Monologue Bank

the production

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our first show, Here We Are + why being cancelled we decided that we wanted to bring the company back together for a project during the pandemic.

After being inspired by the BBC’s rendition of Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads’, Archie applied to the Arts Council for a small Project Grant in order to facilitate the COVID-safe opportunity for these seven young people to write a monologue about something they cared about, perform it and have it professionaly filmed for a digital release on social media (free to watch).

The application was approved and OffPiste’s first Arts Council funded project was created.

It amassed over 12,000 views across the monologues, reaching over 3,500 unique people online.

CAST: Alfie Webb, Daisy Barker, Alex Rogan, Ellie McNulty, Ben Redman, Isobel Morris, Archie Rowell.
DoP: Elliot Millson
with thanks to: Arts Council England, Tony Robinson.

A young man with light brown hair and blue eyes sitting indoors in front of a bookshelf filled with colorful books, wearing a grey hoodie under a jacket.
A young woman with long red hair winks and looks at the camera, standing in a room with a bookshelf and artwork in the background.
Young woman with bright blue hair wearing a black, white, and red striped long-sleeve shirt and holding a pink cloth in a room with blue walls, artwork, and a wooden door.
A young man with curly hair and glasses looks puzzled inside a room with brick walls, a tapestry, a white lamp, and a window with blinds.
Close-up of a young man with short hair, partially illuminated face, against a textured, rocky wall background.
Logo of Arts Council England

MONOLOGUE BANK. 2020.