Simon's Birthday

Original Ink is made up of two former students of script writing, frustrated with not having a reliable or approachable outlet in getting their work produced, created an outlet for it.
Scufflebox Theatre was formed in 2013 as a group of enthusiastic storytellers creating devised performances to bring clarity and excitement to the works of Shakespeare and other classic texts.
Together they have created a collaborative piece of theatre detailing the coming together and unraveling of a group of childhood friends while awaiting the arrival of the titular Simon.
This play is the result of three writers starting up with three pairs of friends preparing for the party. One couple are mates, one is a brother and sister and the final one are another brother and sister. How they have and do inter-relate beyond their shared history is the driving force of the evening. Gradually lies and excuses unravel and the awful truth is revealed. Six lives will never be the same.
A cast of six expertly brings the stories of the three couples together on the small stage of Upstairs at The Western while they wait, Godot-like, for Simon to arrive.
A second performance is on Saturday 28th June

First published in Western Gazette 
© Paul Towers 28/6/2014