A play inspired by the Manchester Arena bombing is coming to London.
10.31, MCR will play a preview night at the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington ahead of its Edinburgh Fringe run in August.
It will be the first time theatre company ‘Millennials And Other Terrible Things’ perform the play outside of their hometown in Essex.
Playwright Fabiana Sforza is developing 10.31, MCR as part of her Masters in Theatre Practice at the University of Essex. A year after its debut performance at the university’s own theatre, its creator is ready to take the play to a national audience.
Ahead of the next round of rehearsals, Miss Sforza discusses what inspired her to write 10.31, MCR and the sort of experience its audience should expect.
What’s the meaning behind your company name?
Miss Sforza uses the name ‘Millennials And Other Terrible Things’ to ‘reclaim’ her generation.
Miss Sforza explains: ”There’s lots of negativity around the word millennial at the moment.”
”I wanted to draw on that and spin that around because I’m a millennial. So as a result, I’m hurt by that.”
Why did you decide to write a play about the Manchester Arena bombing?
“Manchester happened in the middle of my masters applications and consequently I remember feeling really let down by the way press and newspapers had taken the issue.”
“I felt like the focus in the days that followed the attack had been moved from ‘People have died. Mostly young people. What can we do to help the trauma?’ to ‘OK, this is an opportunity for us to radicalise people against certain religious groups.'”
Fabiana Sforza’s anger over the media’s coverage of the Manchester attack compelled her to write a play focusing on the witnesses’ resilience. Credit: Fabiana Sforza
What experience can the audience expect?
“People can expect a voice given back to the people who spoke out after the attack.”
“They’ll hear the words of the witnesses. Similarly, they can expect to be a witness themselves. Then they can go home and think about it. Above all, there will be no propaganda.”
10.31, MCR is playing at the Drayton Arms Theatre on Saturday 2nd August.
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A play inspired by the Manchester Arena bombing is coming to London.
10.31, MCR will play a preview night at the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington ahead of its Edinburgh Fringe run in August.
It will be the first time theatre company ‘Millennials And Other Terrible Things’ perform the play outside of their hometown in Essex.
Playwright Fabiana Sforza is developing 10.31, MCR as part of her Masters in Theatre Practice at the University of Essex. A year after its debut performance at the university’s own theatre, its creator is ready to take the play to a national audience.
Ahead of the next round of rehearsals, Miss Sforza discusses what inspired her to write 10.31, MCR and the sort of experience its audience should expect.
What’s the meaning behind your company name?
Miss Sforza uses the name ‘Millennials And Other Terrible Things’ to ‘reclaim’ her generation.
Miss Sforza explains: ”There’s lots of negativity around the word millennial at the moment.”
”I wanted to draw on that and spin that around because I’m a millennial. So as a result, I’m hurt by that.”
Why did you decide to write a play about the Manchester Arena bombing?
“Manchester happened in the middle of my masters applications and consequently I remember feeling really let down by the way press and newspapers had taken the issue.”
“I felt like the focus in the days that followed the attack had been moved from ‘People have died. Mostly young people. What can we do to help the trauma?’ to ‘OK, this is an opportunity for us to radicalise people against certain religious groups.'”
Fabiana Sforza’s anger over the media’s coverage of the Manchester attack compelled her to write a play focusing on the witnesses’ resilience. Credit: Fabiana Sforza
What experience can the audience expect?
“People can expect a voice given back to the people who spoke out after the attack.”
“They’ll hear the words of the witnesses. Similarly, they can expect to be a witness themselves. Then they can go home and think about it. Above all, there will be no propaganda.”
10.31, MCR is playing at the Drayton Arms Theatre on Saturday 2nd August.
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