LEFTOVERS By Lydia Marchant This short play was commissioned by Hull Truck Theatre to be part of the 2018 Grow Festival. Premiering in Hull Truck Theatre’s Studio, audiences were able to see three punchy 15-minute plays by Hull writers Lydia, Jim English and Josh Overton Plot This play follows the challenges faced by Molly and her girlfriend Becca as they attempt to save up money to buy a house. Notes: Recommended for 14+. This play contains some mild swearing with the references to sex. When a character speaks it says their name in bold on the left side of the page with their dialogue on the right. A straight black horizontal line may represent a change in topic, location or lapse in time. About the playwright: Lydia Marchant wrote her first play for Hull Truck Theatre’s Young Writers Festival when she was 13. She was Young Writer in Residence between 2012 and 2015 and is now an Affiliate Artist. Her work for Hull Truck Theatre includes THE EXPENDABLES (2012), SPLIT (2015), DEFIANCE (2017), LEFTOVERS (2018), TEN PLAYS (2019) and MUMSY (2019). Lydia is part of the BBC’s Writers Academy, led by John Yorke, for which she is writing episodes of EASTENDERS, CASUALTY and HOLBY CITY. She also has work in development with Cuba Pictures and BBC Factual. She is Associate Writer of The Roaring Girls, with whom she developed BEACH BODY READY, and has also worked with companies including Middle Child, Silent Uproar, York Theatre Royal, Derby Theatre and Paines Plough. She has a Distinction in MA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and trained on writers programmes including Writing Squad, Leeds Playhouse, National Theatre, Soho Theatre, Royal Court and BFI.
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