Open Works Festival presents Scratch Night 1.

A celebration of the diversity of human experience showcasing short, dynamic, and developing works from creators of all backgrounds, styles, and traditions.Join us for an exciting evening of raw, unfiltered, and boundary-pushing new performances.

Mad Meg: Elanor May Blackburn

Meg’s garden is full of curious treasures and there are ancient whispers that she’s a murderer under cover, but what secrets are lurking amongst the sun mirrors and gnomes? And is her story darker than anyone imagined?

I Won't Feel a Thing: Harry Daisley

As a spicy birthday treat, a young couple take a party drug that switches their physical sensations. Every touch. Every heartbeat. But when the effects fail to wear off, the couple are forced to reckon with a reality where their bodies are intertwined deeper than they could have ever desired.

This is a Horizontal Artist: Lucy Haighton

Once, Lucy's body was her livelihood. It danced, stripped, waited tables, climbed mountains, ran half marathons and refused to stop. Now, she finds herself in the wreckage of her former vertical life, carrying a spirit level and compression socks as unlikely companions.

Pint Painted Pictures: Joel Priest

When the sudden death of someone they all know shatters their ideas of what it means to be a man, a group of four working-class young men are forced to confront uncomfortable truths. Is the problem a society that defines masculinity for them, or is it time they took a hard look at themselves?

Part of Open Works Festival