The Masters

BRITISH THEATRE CHALLENGE 2016
THE MASTERS

’Jenny froze. The results were in. Quivering finger poised over the mouse, cursor hovering over the email, her heart started to thump. Years of labour had finally come to fruition. SBTC were producing her play. Her play!’

10 winning playwrights, 4 directors, 1 theatre, and a
bevy of actors thrown in to a melting pot of creativity.

Sky Blue Theatre Company is absolutely delighted and enormously proud to bring you new writing from the celebrated winners of the British Theatre Challenge 2016.

Join us for yet another incredible night of creative exchanges. Laugh, cry, ponder and marvel at some of the best new writing of 2016 as it is transformed from page to stage! Rub shoulders with actors, directors and the winning writers of Britain’s prestigious international playwriting competition for two absorbing evenings of a diversity of exciting, singular stories from around the world.

Produced by Sky Blue Theatre Company and supported by writers internationally the BTC is the new writing event of the year bringing us ten unforgettable tales, exploring relationships and the strange and convoluted world we live in. 

Line up
The Windsor Con - Paul McCormick 
To what lengths does Frank go in justifying past behaviours? Why not just say, I’m sorry?

iDOLLatry - Jacqueline Malcolm
Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, a story of lust and mastery.

The Likeness - Peter Billingham 
A man awaits an artist. Memory and desire await their reckoning. A secret past awaits its likeness - and redemption?

Driven - Rob Selzer 
You’ll love watching this likeable narcissist try to charm his way out of one helluva mess.

Berry Season - Rosemary Frisino Toohey 
A young lovely shopping for strawberries ignites the cashier's imagination and launches his libido on the crimson seas of desire.

Blue Love - Daithi de Buitleir 
When a troubled student submits an inappropriate piece of coursework, she sets in motion a destructive, illicit relationship.

Water Under The Bridge - Trevor Suthers 
A fast-paced, punchy and confrontational piece, WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE stylishly explores themes of betrayal, recrimination and bloody revenge.

Mercy Killing - Rikki B. Schwartz
Examining the darker side of forgiveness.

The Gangster Game - Kathryn Bakewell
The heat is turned up to eleven when an undercover agent enters a poker game with two thick-headed gangsters.

Fallen Wings - Brenda Foley 
A tiny gem of a memory play exposing the complex relationship between a mother and daughter.

The British Theatre Challenge - Supporting and producing work by 
emerging and established writers across the globe since 2011.