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www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/

The article below is from the British Theatre Guide
 

  • Margaret Holbrook’s new play Any Other Day, which will be performed at Buxton Fringe, is set a few days after the death of Alan Turing, considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

Holbrook said she had been wanting to write something about Turing for several years.
“His home, Holly Mead, is not too far from me and I’ve passed it many times, but I couldn’t visualise how I could set a play to make it accessible, and I didn't want it to focus too much on numbers and codes.
“Then, in November 2021, I had a lightbulb moment and Any Other Day was the result. It’s set in the garden of Holly Mead, Turing's home in Wilmslow in 1954. Once I had the idea in place, the writing seemed a little more straightforward. It probably took me around two months to write but there’ve been tweaks to the script since it was finished in January.”
The cast features two actors who were in Holbrook’s play The Bus Stop at Buxton in 2021, Lucy Savin and Jonathan Whittington who plays Turing, along with Heather Elise Nelson.
Any Other Day will be staged in St Mary’s Church, Dale Road, Buxton on Thursday 21 July at 3:30 and 7PM.
​Steve Orme, July 16th


 






 

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        Margaret has received awards for several of her plays. 

  • In October 2012, she was a finalist at the Ovation Theatre Awards with her short play, Soup for Starters, receiving an Honourable Mention.

  • In 2014 the play was again performed, this time at Bollington Arts Festival. 

  • In 2013 Margaret's one minute play 'Talk to Me' was a winner at the Gi60 event at Halifax.

  • In  June 2014, Margaret's story 'Our Brian' was longlisted for BBC Radio 4's 'Opening Lines'

  • In November 2014, her play, 'The Supper Party', made it to the final 3 in a competition for Blackpool's Grand Theatre.

  • In 2015 Sandy's Ashes, was performed at Congleton Open Space Festival.

  • In 2017 her play 'Ruthless' was longlisted for the Top Five Competition at Bolton's Octagon Theatre.​

  • Her short story Pig Man, was shortlisted in the 2015 Cheshire Prize for Literature and is published in Patches of Light, the Cheshire Prize anthology.

 

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                                                      Margaret was a runner up in the  humour section at Wirral Festival of Firsts in 2012 with her poem, 'One To Another'.

  • In the Wilfred Owen Poetry Competition in 2014 her poem, 'In a Village of Many Ash Trees', was a runner up.

  • Her poem 'Keeping Books' was Highly Commended in the 2015 Wirral Festival of Firsts.

  • In July 2014 her poem 'Dear Tommy', was added to the memorial for WWI Unknown Soldier at Paddington Station.

  • FROM the LEADER (Wrexham)

  • We have two great author events coming up in July. The first event will be at Wrexham Library on Tuesday, July 11, at 7pm, when author and playwright Peter Read will regale us with stories of his life as an author and also of being a lifelong fan of Wrexham FC. Peter is a great raconteur and he will also be selling his latest book, From Wrexham to Hollywood, on the night.

  • Our second author visit will be by Margaret Holbrook who will be visiting two libraries. Margaret will visit Wrexham Library on Wednesday, July 26, from 1pm-2pm and then Brynteg Library later that afternoon, 3pm-4pm. Margaret is a poet, playwright and author of several books and she will be talking about her latest cosy crime novels. Both events are free of charge and we look forward to your company.

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