022); Girls with Wings and Trauma (Bomb Factory Theatre, 2021); Nina in The Three Seagulls (Bristol Old Vic, 2021); Katie in Katie Johnstone (Wardrobe Theatre, 2021); Bathsheba in Far From the Madding Crowd (BOVTS, 2020); Supernumerary Emma in People Places & Things UK Tour (Headlong, 2017). Screen credits include Dreamers (Short, 2020) and While the Record Spins (Short, 2018).
Company
Jessy Roberts – Director
Jamie Rycroft – Producer
Joe Venable – Associate Producer
Sarah Grochala and Hannah Maxwell – Associate Writers
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