Theatre503 Stages ELEXION This Week

The latest piece of ambitious new writing at Theatre503 will be the politically fuelled EleXion, showing at the venue in May. This production, which has been co-authored by the emerging playwrights on the 503Five resident writer programme (Chloe Todd Fordham, Brian Mullin, Vinay Patel, Ella Greenhill and Neasa O'Callaghan), will explore the cross section of British experiences leading up to the General Election. The production will run at The Latchmere, 503 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BW from today 5th May - Saturday 9th May 2015, 7:45pm.

Marci and Chrissy, two political advisors, struggle to balance the personal and political. Aziz throws an election night party at his chicken shop. Pavel and his mum prepare to have their moment in the spotlight. Gina and Lewis meet in the houses of parliament to make their voices heard, whilst Abha, a politicised young voter, comes of age and a party of his friends gather in the local pub to celebrate their right to vote.

But when the dust settles what will this Election night hold for them and how will their communities deal with the outcome of their votes?

These pieces are being written and rehearsed right now to capture the feeling of the nation prior to 7th May 2015. The immediacy of these pieces exemplifies the relevance of writing that Theatre503 has come to be known for.

EleXion will follow on from the success of previous festivals of short new plays, Thatcherwrite and Decade.

EleXion runs today 5th May - Saturday 9th May 2015 at Theatre503, The Latchmere, 503 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BW. For more information, visit theatre503.com. Tickets available priced £12 (£10 concessions) from Theatre503 Box Office, by calling 020 7978 7040 or online.

Theatre503 is located above Latchmere Pub on the corner of Latchmere Road and Battersea Park Road. The nearest Underground stations are Sloane Square (on the Bakerloo and Northern lines) then bus 319, South Kensington (on the Bakerloo, Northern, Circle and District lines) then bus 45 or 345, and Vauxhall (on the Northern and Piccadilly lines) then bus 34. The nearest rail station is Clapham Junction.

Chloe Todd Fordham

Chloe is an astonishingly talented new writer who came to Theatre503's attention through the 503 Playwriting Award, for which she was shortlisted. Chloe's first full length play Land's End was selected for inclusion in the Arcola's PlayWrought festival in 2014 and was shortlisted for the Theatre503 Playwriting Award. Chloe has also taken part in the Young Writers Programme at the Royal Court Theatre and has an MA in Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths University.

Brian Mullin

Brian was born in the USA, where his work was developed at the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Ars Nova and Dixon Place. He re-located to London in 2009 to attend the MA Writing for Performance course at Goldsmiths. In the UK, his play M4M was workshopped in High Tide's Genesis LAB and he received a Mauve New World commission from Ovalhouse/Pink Fringe to write It Gets Better. He is a former member of the Orange Tree Writers Group and a founding member of international devising company Babakas, whose first piece Our Fathers has toured the UK, Lebanon and Poland and is published by Oberon.

Vinay Patel

Vinay is a writer of unquestionable talent (True Brits, Freefall) who offers a strong voice from the local community. Vinay studied for an MA in Writing at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating with distinction in 2011. His debut full-length play, True Brits - written as part of his attachment to HighTide Festival Theatre and published by Methuen Drama - premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014, transferred to the Bush Theatre as part of RADAR Festival and headlined the Vault Festival in February 2015. His second play, Free Fall, opened at the Pleasance Islington in October 2014 and was nominated for three Off West End Awards. He was selected for the Bush / Kudos Initiative 2014, Channel 4 Screenwriting Course 2015 and has written an Original Drama short for the BBC.

Ella Greenhill

Ella was previously commissioned by Theatre503 under their 503 Futures initiative and was selected for the Bush Theatre Kudos Initiative in 2013. She has had work shortlisted for Theatre Centre's Adrienne Benham Award and the Internationalists Playwriting Competition. Ella was writer on attachment with both Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Paines Plough and is a Royal Court Studio writers' group alumnus. She is one of the winning writers for ITV's Coronation Street Original Voices for BAME writers. Her play Made in Britain was at the Old Red Lion Theatre in January this year receiving 4 star reviews including 4 stars from the Times who described her as "a talent of tremendous promise" and described the play as "incendiary". She is also currently under commission to Box of Tricks for her new play Plastic Figurines which will tour in spring 2015.

Neasa O'Callaghan

Neasa O'Callaghan is a 23-year-old playwright from Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. She holds a B.A. in English, Classics and Creative Writing from National University of Ireland, Galway, an M.Phil in Irish Writing from Trinity College, Dublin and recently completed an M.Res in Playwriting Studies at the University of Birmingham. Her work has been performed at the Bank of Ireland Theatre, Galway, and Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham, with rehearsed and staged readings at Aras na Mac Leinn, NUI Galway, and George Cadbury Hall, University of Birmingham. As well as writing, Neasa has also worked as a producer in Ireland, notably with JOLT Theatre in Galway and The Playback Company in Dublin.

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