NEW HORIZONS
MEETS
SHITCRIPT HAPPENS
PERFORMANCE SYMPOSIUM 2026
New works from BA Theatre 2026
&
new works & repertoire from BA Dance 2026
Script Happens offers a ground-breaking Theatre Festival of new work from Middlesex University's BA Theatre class of 2026.
New Horizons Festival provides an opportunity for Dance Students in their final year of the BA Dance programmes at Middlesex to come together and showcase their performance and creative work.
This year’s line-up features four brand new scripted theatre pieces, three new choreographic works and an extract of repertoire.
Theatre pieces explore the power of songwriting, hilarity of London transport, the cost of stardom, and perpetual notes from your director. programme 1 [DANCE]
16th & 17TH APRIL 2026 | 7:00PM
GROVE DANCE THEATRE, MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
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PROGRAMME 1 [THEATRE ARTS]
15th & 16TH APRIL 2026 | 7:00PM
ravensfield THEATRE, MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
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programme 2 [THEATRE ARTS & DANCE]
20th APRIL 2026 | 6:00PM
ALEXANDRA PALACE, LONDON
22nd APRIL 2026 | 7:00PM
NETWORK THEATRE, Waterloo
Image by POV Photography
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PROGRAMME 2 MONDAY 20TH & WEDNESDAY 22ND APRIL91019
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:
CAMILLA OLSVIK
CAST:
MAY - CAMILLA OLSVIK
HENNIE - AMANI A. ALLOUSH
ANDREW - HARRY MARTYN LEE
EMEKA - PETER AUGUSTINE JAMES
BOTTLE - MUHAMMAD SHEIKH
Henry takes the tube home every day.
Today, he saw a woman tie herself to the train tracks.
Out of fear and British politeness, Henry decided it wasn’t his
place to intervene. Every day, commuters see dancer and look
the other way. Don’t be like Henry. Help us make London safe.
Text 91019.
See it. Say it. Sort it.
The Star
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:
LiamG & Sandra Petriti
CAST:
DOnna Garner - sandra petriti
laura douglas - zoë kennedy
the director - harish zaqwan
SOUND DESIGNER:
LiamG
COMPANY MANAGER:
CATHERINE YAU
The star follows Donna, an ambitious young performer whose relationships begin to fracture as a
manipulative director pits dancers against one another and the pressure to succeed intensifies.
When opportunity finally arrives in the most unexpected way, this piece asks a chilling question:
what would you give to be unforgettable?
NOtes
WRITTEN BY:
BESNIK MARKILUS
CAST:
ANDY - BESNIK MARKLIUS
A once-passionate director grows increasingly unhinged as post-show notes
turn into a nightly battlefield with his disastrously chaotic cast and crew.
P(D)olly’s Out of Pocket
WRITTEN BY:
SYDNEY RUDD & GRACE RUDD
DIRECTED BY:
GRACE RUDD
CAST:
P(D)OLLY - GRACE RUDD
PLAYER - EZRA SPECTOR
SHANI -LiamG
KERSTIE - JAYLYNN SIMMS
SOUND DESIGN:
LiamG
Hey, fashion friends! Polly enters with her two bandmates, Kerstie and Shani, ready to rock the house
- when a dreaded glitch crashes her perfectly currated video game world.
The story follows Polly’s longing for more than an accessory-filled life, taking audiences on a journey
from pixels to real life, as she discovers the epic power of music and the fabulous force of friendship.
MOIRAICHOREOGRAPHY:
SIÂN HOPKINS IN COLLABORATION WITH MAGGIE BALL
DANCER:
MAGGIE BALL
MUSIC:
I REASON EARTH IS SHORT - EMILY DICKINSON, READ BY julie harris
itmoi (in the mind of igor): sacrifice - jocelyn pook, nitin sawhney, ben frost
introduction - georges brassens, la palatine
Lighting:
MIKKEL SVAK
COSTUME:
aylin altinelli
Caroline hagley
Music Editing:
tom kirkpatrick
DREAMCHOREOGRAPHY:
ANNIE ZHANG
DANCER:
ANNIE ZHANG
MUSIC:
Xiao Ru De ZI Bai Shu (小茹的自白书) - Hanyu Li / Mengmeng / Xiangshi Nan 李涵宇 孟猛 张相楠
Zhang Da (长大) - ZHUlin / Xuhao / Jiaqian lin / Shuman Chui
Try Everything - Sia Furler / Tor Erik Hermansen / Mikkel S. Eriksen
Try - Kirby Carey / Antonio Dixon Babyface / Jason Rivers
Dream - Thejal
LIGHTING:
MIKKEL SVAK
COSTUME:
AYLIN ALTINELLI
CAROLINE HAGLEY
WOMEN AFAR OFF (1990) - AN EXTRACTCHOREOGRAPHY:
ROSS MCKIM
REPERTOIRE DIRECTOR:
SIÂN HOPKINS
dancers:
MAGGIE BALL
KLARISA CHILA
MUSIC:
ST JOHN PASSION, BWV 245: PT 1 - J. S. BACH
LIGHTING:
MIKKEL SVAK
COSTUME:
ayLIN altinelli
CAROLINE HAGLEY
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(CONTAINS STROBELIGHTING)
CHOREOGRAPHY:
LEROY DIAS DOS SANTOS
DANCER:
KLARISA CHILA
MUSIC:
LIGHTING:
MIKKEL SVAK
COSTUME:
AYLIN ALTINELLI
CAROLINE HAGLEY
HEALCHOREOGRAPHER:
JENNIFER CREW-EMERY
DANCERS:
ALEXANDRA BURD
EUGENIA CEBANU
tegan dias
freya hanson-jones
amelia litchfield
MUSIC:
ethan jewell - It’s getting bad again
dreams
breathe again
LIGHTING:
MIKKEL SVAK
COSTUME:
AYLIN ALTINELLI
CAROLINE HAGLEY
LDDS DUETCHOREOGRAPHER:
LEROY DIAS DOS SANTOS
DANCERS:
MAGGIE BALL
KLARISA CHILA