FOUR SHORT PLAYS performed: !NEW WRITING!

FOUR NEW SHORT PLAYS BY ESTABLISHED and EMERGING TALENTED PLAYWRIGHTS.

A FASCINATING AND INSPIRING EVENING OF NEW WRITING! 

TICKETS ON LINE AND ON THE DOOR

4 short plays of around 25 mins with a bar break and a short discussion. Mingle, have a drink / drink in the creative vibe and enjoy the whole evening. We will bring you new, unusual, largely yet unheard material, with actors on stage. For those who love something a bit different and those who are already interested in good quality fringe theatre this event is a must!

PLAYWRIGHTS : ROHAN GOTOBED, ED VINEY, MILLIE HALDANE and ANNABEL WORSFOLD

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ANNABEL WORSFOLD

Annabel Worsfold is a Dorset-based theatre maker, poet, and performer. She graduated from Arts University Bournemouth with a First Class Honours degree in Performing Arts and has since developed a multidisciplinary practice rooted in storytelling, collaboration, and community engagement.

Annabel has performed in a wide range of productions and writes her own plays, which have been showcased at venues across Dorset, including Lighthouse Poole, The Corn Exchange, Talbot Woods, and The Factory Space. Alongside her creative work, she facilitates workshops with community groups, using theatre as a tool for connection and expression.

Passionate about supporting new work and underrepresented voices, Annabel co-founded In The Making, a scratch night dedicated to creating space for Dorset’s emerging artists to share work, experiment, and develop their practice.

LIMBO: “Look at it this way; you have a beautiful apple tree in front of you, some apples are more red, some bigger, some you are told, taste more sweet . You must pick one. But the longer you wait, the longer you spend deciding what you want out of that first bite, the apples begin to rot and die.”

 MILLIE HALDANE

Millie Haldane is a writer from Glasgow, whose work focuses on masculinity, nationalism, and the terse relationship between the two. Having studied on the MA Drama Writing course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, she has had productions at the Edinburgh Fringe, various black boxes around Bristol and Scotland, and most recently enjoyed a collaboration with English Heritage and Insane Root Theatre Co at Temple Church, Bristol. Her work blends everyday realism with abstract and poetic narrative, with each piece having a unique voice and perspective.

Two siblings. One is charming, explosive, funny, horrible, delightful, frightening, wonderful. The other is Her. And she’s just alright.

PALS is an exploration of masculinity, nationalism, and how far you can love our family when they can’t see past themselves. 

Ed Viney is a writer/director based in the South West.  He has worked with various theatres and organisations across the UK creating new contemporary work and staging revivals of classics or forgotten plays. (pic. Darren Britton)

Ed’s recent productions include Pot licker (www.potlickerplay.com) and its sequel Stolen Ram about three teachers who have found a bag of drugs in school lost property.  He also recently adapted and directed Der jüngste Tag (Judgment Day) by Ödön von Horváth for Bath Spa Productions.  Ed is a Peggy Ramsay Award recipient for his play Daredevil, and received a Four Nations International Award from Creative Scotland for his playMamiaith. 

 He is a former Assistant Director at the RSC and Creative Associate at the National Theatre Studio.

Ed is the Festival Director for The Script’s The Thing – which celebrates new work with 100 writers presenting scripts for stage, screen, audio and all writing for performance: The Script’s The Thing! – Dorchester Arts

Ed’s play for Saturday night is titled NUTS ABOUT NUTS IN MAY – and tells a story of a couple from London obsessed with a television play from the 1970s.  It’s fitting that this particular television play was filmed in and around Corfe, not far from Sandy Hill Arts itself!

Actors: Royce Cronin and Rachel Fullegar

ROHAN GOTOBED

Rohan Gotobed is a theatre director, writer, and actor. Since training at Birkbeck and the Unicorn Theatre, he’s been working across the UK, predominantly focusing on new plays, site-specific productions, and theatre for young audiences. He’s the artistic director of Dorsetborn, whose recent shows include Georgia and the Iceberg, PRIDE, and Fort. Their play, Lessons from Teacher x by Erin De Frias, toured in April 2026.

 Rohan has previously directed for the National Trust, The National Gallery, and National Youth Theatre, among others. As a writer, he has been commissioned by MAST Mayflower Studios, and received support from Channel 4 Drama, Exeter Northcott, and Mercury Colchester. As part of Inside Out Dorset 2025, Rohan co-created We Fear: Leviathan, performed onsite at Sandy Hill Arts.

 He is Lead Facilitator for Poole Lighthouse Young Writers, a visiting tutor at Arts University Bournemouth, and has delivered workshops for organisations around the UK, including Bournemouth Writing Festival, Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation, Taunton Brewhouse, and Activate Performing Arts.

An extract from Rohan’s play THE CHOSEN ONES will be performed.

When three young actors audition for a blockbuster fantasy film, their lives will never be the same again.

Young Arcus: Toby Batt, Young Oona: Avesta Maqsudi, Young Derrix: Tyler Hoyland

Please note: some plays contain adult material, so 16+ or under parental guidance

No parking on site, except for accessibility needs. Please email info@sandyhillarts.co.uk to request a place. Free National Trust car park nearby.

BAR AND FOOD. Jerk chicken and veggie curry.

BUS 40 FROM SWANAGE, POOLE AND WAREHAM STATION.

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