BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN URL:https://www.essexstudent.com/ents/event/ics/34075/ VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALNAME:Launch Festival 2025 (34075) BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:GMT Standard Time X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Featured CREATED:20250318T133811 DESCRIPTION:Celebrate our Drama students as they perform their shows!\n\nh ttps://www.essexstudent.com/ents/event/34075/\n DTEND:20250516T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T155256Z DTSTART:20250513T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T134359 LOCATION:Lakeside Theatre SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Launch Festival 2025 UID:66a0e874-bf4a-4cb2-b69d-8c2fb1a0bea3 URL:https://www.essexstudent.com/ents/event/34075/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Celebrate our Drama students as they perform the ir shows!

https://www.essexstudent.com/ents/event/34075/

The \;Department of Literature\, Film and Theatre S tudies \;present their annual Launch Festival! Where und ergraduate Drama students present their final degree pieces in a four day festival across both our stages.

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Tickets to this event are fre e to all! Day tickets will allow you access to all performances that day\ , please book in advance if possible. Please book tickets for multiple da ys if you plan to attend more than one day!

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Program me

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Day 1 (Tuesday 13 May)

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12pm to 1.15pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Melinda Hett\, Tayi Mavunga-Akinti\, and Sharon Adebayo
\n&ldquo \;A Macbeth inspired show about revenge and murder&rdquo\;

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1.15pm to 2pm: \;Amy Dunne and Lady Macbeth\, b y Chloe Bareham

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2pm to 2.45pm: \;Taylo r: An actor&rsquo\;s journey playing Hamlet &ndash\; suicide and mental h ealth\, by Tyler Woodhouse

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2.45pm to 3.30pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Lolly Taylor
\n&ldquo\;A d aughter confronts her father about the sexual abuse he subjected her to a s a child (monologue &ndash\; experimenting with various theatrical genre s including Shakespearean tragedy/early modern\, Brechtian etc.)&rdquo\;< /p>\n\n

3.30pm to 4.15pm: \;Lost/Found/Lost/Fo und\, by Nathan Burke
\n&ldquo\;A man looks back to his younger \, freer\, vibrant self&rdquo\;

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4.15pm to 5pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Katie Spelman (Studio)
\n&ldq uo\;A play about a breakup&rdquo\;
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5pm to 5.30pm: \;Young Carers\, by Jess Brooks
\n&ldquo\;A Young c arer struggles with caring for her disabled father&rdquo\;
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Day 2 (Wednesday 14 May)
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12pm to 1pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Emma Kopf
\n&ldquo\;A p regnant women in a bath hears a voice calling through the bath taps and p ursues it in an attempt to find out more about the future of her unborn c hild in an era of climate change&rdquo\;
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1pm to 1.45pm: \;The enactment and possible mechanism for the repair o f a multiple personality disorder\, by Corey Lee
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1 .45pm to 2.30pm: \;Her Name in the Sky (an adaptation)\, by Chiedze Maravesa
\n&ldquo\;A young gay Zimbabwean woman wit h Shona ancestry is discovering her sexuality and finds a letter from her grandmother introducing her to the various queer sexualities recognised by her pre-colonial ancestors&rdquo\;
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2.30pm to 3.15pm: \;The dancer and their shadow\, by Cerys Ferney
\nA dancer faces the isolation of competition &\; rejection as she tries to find work as a dancer.
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3.15pm to 4pm: \;Political Satire\, by Sally Hardy-Jones
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4pm to 4.45pm: \;The Commodification of Black Culture\, by Natasha Kabagweri
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4.45pm to 5.30pm:&n bsp\;The consequences of a technical malfunction in Space\, by M atthew Duffield (Studio)
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5.30pm to 6pm: \; Sea Poem\, by Teah Bernard
\n&ldquo\;A nurse/midwife in the 1990&rsquo\;s experiences racism from her supervisor and takes action&rd quo\;
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Day 3 (Thursday 15 May)
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12pm to 12:45: \;Young Carers\, by Jess Brooks< br />\n&ldquo\;A Young carer struggles with caring for her disabled fathe r&rdquo\;
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12.45pm to 1.30pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Katie Spelman (Studio)
\n&ldquo\;A play about a breakup&rdquo\;
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1.30pm to 2.15pm: \;L ost/Found/Lost/Found\, by Nathan Burke
\n&ldquo\;A man looks ba ck to his younger\, freer\, vibrant self&rdquo\;
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2.15pm to 3pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Lolly Taylor
\n&ldquo\;A daughter confronts her father about the sexual abuse he subj ected her to as a child (monologue &ndash\; experimenting with various th eatrical genres including Shakespearean tragedy/early modern\, Brechtian etc.)&rdquo\;
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3pm to 3.45pm: \;Amy Dun ne and Lady Macbeth\, by Chloe Bareham
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3.45pm to 4 .30pm: \;Taylor: An actor&rsquo\;s journey playing Hamle t &ndash\; suicide and mental health\, by Tyler Woodhouse
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4.30 to 5.30pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Me linda Hett\, Tayi Mavunga-Akinti\, and Sharon Adebayo
\n&ldquo\;A Ma cbeth inspired show about revenge and murder&rdquo\;
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D ay 4 (Friday 16 May)
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12pm to 12.45pm: \;Sea Poem\, by Teah Bernard
\n&ldquo\;A nurse/midwif e in the 1990&rsquo\;s experiences racism from her supervisor and takes a ction&rdquo\;
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12.45pm to 1.30pm: \;The consequences of a technical malfunction in Space\, by Matthew Duffi eld (Studio)
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1.30pm to 2.15pm: \;The C ommodification of Black Culture\, by Natasha Kabagweri
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2.15pm to 3pm: \;Political Satire\, by Sally H ardy-Jones
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3pm to 3.45pm: \;The dancer and their shadow\, by Cerys Ferney
\nA dancer faces the isolat ion of competition &\; rejection as she tries to find work as a dancer .
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3.45pm to 4.30pm: \;Her Name in the Sky (an adaptation)\, by Chiedze Maravesa
\n&ldquo\;A young gay Zimbabwean woman with Shona ancestry is discovering her sexuality and fi nds a letter from her grandmother introducing her to the various queer se xualities recognised by her pre-colonial ancestors&rdquo\;
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4.30pm to 5.15pm: \;The enactment and possible mecha nism for the repair of a multiple personality disorder\, by Corey Le e
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5.15pm to 6pm: \;Working Title TBC\, by Emma Kopf
\n&ldquo\;A pregnant women in a bath hears a voic e calling through the bath taps and pursues it in an attempt to find out more about the future of her unborn child in an era of climate change&rdq uo\;
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