Screaming Inside

Outside he's plain old Stuart Pearce from the 4th floor, the Lone Ranger of the IT department. He is the invisible man, the one no-one notices.

"Just another day - everything chugging along like an over greased machine at the trailing edge of technology".

From the outside you would never know of his dark and violent past and the small boy with some very disturbing secrets.

"He must have had his eye on me from the beginning. Recognised the signs. The guilt. Seen the potential".

Inside things have changed, something has snapped and the world will soon find out, what it's like to be screaming inside.

"Let it be known that Stuart Pearce will not put up with being the butt of everyone's jokes. One foot out of line, a toe over the mark in the sand and he will crawl out from under his rock and wreak a savage revenge".

This powerful and compelling play about the cyclical nature of child abuse was a previous winner of the Independent Radio Production Drama Award. This is the world premier of the stage adaptation.

Stephen Finlay

Stephen was an actor and writer who trained as an artist at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and then as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Film and television credits include; The Jokers, AD, What Is The Capital Of Madagascar? The Pleasure Principal, Return of the Soldier, Sons and Lovers, The Pickwick Papers, Coriolanus, Elizabeth Alone and The Bill.

In the theatre, Stephen appeared in Nicholas Nickleby for the RSC, An Ideal Husband, All My Sons, Hunting Stuart, Death Trap, The Promise, The White Scourge, The Will and many other plays.

As a writer his first play, The Games Rule (co written with John Wheatley) was performed in the RSC Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. Subsequent productions include the King's Head, The New Inn, The Waterman's Arts Centre, The Chelsea Centre, The Edinburgh Festival, and the Brighton Festival. The Games Rule has been performed as far away as Sydney, Australia.

Other plays include Richer in Spirit, The Ironing Board Man and Screaming Inside. The radio adaptation of Screaming Inside was Awarded the 1999 Independent Radio Drama Award and was broadcast with Stephen playing the lead role of Stuart Pearce. Other writing includes; Aftermath for Japanese television, The River - a film short and The Treehouse Gang - a children's TV adventure story.

Brighton Theatre Collective is a theatrical production house that aims to produce high quality theatre by Brighton practitioners.The collective's inaugural production was TRUNKS by Stephen Plaice. Their second production was a specially commissioned adaptation of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

TRUNKS
"A strong, stylish first production from a new company"
The Argus

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
"I loved this production and so will you. BTC have probably produced the best Christmas production that you will see in Brighton this year."
The Brighton Magazine

Production photographs and interviews available on request - contact Janette Eddisford, Artistic Director on 01273 818266 or 077404 68338