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.

Fragments of a Memory

Billie Melissa Rogan

Key Information:

When - Monday 16th March

Location - Zoom (Online)

Time - 6pm

Short Synopsis of Script:

Based on the writer's own experiences with mental health, Fragments of a Memory, follows Mina, who is struggling to decipher the line between fact and fiction in the wake of a traumatic fall out with her closest friend.

Content Warnings:

Depression, Mentions/suggestions of suicide

Character Breakdowns:

Mina (Female. Play age: Mid to late 20s)

Once full of energy and an unshakable lust for life, Mina has lost herself. Now combating anxiety and depression, she is trying to piece together who she was before trauma. Following a fall out with her closest friend, Bennett, Mina’s inability to let go of the past overcomes her. Now she has to choose between moving on, or going down with Bennett.

Bennett (Male. Play age: Mid to late 20s)

Bennett is Mina’s closest friend. Their relationship has grown fraught since he confessed to having feelings for Mina, a secret he promised himself he would take to the grave. He masks his fear for the future with cynicism, jesting with Mina about her optimism and belief things will work out. However, as the pair grow older, he allows that jest to turn to jealousy, and accidentally – or, perhaps, intentionally – takes Mina down with him.

How to apply?

Please send your acting CV/Spotlight pin to peripeteiatheatre@outlook.com with 'Fragments of a Memory' 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 Monday 9th March.

Headline Act

Claire Urwin

Key Information:

When - Tuesday 31st March

Location - Central Manchester (In-Person) Time - 6pm

Short Synopsis of Script:

Headline Act follows a group of friends who wind up having to carry out a super-important mission at a rock festival one summer. Zoe and her greebo mates are busy growing up, coming out and rocking on in a small town which hosts a massive music festival, when the corrupt producer of a Reality TV show invades their lives.

Content Warnings:

Substance abuse, racism, bullying, violence, abortion, homophobia, classism, poverty, trauma, sexism

Character Breakdowns:

Zoo / Zoe (Female. Play age: 16, (Actor must be over 18))

Book nerd. Has a way better CD collection than all your mates’ plus their Dads’ combined together. Feels lost.

Telly / Natasha (Female. Play age: 18, (Actor must be at least 18))

Drop dead gorgeous and knows it. Pretty funny and doesn’t really know it. An absolute liability. Feels lost.

Pringle / Top Secret! (Male. Play age: 17, (Actor must be over 18))

Skater boy. Bang out of order quite regularly.

Mitch (Male. Play age: 17, (Actor must be over 18))

Pringle’s “way nicer” cousin. Has the best band tees and works in a massive freezer. Feels so lost.

Colin (Male. Play age: 50s)

Works with Mitch at the local supermarket. Weirdo.

Jay (Male. Play age: mid 30s to early 40s)

Total mid-life crisis. Reality TV producer. Posh.

Billie (Male. Play age: Early 20s)

Works in Jay’s crew. Worries about the rent all the time. Feels lost.

Hale Bopp / Hayley (Female. Play age: 17, (Actor must be over 18), American)

Will probably become the Greatest Songwriter of the century about a decade after this story ends. Feels lost.

How to apply?

Please send your acting CV/Spotlight pin to peripeteiatheatre@outlook.com with 'Headline Act' 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 Monday 23rd March.