Platform

Hideout Theatre presents Platform - three celebratory evenings dedicated to new writing from some of London’s most exciting up-and-coming playwrights. Each Platform event focuses on two newly-written plays.

These evenings include live rehearsed readings from both plays, the sharing of conceptual artwork and sketches, and the opportunity to hear about the processes and development behind the work from the writers themselves.

Join us as we get to know the next generation of London playwrights, and become part of the growing theatre-making community.

20 July

RILEY by Brandon Grace:

Ray and Jason are old friends revisiting the same memories, relationships and regrets, each searching for a version of the truth about Teri that will let them move on.

But as Ray’s obsession on Teri spirals out of control, Ray and Jason begin to discover that the distance between them may be much smaller than either man wants to admit.

RILEY is a darkly comic drama about loneliness, masculinity and the stories we tell ourselves about love.

Brandon Grace is an actor and writer based in London. This is his first piece of work being shared to an audience. 
 

AFTER THE COLD by Georgie Murphey:

Lea’s father is dead. In three days’ time, there will be a tribute – and Lea needs to create something. Counselled by a dramatherapist, she rebuilds her father as a puppet, navigating her grief through memories and storytelling. But as the tribute approaches, Lea’s world of imagination becomes a dangerous obsession.  

AFTER THE COLD explores what it is to remember someone, and what it takes to say goodbye.  

Georgie Murphy is a playwright and AFTER THE COLD is her debut play. It was longlisted for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Playwriting and reached the top 35 in the 2023 Papatango Playwriting Prize. Her writing has received developmental support from Paines Plough and the Lyric Theatre Belfast, and dramaturgy from No Such Thing (King’s Head Theatre).