Six aspiring young directors will have the privilege of re-opening the Everyman theatre on the main stage as part of the two-week Young Everyman Playhouse Directors’ Festival 2021.
The free to attend event will comprise six separate performances from May 31 to June 12 in front of audiences - the first time since 2019 that the festival has been staged.
Opening the festival, Lorna McCoid will direct two of her own short plays - Icing Sugar, a dark comedy set around a repressed 1950s housewife, her husband and a very special cake, and White Lilies, featuring a monologue from a prima ballerina with a promising future and some dirty little secrets.
Then Mary Savage will direct Eggs, a story about friendship, fertility and freaking out, and Olive Pascha will direct Bull, about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying.
Box Clever directed by Melissa Ratcliffe, follows the life of a young, single Liverpool mum, Marnie and her struggle to survive from the confines of a women’s refuge, while All Over Lovely, directed by Laurie Fahy, is a deep dive into two estranged lovers who meet at a funeral.
Closing the festival will be is Build a Rocket, directed by Jess Meade, which follows a young woman who, despite her circumstances, realises her potential and begins to use it.
Matt Rutter, YEP director, said: “Hosting our first YEP Directors’ Festival since 2019 on the Everyman’s main stage is a huge moment for Young Everyman Playhouse and our theatres. We cannot wait to get back in to the Everyman to showcase the talent of Liverpool’s young theatre makers.”
Free tickets for YEP Directors’ Festival, which runs from May 31 to June 12, are available now here.
