The Boiler Room
2023 saw a process of development and growth for us at Peripeteia Theatre Company. We now felt in a place to support artists with their own creative practice and development.
The Boiler Room servers as our community outreach programme and its inspired name comes from The Boilerhouse Theatre which situated in the Egham Campus Royal Holloway, University of London. To pay homage to our training and the seedling of our company.
The programme’s initiative is both an online and in person format for script readings, workshops, masterclasses, mentorship, discussions and a safe space for theatre artists to share their work. The price of this programme will be free as costs saw during the cost of living crisis. We hope it is a place where artists feel comfortable to take risks and invent something new with the support of the members of Peripeteia Theatre Company. There is also the opportunity for scripts to developed into future Peripeteia productions.
Horny Morbid People
by Pip Carew
Key Information:
When - Wednesday 3rd June
Location - In-Person (Salford)
Time - 6pm
Deadline to express your interest Friday 22nd May
Short Synopsis of Script:
Young, dumb and low-income.
Ruth and Freddie have been together their entire adult lives - they know virtually everything about one another. But every relationship has its secrets. When their enigmatic neighbour, Alex, enters the couple’s lives, their relationship is pushed in several confusing directions. Who will make it out of the flat unscathed?
Horny Morbid People is a contemporary love-triangle comedy-drama that tackles themes of queerness, infertility, and the rising cost of living. It’s a sexy, state-of-the-nation play about a disempowered couple who develop an unhealthy interest in their landlord.
Expect snide remarks over glasses of wine, farcical exchanges, and miscommunication with mortal consequences.
Content Warnings:
strong language, sexual references, discussion of disability, mention of miscarriage, drug abuse, violence, death, blood
Character Breakdown:
Ruth - (Female. Play age: early 20s)
Incredibly self-disciplined but liable to act irrationally when emotionally challenged.
Determined in a way that’s sometimes exhausting to be around. She’s the assertive one in the relationship. Knows she’s a little bit self-involved and will focus on growing out of that, if she could ever get around to it.
Freddie -(Male. Play age: early 20s)
Kind, ex-sporty.
Tall and typically masculine. Gives everyone the benefit of the doubt sometimes to his own detriment. The sort of person to buy rounds he can’t afford at the pub then wake up the next day, check his bank account and hate himself. Fond of interior decorating although he doesn’t have the budget for it.
Alex Slattery- (Male. Play age: late 20s) A generic, sharp sort of attractive.
Charismatic; people listen to him by virtue of his looks and how he carries himself. Spends a lot of time Linkedinfluencing. Alex's dad was arrested for [REDACTED] and in a last-ditch attempt to preserve his material assets before being incarcerated has transferred his property, including the flat which Ruth and Freddie occupy, to Alex.
How to apply?
Please send your acting CV/Spotlight pin to Peripeteiatheatre@outlook.com with 'Horny Morbid People' and the role in which you are applying for in the subject heading of the email. Due to the nature of this project this is an unpaid opportunity.
Deadline to express your interest Friday 22nd May