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Calderdale College play lands a slot at Edinburgh Festival
FIVE Calderdale College graduates are to perform a play at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe next month.
The play has been penned by Lee Barnes, 26, who left school 10 years ago with a GCSE in Art and an EE grade in English.
Lee will also appear in and direct the 45-minute play, which will be performed daily at the world's largest arts festival from Sunday, August 10, to Monday, August 25.
Last year Lee, of Sowerby Bridge, won a place at the National Student Drama Festival with a play he wrote and directed about the breakdown of a relationship.
It was this play - Talking in the Darkness - which helped secure his latest offering - Drunk Sex 'n' Camera Roll - a place at the C Soco venue in the city.
Lee said: "We've been given one of the top 10 venues and a prime afternoon slot. We're hoping to get professional writers and theatre companies in to see us."
Former Ridings School pupil Lee, who has set up the Forward Slash Reality Theatre Company and has been running workshops in Calderdale schools, will be joined in Edinburgh by four graduates from this year's Performing Arts degree course - Suzy Jackson, 27, of Greetland; Steve Eccles, 24, of Halifax; Yvette Roberts, 23, from Queensbury and 21-year-old Lyn Sutherland, who hails from the north-east of England.
The actors are hoping to secure business sponsorship for their venture, although their foray to the Fringe is being underwritten by Calderdale College - the first time the college has been represented at the annual festival.
The play could be chosen for a national tour or by a regional or local theatre.
Calderdale people will get chance to view the production, about a man with an addiction to sex, before visitors to the festival. It will be staged at the college theatre on Monday, August 4 (2.30pm and 7.30pm), with proceeds from the sale of tickets going towards the cost of staging the production and hiring the Edinburgh venue.
Lee described the play as "an explosive, emotional rollercoaster". He had no concentration levels at school, he said, but enjoyed conversations and found himself putting down random thoughts on paper. "I like writing and would like to write for TV one day," he said.
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