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New for 2008
A Frequently updated list of forthcoming events.

The aim of this page is to keep website visitors up to date with Judy's new projects.
New Page: The site has a new film page to feature Judy's work in this medium.
New Link: The Diversity Website. This website has a large interesting section on BBC radio plays, with details of playwrights, reviews and articles. There is a page for Judy's radio drama on the site.
New Page: An Ashes and Sand film gallery has been added to the site.
New Page: A page about the Horses of Crossness has been added.
New Page: Plays (page 10) - Echoes and Shadows - Details of Judy's play about her home town produced in January 2008.

What's New?

Theatre

May 2008

1st May 2008: Performance of 'Know Your Rights' at The Angel Pub, Preston, Lancs.
This is a new production of a play first performed in 1998. See the Girlz/Know Your Rights page for more details.

It's a busy summer for Judy with premieres of 3 new short plays in 3 Festivals.

June 2008

Steyning Theatre Trail 2 - The second of Steyning's popular Theatre Trails.

Sunday June 8th, Steyning West Sussex.

Starting at 11.15am at Body Matters, 36 High Street, Steyning with “Deep Tissue” by Marian Kilpatrick performed at Body Matters 36 High St, Steyning - Most people use massage to relax and be pampered, Helen uses hers as an alibi.

Then 'Mary Leonti' by Judy Upton performed at Michael’s Country Kitchen, Cobblestone Walk - Mary Leonti has an identity crisis. She’s not the only one…

Then lunch at Michael’s Country Kitchen, 7 Cobblestone Walk, 74 High Street.

and finally “Celestine” by Louise Monaghan performed at 8 The Ridings - A forty-five year old virgin falls in love with his SatNav system, but his fantasy evaporates when his dead mother hijacks the airwaves.

Tickets £16, including lunch, available from: The Steyning Bookshop, 106 High Street, Steyning. Tel - 01903 812062. Tickets also available from Steyning Festival Website: http://www.steyningfestival.co.uk/index.html

July 2008

Hotbed 2008 - the Cambridge Festival Of New Writing for the theatre.

'Push the Button' by Judy Upton - What happens to two characters in a violent video game when no-one is pushing their buttons? Produced by Menagerie Theatre, Thursday 3rd- Saturday 12th July 2008 at a variety of locations in Cambridge.

August 2008

Arundel Theatre Trail, Arundel, West Sussex

'Undone' by Judy Upton. Location, times and dates tbc - A button phobic seeks help with unexpected results.

JUDY wins national script-writing competition
‘My imprisoned heart’ premiered at Edinburgh

January 2007. Judy has won the national Make Your Mark in Film scriptwriting competition for ‘My Imprisoned Heart’. Singled out by judges as a clear favourite, Judy takes home a prize of £3,000, and will also see her film put into production and premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007.

The judging panel included Franc Roddam, director of six major feature-films including cult film Quadrophenia, script consultant Roger Smith and City University Creative Writing MA course director and academy winner, Chris Fallon. The brief was to write a script around the theme of ‘Having an idea and making it happen’ that could be made into ten episodes, which will be made by 18-30 year olds within ten regional production teams.

‘My Imprisoned Heart’ is the story of a spurned woman, who uses her talent as a performance artist to eke revenge on her ex-boyfriend. Judge Chris Fallon wrote, "At the heart of it is a dangerously unstable woman who believes she is in love and that her pain justifies any action, no matter how extreme. And she finds that she lives and works in a culture that actively promotes and rewards this kind of madness."

Make Your Mark in Film is a collaboration between the national Make Your Mark campaign, which aims to encourage enterprise in the widest possible sense among young people, and Cobra Beer’s innovative short film competition CobraVision, which supports new screenwriting talent.

The Make Your Mark in Film competition now enters its second phase where teams of 18-30 year olds will compete to become one of ten production teams in regions across the UK, to each produce a five-minute episode of ‘My Imprisoned Heart’.

To read the winning script, and for further details of how to enter the film making competition, please go to www.makeyourmarkinfilm.org

The project also has an interesting and informative blog with production photos. Or you can look at individual entries for Liverpool and Belfast.

Update September 2007

Judy's new 50 minute film 'My Imprisoned Heart' received it's world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival at the Cameo Cinema on August 22nd 2007. Judy won the first stage of the competition, to write a 10-episode screenplay, which was launched at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film had its first screening in London on Saturday September 22nd at the Apollo Cinema, near Piccadilly Circus.

To view 'My Imprisoned Heart' and vote for your favourite episode, visit: www.lovefilm.com

Television.

June 2007. Judy has been awarded a Research and Development Grant 2007 from PAWS (Public Awareness Of Science & Engineering) to develop her TV series idea 'Tooth And Claw' with Film & General.

UNTOLD SOUTH EAST

January 2007: Judy and Matt Merritt are currently making a 2 minute documentary for BBC Kent's Untold South East slot about the wild horses of Dartford. More details can be found on the Horses of Crossness page. The film was shown on BBC1 on Friday, 1st June 2007 as part of the 6.30pm edition of South East Today.

Film.

ASHES AND SAND

The film had a cinematic release in various countries including Australia, and is now available on DVD overseas (Romania, Holland, Italy etc.). UK and US DVD release is expected shortly.

See the film page, and the new Ashes and Sand film gallery for further details

AUTO PORTRAIT
Synopsis: It's 1925 and the most exciting and dangerous thing a girl can do is drive in the 24 hour race at Le Mans...
This new full length screenplay had a rehearsed reading at The Hospital, Endell Street, Covent Garden, London, on October 10th 2005, directed by Peter Kosminsky. The evening was chaired by Duncan Kenworthy.

Theatre (cont).

October 2007: The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, revived Judy's highly successful 1998 play 'The Girlz' which was produced in their main house from Monday 29th October to Saturday 3rd of November. (See the original Girlz review page for details of this play)

October 2007: The Half Moon Theatre company in Tokyo will be producing Judy's play 'Bruises' later this year. They have previously produced 'Ashes And Sand'. You can view photos from their production of Ashes and Sand (in 2002) on the Ashes in Japan page.

Watch this space for upcoming productions and projects in development.

ONCE AROUND THE SUN.
Synopsis: Once Around the Sun is set in a London station cafe, the scene of a bombing exactly a year earlier. Six people meet; all have some connection to the bombing, and all have things to hide. As the play unfolds, both personal and political secrets are revealed. Is it possible for the anniversary of the explosion to act as a catalyst for positive change, either for these individuals, or for society?
Won the Jack Langford for best full length play at the Portsmouth Third Playwrights' Conference in May 2006.

REPAIRING THE DAMAGE.
Synopsis: A fire has left a gaping hole in the roof of a house. The builders arrive to start the repairs, but find the occupants are even more damaged than the building.
This new stage play had a Rehearsed reading at Sound, Wardour St, London, on November 2nd 2005.

Radio.

Watch this space for upcoming productions and projects in development.

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