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​UP NEXT ...

MONDAY 8 MARCH 2021 - JENNIE LEE PANEL DISCUSSION
Celebrating the life and achievements of Jennie Lee on International Women's Day. Panellists to be announced. 

TICKETS FREE VIA ONFIFE
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FRIDAY 12 MARCH 2021 - ONLINE REHEARSED READING
An online reading of Jennie Lee: Tomorrow is a New Day, presented digitally in the spirit of the "University of the Air". ​
Tickets £4, via OnFife. 

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Previous showings:
- 23 April 2019 - Workshop, Lochgelly Theatre
​- 5 September 2019 - Outwith Festival, Dunfermline
- 29 October 2019 - Launch of the Open University Jennie Lee Exhibition, Mitchell Library, Glasgow
- 5 March 2020 - Rehearsed Reading, Lochgelly Theatre
- 22 October 2020 - Rehearsed Reading, Online

JENNIE LEE:
​TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY
​a play by Matthew Knights​

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Jennie Lee 1930 / 1973
Images provided by  The Open University archive
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Lochgelly Miners Institute, pre renovation
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Westminster exterior / J. Alphege Brewer ; Henry C. Brewe

Born in Lochgelly, Fife in 1904, Jennie Lee, the daughter of a miner became the first ever Minister for the Arts and a founder of The Open University.

This is her story, told by others who did not know her.

Development of the play began in April 2019 with a workshop in Lochgelly and continues apace ...

Creative Team

Writer - Matthew Knights
Director - Emma Lynne Harley

Actors
Trish Mullin
Hana MacKenzie
George Docherty

​Producer - Knights Theatre

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Creative Team

Matthew Knights - Playwright​

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​Matthew is a playwright based in Dundee and Artistic Director of Knights Theatre. ​​His writing for theatre includes We Are The Builders (rehearsed reading, Traverse Theatre), Strange Meeting (Words, Words Words, Traverse Theatre), NEWSBOY (Tron Theatre, Festival of Politics), Fortress Europe (Tron 100 Festival, Tron Theatre) and Ewan MacColl: Manchester Rambler (rehearsed reading, Tron Theatre). He is a graduate of the MSc Playwriting at The University of Edinburgh. ​​He is also a creative writing & drama tutor. 
Website: www.matthewknights.co.uk

Emma Lynne Harley - Director

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​Emma Lynne is a Glasgow based director, performer, theatre maker, writer and stage manager from Fife. She trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and the National Theater Institute (USA). She primarily focuses on new writing with socio-political themes. As the founder and Artistic Director of Pandorum Theatre Company, she has directed Daniel Sinclair, Irrelevant (Shortlisted: Scottish Arts Club Theatre Award), and F*ckboys for Freedom, and written and directed Sex, Drugs and a Cup of Tea to critical acclaim. Emma has also recently been involved in a number of new writing nights with Blazing Hyena and Moon Fly Theatre Company, developing a number of works with upcoming Scottish writers.
Website: www.emmalynneharley.com


Trish Mullin - Actor

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Trish studied at Glasgow University and at the RCS. She has worked in Theatre, Television and Film. Theatre Credits include REaD Tidy Carnage,  The Gates Confab/Glasgay, Macbeth Bard in the Botanics, Loving Burns Edinburgh Fringe,  Home, Edinburgh NTS, The Lost Ones Vanishing Point. Film & TV Credits include Sunset Song Terence Davies (Bafta nominee 2016 Best Feature), Sunshine on Leith Dexter Fletcher, Up there Zam Salim (Bafta Winner 2012 Best Feature, Best Director), Perfect Sense David McKenzie, Dear Green Place BBC,  Still Game BBC,  Rebus ITV,  Taggart ITV, Rab C. Nesbitt BBC,  Terri McIntyre BBC.

Hana MacKenzie - Actor

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​Hana is an award winning actor ('Best Performance' for 'And Violet' at The Arizona International Film Festival) based in Edinburgh. She has experience in both film, with leading roles in The Quiet by Vito Milazzo and Waves Crash by Elizabeth Penman/BBC Scotland, and theatre; performing in shows such as Valkyrie by Twelve Twelve Theatre and I Am Yours by Thin Line Theatre.

George Docherty - Actor

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George was born in Glasgow and trained at RSAMD (RCS). Theatre credits include: After the cuts (Raw Materials) Philoctetes, A Terrible Beauty, Serov's People, The Pipes! The Pipes!, Voices In The Dark (Oran Mor) Othello, Much Ado about Nothing, King Lear (Bard in the Botanics) Arsenic And Old Lace, The 39 Steps, Dear Brutus, Communicating Doors (Pitlochry Festival Theatre) This View Of Life (Citizens') King Lear (TAG) The Demon Barber (Perth Theatre) Grave Plots (Old Red Lion) The Crucible (Arches). Film & TV credits include Outlaw King (Sigma/Netflix) Love sick (Clerkenwell/Netflix) Fried, Dear Green Place, The 39 Steps, Para Handy, Trev and Simon Show (BBC).

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