The great
thing about Cultural Exchanges week is the opportunities it provides to do
something that you might not under ordinary circumstances. You are able to meet
and listen to wonderful people and experience exciting, unique events. In order to experience something I usually wouldn’t, I attended The
Meltdown Test.
It consisted
of six unique plays, written by MA students in TV Scriptwriting, exploring ‘the
stresses, strains, hassles and humour of modern day British life’, all performed by
drama students.
It was a
fantastic event, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Awkwardly, I arrived half an hour
early by mistake. That was fun.
However, it
was worth the wait, and when the sketches finally started I was really impressed by the
collaboration between actors and writers. Each short play explored a different - sometimes unusual - circumstance in daily life,
tempering serious moments with comedy. My favourites were
Rock and Roll by Pamela Hallam, in which a suspicious, wittering old man
murders his grandson, and Stuck by Ellis Di Cataldo, a story examining
the similarities between two strangers placed together by fate.
I thought
the event was a brilliant idea, bringing together students to create
successful and original performances. I would certainly attend an event like this
again.
J.Wedgbury
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