PLAY! Festival 2025

Sit back in your seat and enjoy this newly commissioned show of new work by students from the Department of Drama, Theatre, and Dance, in partnership with The Student Workshop. 

Show synopsis

Daphne, Ben, Verity and Amelia are in a friendship group, and everything is perfect. Except for the fact that Ben is moving schools, Amelia’s keeping secrets and Daphne has suddenly stopped hanging out with them, and Verity has had enough of it.

Is there something more sinister going on with Daphne’s disappearance, or has she simply grown up and moved on? A story of friendship, the trials and tribulations of being a teenager, and dealing with things bigger than yourself.

This piece is taken and developed from its first appearance at our November MATC showcase. 

Written and directed by second year student Izzy McFarlane. Crewed by Thea Adams, Milly Quirk, Amelia Mehta

Car parking

When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.

Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.

Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.

Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk