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Slavey

Where we began at Southern Counties Drama Festival 2023 With a challenging piece exploring family dynamics and their slaveys.

Written by Sigrid Gilmer. As the latest addition to the upper class, Nora and Robert Smith decide it’s time to buy their first slavey - Ted. However this new lifestyle seems to have its own turmoils for ted and all the family. With sonny’s canine outbursts grating away at her parents, will the family manage to uphold this idyllic facade or will their twisted reality be revealed.

As our first ever project we were led by Disaster Class's Creative Director Dominic Semwanga. With no experience across the board the team went in with a fuck around and find out attitude. Tackling bold theme's within the play and the production issues outside of the show this was not easy to pull off. With a budget of only £400 Dom decided to use a minimalist set that he built in the same place they rehearsed in the shed at the bottom of his garden. However with the sheer acting ability on stage, a killer score Created by Dominic Semwanga and Cameron Day and a bit of luck, the show managed to place overall 3rd place at the festival and racking up some nominations along the way

Cast

Ted - Kieran O'Brien

Nora Smith - Tabitha Crocker

Robert Smith - Jack Nuttell

Sonny Smith - Amélie Bardsley

Tim - Freddy Thompson-Moss

Lucille - Megan Filipe-Harrington

Miriam White - Kate Gauntlett

Franklin White - Sam Webber

LaTanya Jones - Yasmin Humphreys

Tom Jones - Oscar Covallero

Crew

Director - Dominic Semwanga

Assistant Director - Megan Filipe-Harrington

Sound Technician - Milly Robinson

Composer - Cameron Day

Crew - James Ali

Producer - Dominic Semwanga

The Music

Creating a score can be a big challenge but Dom and Cameron rose to the occasion, creating original music that truly set the eerie tone of the show.

Slavey ThemeSemwanga
00:00 / 00:58
Don't FretCameron Day
00:00 / 01:38
Sticky's SoliloquySemwanga
00:00 / 01:44

Nominations

Best Director - Dominic Semwanga

Best Actor - Kieran O'Brien

Best Actress - Amélie Bardsley & Tabitha Crocker

Best Adult Show - Slavey

Winner of the Adjudicators Award - Dominic Semwanga for outstanding contributions to the production

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