{"id":11631,"date":"2018-08-24T11:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T10:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filmoxford.org\/?p=11631"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T12:41:39","slug":"singles-night-a-new-play-by-russell-highsmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmoxford.org\/singles-night-a-new-play-by-russell-highsmith\/","title":{"rendered":"Singles Night a new play by Russell Highsmith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singles Night a new play by Shadowlight Artist Russell Highsmith.<\/h4>\n

19th & 20th  September 2018, 7.30pm, Old Fire Station<\/a>, Oxford, \u00a38.50\/\u00a36.00<\/p>\n

BOOK TICKETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Singles<\/a><\/p>\n

Life is happening. Love is all around. Emma and James are flatmates; they\u2019ve been friends forever, and are looking for their fairytale endings. When Amber pops up with her dating agency, \u201cFriends \u2018n\u2019 Lovers\u201d, what could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n

Presented as part of Film Oxford\u2019s Shadowlight Artists Project, Singles Night<\/em> is the new play by Russell Highsmith<\/strong><\/a>, a hemiplegic writer with learning disabilities. His 2016 play The Big Shock<\/em> was performed at the Cornerstone in Didcot. His particular situation gives him a wry, sideways perspective on life but it\u2019s a view that is always extraordinarily upbeat and optimistic.<\/p>\n

Once again, he has teamed up with writer and director Mark Ralph-Bowman (With You Always<\/em>, OFS 2016) for another story about the comedy and pain of falling in love.<\/p>\n

The Shadowlight Artists Project<\/strong> is a group of professional artists with learning disabilities, supported by Film Oxford and funded by Arts Council of England. Their exhibition, Ri<\/strong>sing<\/strong>, is on 19 October \u2013 10 November at Modern Art Oxford<\/a>and Old Fire Station Gallery<\/a>. Singles Night <\/em>will be performed by professional actors. All proceeds from this performance will go to support the project.<\/p>\n

Cast:
\nAlexander Hopwood \u2013 James
\nFrancesca Louise White \u2013 Emma
\nMegan McInerney \u2013 Beth
\nMarcus Davis-Orrom \u2013 Pat
\nJenny Johns \u2013 Amber<\/p>\n

\u201cRussell is remarkable. He writes from the heart and that is why his work is so touching and true.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Paul Mayhew-Archer (writer, comedian and former BBC editor)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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