Scytheplays Ltd: Greater Manchester Horror Fringe: Hotel Midnight - revised performance dates and casting news

11 Oct 2013

Greater Manchester Horror Fringe: Hotel Midnight - revised performance dates and casting news

Contrary to the previous announcement on this blog, the Scytheplays/Lass production of Simon Clarke's Hotel Midnight will now be performing exclusively at the Lass O'Gowrie from 28th-31st October at 7.30pm. Tickets can be booked at the links below (a limited number of tickets will be available on the door). Please note, online booking is subject to booking fees.

Hotel Midnight - Monday 28th October, 7.30pm
Hotel Midnight - Monday 28th October, 7.30pm (concessions)
Hotel Midnight - Tuesday 29th October, 7.30pm
Hotel Midnight - Tuesday 29th October, 7.30pm (concessions)
Hotel Midnight - Wednesday 30th October, 7.30pm
Hotel Midnight - Wednesday 30th October, 7.30pm (concessions)
Hotel Midnight - Thursday 31st October, 7.30pm
Hotel Midnight - Thursday 31st October, 7.30pm (concessions)

Details for one of the segments within Hotel Midnight can now be revealed. Humpty's Bones will feature Laura Plows (Spring Ignition: Slouching Towards Bethlehem) as Eden, Tracy Gabbitas (recent Platinum Best Actress Award winner for Essential Travel at the Cinerockom International Film Festival, and soon to be seen in Mike Heath's new play All Tommorrow's Parties) as Heather, and Sean Croke (New Dawn Fades, Rotten Apples) as Curtis.

Humpty's Bones actor Sean Croke (right) with Brian Gorman in the Lass Production Rotten Apples,
directed by Sean Mason (photo: Shay Rowan)

Humpty's Bones, based on the novella by Simon Clark which is currently available from Telos Publishing, is written for the stage and directed by Sean Mason.

Finally, a new website for Scytheplays' frequent collaborator Lass Productions - including details and images from many past productions - has been launched and can be found at this link.

About the company

Scytheplays is a theatre company specialising in (but not limited to) the adaptation of literary science fiction for the stage.

Its first production was Kevin Cuffe's original black comedy play, The Say Can Blues, in July 2011, and it then produced an adaptation of the classic 2000AD comic book written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson, The Ballad of Halo Jones. Both shows were staged at the Lass O'Gowrie in Manchester and Scytheplays has an on-going relationship with Lass Productions, going on to co-produce a new piece inspired by the true-life meeting between Sir Clive Sinclair and Alan Sugar, Together in Electric Dreams, an adaptation of Nigel Kneale's classic television play The Year of the Sex Olympics, the Leeds revival of Halo Jones, and the highly-acclaimed V for Vendetta and Wine of India. Scytheplays also collaborated with Lass Productions and Yer Maun Productions to co-found the Greater Manchester Horror Fringe Festival, which will be returning in October 2015.

Scytheplays works with a loose (and ever-expanding) pool of acting and production people, being keen to build on and strengthen the bonds within Manchester's creative community, and also to help new talent to emerge. The company's creative director is Daniel Thackeray and associated directors include Ross Kelly and Fi Hudson.

For more information please contact Daniel via guiltedge@hotmail.com or find us on Twitter (@ScytheplaysLtd). Proposals for new productions are encouraged, but we ask that any writers wishing to submit scripts send an enquiry e-mail in the first instance to ask if we are currently reading script submissions (as our reading team is small). Please be aware that the company aims in the main to produce plays that are either adapted from the science-fiction or fantasy of other media (literature/comics/TV), or original works that are concerned with real science and its history.

Scytheplays Ltd is a limited company, Companies House registration number 09041817.