Melanie Bell

Tag: play

  • Announcing – Joan: The Musical!

    Announcing – Joan: The Musical!

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    In September, my writer friend Hannah Doyle and I started brainstorming ideas for a play for the Brighton Fringe. After several months of work, it’s approaching reality, and will take the stage this May. Announcing Joan: The Musical! 72-year-old Joan has it all. A glittering past as a West End dancer, a chocolate-box maisonette in Seven…

  • The Collaborative Process of Making a Play

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    This month, I’ll have a play performed at London’s Tower Theatre for the second time. It’s been a massively collaborative process to get it there! Last year, my short play The Pictures of Dora Gray was one of five chosen for the Writers’ Room showcase, featuring new writing from the Tower Theatre’s playwriting group. I’ve…

  • Oh, the Drama!

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    These last couple months have been exciting ones for my short play, The Pictures of Dora Gray. I’ve seen it read by two different casts. And at the end of the month, I’ll see it performed at the Tower Theatre’s Writers’ Room showcase. In Oscar Wilde’s classic novel, The Pictures of Dorian Gray, a young…

  • My Play Is in a December Showcase

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    The Tower Theatre has become one of my favorite places in London. It’s that rare thing, an amateur theatre company with its own performance space. The plays are diverse and high quality, ranging from Shakespearean comedies to contemporary theatre about the Black British experience, from intimate monologue series to expansive productions like Coram Boy. I’ve…