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Mixed DoublesMixed Doubles A showcase for new playsA showcase for new plays

Roman Fever By Thomas Bewley

27 & 28 January 2012, 7.30pm

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The Hamster’s Revenge By Rio Fanning

www.oldfiresta�on.org.uk

The Old Fire Sta�on, 40 George Street, Oxford,

Crossing Over By Mary Sco�

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Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles is the stage premiere of three plays wri2en and performed by members of Oxford Actors’ Network. Each

one is a two-hander, dealing with the perennial issues of money and family, passion and deceit, bureaucracy and prejudice, and each

has a twist at the end.

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The Hamster’s Revenge by Rio Fanning.

Some�mes just winning the Lo2ery isn't enough.

A;er a long �me away building a successful career for himself, Charles comes to congratulate his sister, Leonora, when she wins the

lo2ery. He soon discovers that she is locked in the past and his visit opens up a can of worms that money can't close.

Karen Ford (Leonora)

Gerard Robinson (Charles)

Directed by Rio Fanning

Rio has been in the business so long that he’s forgo2en when he began. Star�ng as an actor, during the Six�es and Seven�es he ap-

peared in virtually every TV series made. Twenty-five years ago he started to write and has since wri2en for EastEnders, District Nurse,

BallyKissangel, Peak Prac�ce, The Archers, and many foreign series no one has ever heard of.

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Roman Fever by Thomas Bewley

(adapted from the short story by Edith Wharton)

It is the 1930s, two elderly widows meet up again while staying in Rome with their daughters. Le; alone on their hotel terrace for the

a;ernoon they begin to reminisce about the �me when they first met in Rome several decades earlier, with unexpected revela�ons.

Anita Wright (Grace)

Hester Lo� (Alice)

Directed by Thomas Bewley

A;er a life�me’s involvement in Drama, Thomas Bewley turned professional five years ago, since when he has played a variety of film

and stage roles. He first read Edith Wharton’s short story while lying in a hammock in Ecuador and is delighted to have this opportunity

of bringing it to the stage.

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Crossing Over by Mary Sco2

Petra, a young woman from a �ny barely-known country in the East turns up at the desk of Immigra�on Officer, Margaret Denton, to

claim asylum in the UK. Margaret, a worn-out, overworked cynic tries to fulfil her duty to this young woman, but Petra starts to get un-

der her skin. Whilst ba2ling with bureaucracy, the emo�onally charged stories of the women start to emerge – having an unexpected

effect on both their lives.

Gosia Brudlo (Petra)

Mary Sco2 (Margaret)

Directed by Moya Hughes and Danny Sco�

Mary Sco2 trained as a mature student in ac�ng at an academy in Canada and went on to do a classic theatre appren�ceship with a

professional company for a year before returning to the UK in the mid 90s. Since then she has been primarily involved in coaching ac-

tors, performing in fringe theatre and la2erly had started wri�ng and producing her own material. Her wri�ng/direc�ng debut was a

theatre - physical theatre - music produc�on of ‘Faces’ in Vienna in 2007.

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Stage Manager: Abby Reeves

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Established in 2004, Oxford Actors’ Network (OAN) is open to trained actors and theatre prac��oners in the Oxford area who have pro-

fessional experience. Primarily func�oning as a network, this is the first opportunity for members to collaborate in a produc�on of new

and exci�ng work.

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