City Script 2020 features creative work written by students on the Playwriting & Screenwriting MA: the class of 2020. In it you will find shorts oand script extracts in a range of genres, from urban realism to fantasy, Shakespearean update to political allegory. Happy reading!
Meet the Writers
Jennifer Venis
When Paul’s illness catches up with him, and Amy is expected to save the day, she realises that she first must save herself.
Yue Wang
After all the disasters, the brotherhood has remained. A smile at meeting, the bitterness is dissolved
Sarah-Jayne Johnson
Sophia, a 30-year-old woman is in recovery after life-changing surgery, and keeps her stoma and colostomy bag a secret
Pádraig Lynch
Armed with her father’s deck of Tarot cards, Ash Carter begins to unravel sinister forces at work at the newest attraction in town.
Jess Hatton
Armed with her father’s deck of Tarot cards, Ash Carter begins to unravel sinister forces at work at the newest attraction in town.
Jenna Kamal
Caroline battles with OCD and tries to fend off her demons, Death and Fire, as they convince her the house is going to burn down.
Callan McCarthy
Seamstress Irene works at the shop of her ex-stepmother Robbie in their homophobic small town, and then connects with the daughter of their rival
Andre Goliath
Kieran leads a double life as a male prostitute while trying to raise his status in an underground gang which is being investigated by Wesley, his best friend.
Anders Brendstrup
A teenager deals with the trauma of a mentally ill mother by singing heavy metal but when ghostly voices invade her recordings she must exorcise both real and imagined demons.
Cecilie Jensen
Seeking out a way to bring her father back to life, Zoe finds herself being sucked into a book on Greek myths.
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