Friday 31st January 2025, 7:30pm
@ South Street Arts Centre, Reading
“Brilliant & heroic… Five Stars! ★★★★★” RemoteGoat
Back for its 13th electrifying year at South Street Arts Centre, RABBLE Theatre’s Off the Block is a thrilling celebration of new writing.
Four plays are written in a relay and learned in just one! 16 actors, 4 composers, and 4 directors race against the clock – all in a single, high-energy day.
Don’t miss this adrenaline-fueled celebration of new writing!
Suitable for 14+
How it works:
- Monday 7.30am – Writer one receives an email with four actors, composer, director, a theme and the final line of Off the Block 2024, to begin their play with. They have 24 hours to write a 20-minute play involving ALL of the above.
- Tuesday 7.30am – The play is submitted to RABBLE & immediately the closing line, four new actors, composer & director are sent to writer two.
- Wednesday 7.30am – The play is submitted & immediately the closing line, four new actors, composer & director are sent to writer three.
- Thursday 7.30am – The play is submitted & immediately the closing line, four new actors, composer & director are sent to writer four.
- Friday 7.30am – The final play is submitted and RABBLE now have four new plays, written for 16 different t actors, 4 composers and 4 directors.
- 7.32am – The Directors and Composers receive their scripts.
- 9.30am – The entire company meets at South Street Arts Centre. Over croissants and coffee, the teams are revealed and the scripts handed out. Rehearsals and line learning begins.
- 7.30pm – You take your seat and the lights go up on four new plays fully learnt and staged, with accompanying musical compositions.
Performance: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: £30
