Alumni of the University of Essex matchfunded £500
By
Jo McGarry
London
‘The Starship Osiris’ is a comedy sci-fi farce about an arrogant theatre maker’s failed attempts to put on a show. It contains live music, puppetry, videography and audience participation and is non-stop fun from blast off to touchdown!
The play will be underscored throughout by a pianist and three singers, who also double as crewmembers on the ship. There will be film sections used throughout the first half, mainly so that George can play multiple characters at once.
Poor Lauren!
She cannot bear talking to Adam for a second longer than she needs to!
George Vere’s intention is to write, direct and star in his own sci-fi, playing the handsome and brave lead; the heroic Captain Harrison. But after insulting his co-star Adam Willis one too many times, Adam flips and leads a vicious cast mutiny against the show and its creator.
We see the show as having two distinct halves.
The first half is George’s badly written sci-fi, in which he is constantly saving the day, adored by the women and belittling Adam.
The second half – Adam’s mutiny – is a complete shift in style, going from a straight laced play with serious intentions, to a chaotic free-for-all farce with audience participation and improvised elements, all designed to stop George’s attempts to regain control.
Don't do it Ian!
Ian somehow restraining himself from beating Adam up!
We are a theatre company devoted to producing brave and original new writing. Willis & Vere are a tight knit crew of seven incredibly creative and experienced innovators all with the same intense passion for making comedy.
We believe we have created something genuinely new and exciting and we are working hard to be able to create a show that has a life span longer than an Edinburgh run.
The girls laughing at Adam, out of character!
Behind his back and also to his face!
The University of Essex's BA Graduate Awards program were generous enough to support us in part to stage the play, but in the our penultimate week we need some further help with last minute expenses to make the play as successful as possible. We are now trying to raise a minimum of £1000.
The first £1000 will go towards:
Upwards from our minimum:
Keep strong Jo!
She bravely puts up with standing next to Adam for longer than a minute!
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A signed flyer from Willis & Vere's 'interview with a genius' EdFringeReview's Pick of the Fringe 2015
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Estimated delivery: 1 September 2016
An album of songs used in the show, all sung by the man himself: Captain Harrison!
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Estimated delivery: 1 September 2016
We will build you a fully working remote controlled Nano-Droid like the one used in our play. You can choose a colour and help with design if you wish. Note: we cannot ship this.
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Estimated delivery: 1 December 2016
If you are willing to provide the lyrics, Ian will compose you a song in any genre. We can also help record it.
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Estimated delivery: 1 November 2016