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Highlights of TimeWave 2013 ~ See TimeWave channel on Vimeo

Presented below are excerpts and highlights of the 2013 festival - a combination of plays staged live and streamed from remote locales (New York City, Los Angeles, Singapore and Madrid). Some plays incorporated telepresence in which remote actors streamed into plays being staged live in London.

"Humanogram" (excerpt) by Sheri Graubert. Director: Lewis Gray. Cast: Suanne Braun ('Thandy"), Judith Sharp ("Evelyn") and Peter Thomson ("Father"). Dates: June 19th and 20th.

"Caught in the Blank" (excerpt) by Zainabu Jallo. Director: Roy Alexander Weise. Cast: Jermaine Dominique as "Man" and N'Tia Miller as "Sadiya." Dates: June 19th and 20th.

"To Boldly Go," written and directed by Alan Dunnett. Cast: Dan Truman ("Astronaut" - NYC), Ninon Rogers ("Wife" - NYC), EZ Gutmann ("Child" - London), Jesse Gossongo Alexander ("Fitz" - London) and Nick Korsa ("Command Control" - London). Date: June 19th.

"The Echo Effect" by Paul Charlton. Directed by Ali Anderson-Dyer. Cast: Grahame Edwards (London) as "Jim" and David Rysdahl (New York City) as "Josh". Dates: June 20th and 21st.

"Paige900" by William Leavengood, directed by Antonio Merenda. Featuring Hayless Burgess ("Paige"), Gary Widlund ("Pug") and Caleb Shomaker ("Arno"). Streamed from NYC to London on June 20th.

"Sex, Flap & Jazz" (highlights only) written and directed by J Dakota Powell. London cast: Francesca Bailey ("Edith Braden"), Katharine Drury ("Clara Knowles") and James McNeill ("Gordon Sterritt"). NYC cast: Jordon Coffey ("Peter Himmel"), Brennan Pickman-Thoon ("Philip Dean") and David Rysdahl ("Jimmy Bates").

"Carpe Diesal," a serialised 4-part transatlantic play by David Simpatico. LA director Dylan Southard. LA cast: Dylan Southard ("Adam Eastman"), Max Lesser ("Oliver Parks"), JB Waterman ("Tony Stein"). UK director Katherine Hayes. UK cast: Nick Korsa ("Jeremy"), Jesse Gassongo Alexander ("Ian"), Toyin Ayedun-Alase ("Nkeiru") and Katherine Templar ("Jane"). Dates: June 19th - 22nd.

"Prime" by Nick Cheesman, directed by Ashley Marie Scoles. Featuring Christine Rosario ("Ash") and Robert Rodriguez ("Joe"). Studying at CSSD in London, "Prime" is British playwright Nick Cheesman's debut in NYC.

"Body/Double" (highlights) by Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott, directed by Cesar Barlo. Featuring Jose Goncalo Pais. Staged in Madrid at the Nave 73 theatre and streamed into London on June 21, 2013.

"Nestling" by Steve Serpas, directed by Josh Rowe. Featuring Laura Ramadei ("Kathy") and Kerry Malloy ("Joe"). Streamed in from New York City into London. Date: June 22nd.

"Paradise," (excerpt) a monologue by Kara Manning. Directed by Drayton Alexander Hiers. Featuring Katharine Drury. Dates: June 22nd-23rd.

"Circuit Breaker" by Maksym Kurochkin (Russia), translated by John Freedman. Directed by Stephen Whitson. Featuring Matthew Walker ("Grandson") and Arthur Kohn ("Grandfather"). Date: June 23rd.

"Who's There?," (highlights) an interactive format created and directed by Elina Lim with collaborator Orvis Evans. Featuring Bevin Ng. Streamed from Singapore into London. Date: June 23rd.