Pavilion

by Emily White

They all convene at this place, the local Friday night disco, the Pavilion or 'Pivvy': once a grand old theatre for the upper echelons, now a drafty old cavernous wasteland for the hoi polloi. I've seen more blood, puke and tears than anyone should ever have to and I'm back every Friday night to witness more.

Dance. Drink. Fight. Snog.

Music pounds, lager flows, lust grinds and fists fly. A small town in a forgotten corner of Wales, full of big personalities and every one of them out for the final Friday night disco at the Pavilion. Like the local school and the public library, it's about to be shut down.

Pavilion, a dark comedy by Emily White, premiered at Theatr Clwyd in September 2019.

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First published October 3, 2019

About the author

Pavillion was Emily White’s debut play.

She originally trained as an actress at RADA, before obtaining an MA in Theatre Writing at York University. In 2018 she won a place on Channel 4’s 4Screenwriting Course and she was then selected to be part of the BBC Wales Writersroom group.

White is currently writing a digital theatre piece for Wrapt Films/Open Sky Theatre and is also developing projects for TV, radio, theatre and film.

In 2020 she wrote Homework, as part of the Microplays series from Open Sky Theatre.