Drama Cuppers win for Univ
Univ’s聽Jack Clover聽(2014, Russian & Czech) won聽Best New Writing聽for his half-hour play Colin and Katya in the recent OUDS Cuppers, which also won Best Play. Congratulations to Jack and the Univ team:聽Cara Pacitti聽(Katya),聽John Dinneen (Colin),聽Daisy Hayes聽(Woman) and聽Seamus Lavan聽(Man).
The play is a trite but satirical love story following one British man’s search for love through a Russian 鈥渕ail-order-bride鈥� website. It was聽performed in the Burton Taylor studio in 5th week as part of the OUDS Cupper’s competition. Jack wrote the play a scene a night for a couple of weeks during rehearsals. He also directed it and David Daisie聽helped with tech.
Originally from Essex, Jack Clover is a member of the National Youth Theatre and took the first play he wrote 鈥淭he Match Game鈥� to the Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe in August after it was one of the runners up in the National Theatre’s New Views聽young playwriting competition in 2013.
Published: 26 November 2014
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