{"id":322,"date":"2013-09-07T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2013-09-07T20:30:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T20:30:32","slug":"love-hate-and-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming: Love, Hate & Human Rights\/The Band Plays On\/Fresh Off The Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Love,<\/a><\/p>\n

I have a very busy few weeks ahead. First up is my short play ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ about US army whistle-blower Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning which\u00a0is\u00a0to be\u00a0performed at the Barons Court Theatre from the 17th to 22nd September as part of Kibo Production’s ‘Love, Hate and Human Rights’ festival<\/a>.\u00a0It is one of\u00a08 plays,\u00a0all tackling human rights concerns.\u00a0Tickets are \u00a312 (\u00a310 concessions) and can be reserved via email at londontheatre@gmail.com or by calling 0208 932 4747. 10% of the box office will be donated to Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

\"Band<\/a>\"Fresh<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, the following week, my full length play\u00a0‘Saving Souls In Soho’ opens ‘The Band Plays On<\/a>‘ festival of gay-themed\u00a0plays at Greenwich Theatre on Tuesday the 24th of September at 7.30pm. The first festival of its kind in London, it is being presented\u00a0by Greenwich Theatre in partnership with award winning writer and director Patrick Wilde (What’s Wrong With Angry?) <\/em>‘Saving Souls In Soho’ continues the story of my ‘Dawn Rescue’ <\/a>short film and accompanying website,<\/a> and is a darkly comic look at how religion corrupts the innocent.\u00a0Tickets are \u00a35,\u00a0available\u00a0from the Greenwich Theatre website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lastly, I’ve also written a play for Paradigm Theatre’s ‘Fresh Off The Boat,<\/a>‘ a double bill of plays about immigration to be performed at the Hen and Chickens Theatre <\/a>from the 8th to the 12th of October. My play ‘The Utility People’ is about a middle-class liberal couple who discover immigrants living inside their utility cupboard,\u00a0but decide to let them stay in return for doing the cleaning, cooking, and so much more. Directed by Cat Robey, it is paired with Sarah Pitard’s ‘A Border Story’ an autobiographical\u00a0retelling of her own\u00a0visa nightmare. Tickets available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a very busy few weeks ahead. First up is my short play ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ about US army whistle-blower Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning which\u00a0is\u00a0to be\u00a0performed at the Barons Court Theatre from the 17th to 22nd September as part of Kibo Production’s ‘Love, Hate and Human Rights’ festival.\u00a0It is one of\u00a08 plays,\u00a0all tackling … <\/p>\n

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