Liars' League

Trutch! or Chekhov's Woman by Dan Timms

Trutch! MP3 

Read by Nicholas Delvallé

A grainy scene.

CCTV, it could be. Is. The tell-tale time in the corner: 11.17 pm.

A woman crosses the screen, moves down a deserted alleyway. It is late and she is alone.

We switch to stalker point of view. The woman’s heels clip along the road, slow… halt. She half turns – is it possible that someone is following her?

 

Proving Grounds by Sunny Teich

Proving Grounds MP3

Read by Gloria Sanders

Nell grew up in the desert and when she was eleven years old, when she had long limbs and impossibly blonde hair and she was in the lobby of a casino pulling the lever of her mother’s slot machine for luck, a talent agent noticed her. Her mother took his business card, her lips a tight line framed in smudged lipstick. The man ran his fingers over the buttons on his suit jacket and said he had been having a drink in the bar and couldn’t keep his eyes off Nell. She remembered feeling suddenly hot, for the first time aware of the tension of being ashamed and pleased in the same instance.

 

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pig by Bernard O'Keeffe

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pig MP3

Read by Nicky Diss

Ruby had set herself two targets for her second term at University – the first was to get herself a starring role in a play, and the second was to get herself a boyfriend. The mistake she made was trying to do them both together.

 

One Beautiful Day by Elizabeth Stott

One Beautiful Day MP3

Read by Carrie Cohen

The Salters arrive as the November evening engulfs the provincial town. They park outside the Victorian civic hall as instructed by the secretary of the local music society. The gothic ornament of the exterior, dark streaked by pollution, is just as the Salters expect, for they have seen many such venues in their years of touring the provinces. The brief period when their names appeared at Covent Garden still warms their hearts. At least, it warms Mr Salter’s heart; he is often heard reminiscing about his ‘Toreador’, a part he took temporarily when the incumbent Escamillo had shingles.

 

Wet Patch and the Wad by David Turnbull

Wet Patch & the Wad MP3

Read by Greg Page

Poor Wet Patch, when we were in year three at primary school he went to the toilet and forgot to shake it. He came back into the classroom oblivious to the large and embarrassingly obvious wet patch that had formed on the front of his grey trousers. The name stuck. By the time we moved up to secondary school no one ever referred to him as anything else other than Wet Patch.

 

The Mad Scene by Tom Heaton

The Mad Scene MP3

Read by Sarah Feathers

Lucy ran through the grey breeze-block corridors. ‘Where is Mr Eldon?’ she asked everyone she met. In the green room they were watching football with the volume low. ‘Is Mr Eldon here?’

Two Tommies – one fat, one languorous and handsome – turned towards her with concerned faces. They shook their heads, shrugged with their mouths.

 

Stage & Screen, Tuesday 10th May

The hopefuls have been auditioned, the casting couch resprung, and soon the curtain will rise on the one-night-only showbiz spectacular that is our STAGE & SCREEN night this coming Tuesday 10th May! There will be explosions, escapes, killer gum, animal masks, Shakespeare, and murders which are almost certainly sexually motivated. Don't wait for the DVD - make sure to catch us live!

 

STAGE & SCREEN WINNING STORIES

Wet Patch & the Wad by David Turnbull

Trutch! or Chekhov's Woman by Dan Timms

Proving Grounds by Sunny Teich

One Beautiful Day by Elizabeth Stott

The Mad Scene by Tom Heaton *NEW AUTHOR*

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pig by Bernard O'Keeffe *NEW AUTHOR*

 

Entry is just £5, and includes a programme, popcorn, and the legendary half-time literary quiz in which you can win FREE BOOKS. So come along next Tuesday and take advantage of the cheapest tickets in the West End!

Liars' League events are held at 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm) on the second Tuesday of every month. Seating is first come first served - so it's a good idea to get there a bit ahead of time if you want a good table - but if you have a party of 5 or more you can reserve a table by calling 07808 939535.

The venue is downstairs at:
The Phoenix
37 Cavendish Square
London
W1G 0PP

(The Phoenix is 5 minutes' walk from Oxford Circus tube station, which is on the Victoria, Bakerloo and Central lines). Map here