Off the Page Autumn 2024: Online
Event details
Fancy reading a great play in the company of others from the comfort of your own home?
If so, grab a coffee and join us on Wednesday mornings, 11am-12.30pm on Zoom.
No advance reading is required – enjoy finding out what happens each week!
Interested in meeting up with the group in person? Join our afternoon in-person sessions instead!
Online booking will open at 10am on Wednesday 21 August. Please note that phone booking will not be available this term.
Online
90 min
£40 for 8 sessions
What you will need
To access the sessions, you need a smartphone, tablet or laptop and Zoom, which you can download for free. Don’t worry if you’ve not used Zoom before, we have a step-by-step guide.
How to book
Online booking will open at 10am on Wednesday 21 August. Please note that phone booking will not be available this term.
If you have any questions, please email Neil Packham, Community Drama Director at neil@citz.co.uk for more information.
What we’ll be reading
During this term, we’ll be exploring the work of playwright Zinnie Harris and in particular her play Further Than The Furthest Thing, first performed at the Traverse and the Tron in 2000 before transferring to the National Theatre in London.
This fascinating play evokes the fragility of a remote island community as their way of life is threatened. It’s full of curious characters with their own idiosyncratic language and set in a vivid, timeless land scape.
Zinnie Harris is a playwright that has collaborated with Citizens Theatre Artistic Director Dominic Hill on many productions, including This Restless House in 2017.
Further Than The Furthest Thing is available as a single play for approximately £10 (published by Faber, August 2000, ISBN 9780571205448.), or in a collection, Zinnie Harris: Plays 1 for £15-£20 (also published by Faber, ISBN 9780571356720).
You will need a copy in advance of the first session. It can be bought from a range of online stores including direct from Blackwells, Waterstones, and Bookshop.org. A limited number of second hand copies are available through World of Books.
What participants say
It has been great fun, challenging and an unmissable part of the week.
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t has been a major highlight of my week during lockdown, getting a social boost and some very stimulating and intellectual chat, as well as a lot of laughs…such a tonic!