The fourth of our Little Acorns short play commissions is Taster Session by Peggy Caldwell. For some life is a rollercoaster, for others it’s a treadmill of discontent. And for Annette? Well, maybe the gym isn’t for her.
Commissioned by An Grianán Theatre
Cast
Orla: Valerie Bryce
Annette: Maggie Hannon
Written by Peggie Caldwell
Directed by Karen Quinn
Lighting and camera: Niall Cranney
Sound recordist and camera: Peter Rose
Set design/camera: Robert Attewell
Costumes: Anne-Marie Kilfeather
Editor: Karen Quinn
Sound Design and Audio Editing Daithí Ramsay.
Captioning: Nicola Burns
Little Acorns animation: Daniel McGarrigle at Rezolve Media
Producer: Patricia McBride
Music used Creative Commons from the Free Music Archive
Marc Burt – Amazonia
Marc Burt – Caledonia
Administration: Helene McMenamin, Laura Ferry
Spin cycles supplied by Rushe Fitness
Filmed using equipment kindly funded by the
Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Capacity Building Support Scheme
Recorded at An Grianán Theatre in April 2021.
All rights reserved.
About the author
Peggie Caldwell grew up in Carrigart, Co. Donegal. She currently lives and works in Dublin, but Donegal will always be home. She has been writing drama and poetry for a number of years. She says that people and places influence her greatly because we are all connected through our shared experiences and we can learn a lot from the ordinary, everyday moments in the lives of others, as well as our own.
About Little Acorns
At the end of January 2021 we put a call out for writers to submit short plays, 5 to 10 minutes long, that we could film and share on our social media platforms. We had over 50 plays submitted and chose 6 in all to turn into short films. We’ve been filming and editing them throughout April and May and will be sharing them over the next few weeks.
