Eight Expectations: Part 1
NEXT LIFE
Written by Nick Miller
Directed by Jonny Finlay
Brian: Nick Miller
The Presenter: Deborah Pike
Wendy (the wife): Kim Gabriel
Charlotte (the daughter): Nikki Lee
Scott (the son): Aaron Govey
Geoff (Brian’s friend): Jonny Finlay
Third Deputy Assistant Administrator: Supratim Mitra
In the wake (no pun intended) of the profusion of funeral planning adverts springing up on TV news channels, here’s a company that goes above and beyond the call of duty. Brian, encouraged by his wife Wendy, aims to make sure his family are not left with the stress and worry of affording the arrangements when it’s his time, but all may not be as it seems.
DIRTY LAUNDRY
Written by Nikki Lee
Directed by Kim Gabriel
Emma: Rebecca Masker
Natalie: Megan O’Callaghan
The Manager: Will Bevan-Thomas
Two strangers who happen to meet in their local laundrette find themselves inadvertently sharing intimate tales of their love lives and errant partners. As their frustrations and revelations come tumbling out, with the nosey shop manager listening in, what else could possibly come out in the wash?
Stotious: Act 1
Written by David Lynch
Directed by Kim Gabriel
Joseph Murphy, the son: David Lynch
Mick McGinty, Marie’s occasional partner: Jonny Finlay
Sean Murphy, the dad: Nick Miller
Marie Murphy, the daughter: Deborah Pike
It’s the morning after the night before. Headaches are being nursed, existences are being contemplated, and breakfast is (slowly) being made. Join the Murphy family of County Fermanagh as they try to figure out just how this day can be salvaged.
The Chair
Written by Nick Miller
Directed by Nick Miller
Prison Officer: Will Bevan Thomas
Geraldine: Deborah Pike
Mitchell: David Lynch
Location: East Block, San Quentin State Prison, Marin County. The only penitentiary in the USA still set up for prisoners condemned to death. A Prison Officer escorts a woman into a holding unit to meet Prisoner CDC#49328 Mitchell. The visitor is not known to the prisoner. As of 2021, East Block housed 728 male and 22 female inmates.
WOULD YOU RATHER
Written by Nikki Lee
Directed by Stephen Saleh
Glamorous Deborah: Deborah
Jeremy Clitheroe: Nick Miller
Jim Roberts: David Lynch
Sandra Roberts: Megan O’Callaghan
Alan Roberts: Jonny Finlay
Susan Roberts: Rebecca Masker
Max Roberts: Aaron Govey
Security: Stephen Saleh
The battle for television viewers these days takes us down ever darker avenues designed to shock as much as to entertain. But could there be a more dystopian vision of things to come than the game show which encourages contestants to choose from a brace of unsavoury challenges in order to win prizes?
Eight Expectations: Part 2
THE MAN WHO FELL OUT OF A PLANE
Written by David Lynch
Directed by David Lynch
Olivia Weaver (Head Flight Attendant): Katie Hillitt
Jack Miller (FBI Agent): Jonny Finlay
The Gentleman (Passenger in seat 12A): Max Perrillat
52 years on, and based on a true life mystery, this is the story of the man the media mistakenly named D.B. Cooper who allegedly hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, duped the FBI and made a dramatic escape by parachute with $200,000 in ransom money. The hijacker was never identified, apprehended, or found. But is that what actually happened? Writer David Lynch has another theory.
Stotious: Act 2
Written by David Lynch
Directed by Kim Gabriel
Joseph Murphy: David Lynch
Sean Murphy: Nick Miller
Marie Murphy: Deborah Pike
Joe Murphy is hungry, hungover, and hung up on the idea of a takeaway. The only thing standing between him and a restorative feast is his family. Will he succeed in his negotiations? Or will his father’s rake of spuds carry the day?
STARSHIP
Written by Rebecca Masker
Directed by Rebecca Masker
Captain Hampshire: Jonny Finlay
Chief Officer Ruby : Megan O’Callaghan
Ensign Amoxicillin: Supratim Mitra
Computer: Will Bevan-Thomas
Kevin: Max Perrillat
General Vod: Nick Miller
Come aboard the bridge of the SS Kylie Minogue of the Sol Federation and marvel at the antics of the incompetent crew and their even more incompetent handyman Kevin. Witness the tension as they navigate the universe looking for… something or other, whilst attempting to evade invasion by the terrifying(ish) General Vod of the Galactic Empire, captain of the Trichomoniasis.”