New Stuff: June (Evening 2)
Produced and presented by The Cockpit
Part of Theatre Maker
NEW STUFF
Our monthly night of rehearsed readings. Join us for the opportunity to see exciting new work and engage in conversation with other writers, creatives, and theatre-goers.
We are excited to be hosting additional New Stuff sessions on the third Sundays of May and June 2026. Each event is ticketed separately, so please ensure you check which reading you are attending.
Coming Up: Sunday 21 June - 5.30pm
MY NIGHT WITH GEORGE
by Juliette Brady Quenin for Black Cat White Paws Theatre Company
63-year-old George, lives in a council flat in Ladbroke Grove and does various odd jobs to make ends meet. The apple of George’s eye is his daughter Gerry, who visits him a couple of times a year from Paris. George still sees her as his little girl who loves nothing more than picnics in Holland Park or a blockbuster at the local cinema. But Gerry is turning 18 and she now swears by influencers preaching about money and prestige as being the supreme answer to all existential problems. To her, George is irrevocably a loser and a negative influence, and she is determined to cut what she sees as her last mandatory visit short. Through a couple of unexpected interventions, revealing a past and a present carefully hidden by George, Gerry will see that there is much more to her father than the sum of his parts.
My Night with George talks about the generational gap, and the power of honest communication in bridging it. The play is also a tribute to the Punk movement and its legacy, asking the question: Was the famous “No Future!” slogan of the punk generation a self-fulfilling prophecy for its key players?
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More details coming soon!
Tickets are £3 with an optional donation at checkout.
New Stuff finishes at approximately 7.45pm, but we welcome all to join us for continued conversations in the bar downstairs.
Tickets are strictly limited, so booking in advance is highly recommended. Please note that the event takes place in one of our studio spaces, which is only accessible up a spiral staircase.
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If you’re a writer, director, producer or Theatre Maker and have a piece of new writing you’d like to put in front of an audience, this is the place for it!
For further information about New Stuff, please visit our More Information For Applicants page or email our New Stuff producer involved
thecockpit.org.uk (Michael).