DEBUT Festival 2025: Grafters| 3rd Chrono (Psychaloop)

Debut is a pioneering festival dedicated to the staging of new plays by graduating students on the BA in Acting and Contemporary Theatre (CT) course. Past Debut plays transferred and received numerous national awards including ‘Soho Theatre Best Emerging Writer’, ‘Eddies (Perrier) for best comedy’ and ‘Edinburgh Best New Musical.’ The festival enjoys direct link to several venues and events including Soho Theatre, The Vaults Festival, The King’s Head Theatre, Arts Depo and The Space Theatre.

Grafters
Written by James Goodall
Directed by Stanley McElligott

 Trust is a luxury no-one can afford.  

A schoolboy killed in the crosshairs of a gunfight in Kirkdale, Liverpool sets off a chain of events for P, Johno and Dezzo. A taut three-hander unfolding in one hour, in one room, Grafters reveals the harsh realities of the drug trade and its devastating effects on three young men.

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3rd Chrono (Psychaloop)
Written by Daniel Cuckow 
  Directed by Lillith Freeman

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Ancient magic battles political cyber-punk, poetry battles technobabble, and platonic love battles romantic love. A poet, an alchemist, and an engineer spearhead a resistance against The Order with their pirate TV transmissions. When a long-lost friend reaches out to them via a dream, they must venture into different frequencies of reality to find him, encountering fragmented and unearthly beings on the way. ‘3rd Chrono (Psychaloop)’ will take you on a phantasmagorical adventure, delving into the unknown; a remedy for your cosmic sickness. Traffic has reached zero, channel is set to 905.3, blockers are up, broadcast is ready…