Harry Quirk
Theatre
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Six Actors in Search of a Director
November 2024
The Red Herring Theatre Company
Director
Six actors are on a movie set, waiting for their call. Until then they sit in limbo. We witness their interactions, aspirations and reminiscences as they wait for the director to bring them to life.
First performed in 2012, this comedy by Steven Berkoff explores the collective need for expression and appreciation.
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The Yellow Wallpaper
October - November 2024
Growing Theatre
Director
Confined to the attic with nothing but a journal and her thoughts, a young mother is prescribed peace and tranquillity to help her hysteria. But her thoughts are less than tranquil and the attic’s Yellow Wallpaper does little to quiet her mind, forcing her to explore every corner of her sanity
Written in 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Yellow Wallpaper is an important piece of feminist literature which brings to life the attitude towards physical and mental health in the 19th century while gripping readers with its foreboding atmosphere.
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The Lowestoft Writer's Guild: Evening of Reading
September 2024
Growing Theatre
Director
A special evening for the members of the Lowestoft Writer's Guild to share some of the work that they have been working on and felt proud enough to share with an audience.
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Untying the Knot & Treading the Boards
One-Act Play Double-Feature
July - September, 2023
Growing Theatre C.I.C & Burnt Coffee Theatre Company
Writer & Director
A collaboration of companies, Growing Theatre C.I.C and Burnt Coffee Theatre Company, bringing two new short plays to the stage in a tour of Norfolk and Suffolk.
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With rehearsals for the drama society's annual showcase underway, two actors come to find their characters to be more like them than they originally thought. Treading the Boards is a new comedy set in the high-stakes world of amateur theatre, with tight-knit groups, in-jokes and inflated egos.
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The Birthday Party
June, 2023
The Red Herring Theatre Company
Director
Meg and Petey run a quiet seaside boarding house where they dote on their only house guest Stanley, a peculiar man who used to be a musician. Stanley’s birthday party quickly turns into a nightmare with the arrival of two unexpected guests from his past.
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The Hollow
May, 2023
Norwich Players Theatre Company
Assistant Stage Manager
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow.
Dr. Cristow is at the centre of the trouble when, assembled in one place, we find his dull but devoted wife, Gerda, his mistress, Henrietta and his former lover and Hollywood film star, Veronica. Also visiting are love rival Edward, and disheartened cousin Midge.
As the romantic associations grow, so does the list of potential suspects, as a shot rings out across the grounds and house. Nearly everyone has a motive, but only one of them did the deed.
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Dead Funny
February, 2023
Norwich Players Theatre Company
Stage Manager
While Eleanor wants a child, her uptight partner, Richard, is too busy running the Dead Funny Society. But in a week when British comedy heroes Frankie Howard and Benny Hill both kick the bucket, the society gathers for a celebration that promises to be full of hilarity and laughter.
Well, for everybody except the disgruntled Eleanor, anyhow.
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Lowestoft Writer's Guild: Evening of Reading
November, 2022
The Lowestoft Writers Guild
Director
Since it's formation in October 2021, the Lowestoft Writers Guild have been meeting monthly to discuss all things writing, creativity, and sharing certain pieces that we've been working on.
In this Evening of Reading, our members shared some things that they are particularly proud of.
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Houdini: A Magician Among The Spirits
July, 2022
Stage Manager
The greatest magician Harry Houdini lives again in this stunning new play.
Do Spirits Return? Harry Houdini believes they don't and sets out to expose the popular tricks of the Victorian psychics. Houdini: A Magician Among The Spirits follows the master magician as he lays bare the Séance room, tackles charlatans, navigates a troubled friendship with Arthur Conan Doyle, and performs some of his most famous tricks and escapes.
In a modern age of lies and spin, does Houdini's scepticism and logic have a resonance? Or does a lack of belief lead to a barren life? Where is the line between magic and misdeed?
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This new play toured several theatres around Suffolk, including The Two Sisters, The Fisher Theatre and The Seagull Theatre.
