Owl on the Roof presents a scratch night of brand-new work in progress, featuring a scene from a play, a stand-up set, and a character monologue, with drinks served through the night.
Owl on the Roof are bringing Apples & Pears to the Spielman Theatre on Saturday 17 October, a scratch night of brand-new work in progress. If you're not familiar with the term, a scratch night is exactly what it sounds like: artists bringing early, unfinished pieces to a stage to see how they land in front of a real audience. It's the raw end of the process, and that's the whole point.
The bill is built on the unpredictable, and the variety is where the night gets its pull. You might see a scene from a play that's still being written, a stand-up set still finding its feet, a character monologue with heart, or something that refuses to fit any box. Because it's a scratch night, the pieces aren't polished off—they're being worked through in the room. It's a chance to see original work before it grows into what it's destined to become, and since the bill is a mix of different artists, you'll get a few very different things in one sitting.
That unpredictability is the draw. One moment you're watching a playwright test a scene, the next a comedian working out a new bit of stand-up, and then a monologue that stands on its own. It's not a single show with a set list, but a collection of new starts from a variety of artists, all sharing the same stage on the same night.
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It's all happening at the Spielman Theatre in Bristol (BS3 1TF) on Saturday 17 October, with a bar serving drinks through the night.
