rock paper scissors

by Olga Braga

Roma and Mihai are brothers sharing a tiny south London flat. They fight about everything. Food. Girlfriends. Drinking. Parents. The only thing they don’t fight about is that neither wants to be known as a Romanian gypsy.

rock paper scissors  explores kinship and identity, and asks when do we stop being children and when do we stop playing games.

“I’m not a nobody. I been here ten years. This is my home. I’m a local. Everyone back in Romania is real proud of me…I’m a legend there, I am.”

rock paper scissors was part of Write Now 6, and was directed by Kate Bannister.

Biography

rock paper scissors  is Olga’s first full-length play to be performed for a two-week run at Brockley Jack Studio. She has been selected for the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme. Her screenplay The Big Blind was a finalist in the Sir Peter Ustinov Screenwriting Contest (USA). She was also a finalist in the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest (USA). Olga’s script Leave to Remain reached the finalist stage of Scriptroom 4 at the BBC Writersroom. She currently has a short film in development with Golden Lane Films.