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SCRIPT
NEWS - August 2009
SCRIPT READING SERVICE
A reminder
that our script reading service is open to writers
at all stages of their career to receive impartial
advice and feedback from professional playwrights,
screenwriters and directors.
Promising writers identified through the script
reading service will be recommended to theatre
production companies such as the Birmingham Rep,
Pentabus, and Theatre 503, and may be selected
for future development schemes at Script.
For further details on how to submit, please visi
our resource page
CURRENT
PROJECTS
TENacity
Forging
a career as a writer requires drive, determination
and a certain degree of staying power. TENacity
is a targeted workshop programme designed to support
writers along that path, to challenge pre-conceptions
of the industry and to identify talented writers
in the West Midlands who would benefit from further
development.
Delivered in collaboration with ten
venues across the region, TENacity will
draw on the experience of professional playwrights,
screenwriters, producers and theatre practitioners,
to offer a unique focus on the creative process.
Where possible tying into local productions of
new work, Script will give writers the chance
to learn new skills and ways of working in a practical,
dynamic environment.
COVENTRY
PLAYING
WITH CONVENTION: DEVISING THEATRE
Saturday
5th September 2009 (10am-5pm)
Carran
Waterfield
Playing
with Convention will explore the relationship
between the audience (spectator/participant) and
the actor (character/interpreter). It is an opportunity
to consider how theatre can be developed and created
through a non-scripted process. Participants will
have the opportunity to look at possibilities
within their own work to explore myths, rituals
and historical interpretations. Specifically the
workshops will explore the devising concept and
how a script can be developed using the actor's
skills and processes.
Venue:
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Cost:
£50 (£45 concessions)
To
book: Visit the Stage
page
to: Script, Unit 107 The Greenhouse, The Custard
Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA
OPPORTUNITIES
AND COMPETITIONS...
STAGE...
Cloud
Nine play day
Playwrights are invited to submit 30-minute scripts
to be considered for the next Cloud Nine Play
Day which is to be held at The Customs House,
South Shields, on Sunday 4 October. The selected
plays will be workshopped all day with the authors
present, then put on their feet and performed
before a live audience in the evening.
Deadline:
15 August.
More
details: Peter Mortimer on 0191 253 1901
or cloudninetheatre@blueyonder.co.uk
.
Peter
Wolff Supports The Whiting Award
This
national playwriting award, originally established
by the Arts Council in 1965 as the John Whiting
Award, gives £6000 to the writer of a new
play that demonstrates an original and distinctive
development in dramatic writing. For this
year's award, eligible plays must have had their
first performance between 1 August 2008 and 31
July 2009.
Further
info: http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/participate/for-everyone/writing/
Deadline:
17 August 2009
Writers
Wanted - In Company Theatre
The
Off Cut Festival:
A short
play festival of new writing. We're looking for
writers to submit plays of no more than 15 minutes,
with a maximum four actors. 24 shorts will be
chosen and performed over two weeks at The Old
Red Lion Theatre, London. The audience vote to
find the final eight. These will play in the finals
week and in front of a professional panel to win
a one week production package at the Old Red Lion
Theatre. Entry is free.
For more information, visit our http://www.theoffcutfestival.com/
Deadline: 17th August 2009
Short
or Full-Length, Kali wants your scripts
Are
you an Asian woman with something to say?
Then Kali wants to hear from you. The organisation
encourages, develops and presents high quality
new theatre writing by Asian women and is looking
for original and inspiring new theatre scripts.
Selected writers will receive dramaturgical support
to develop their script for the next Kali festival
on 2010.
Deadline:
31st August 2009
Further
info: www.kalitheatre.co.uk
Wild
Orchid Theatre's call for plays
Dedicated to performing exciting new writing in
unconventional theatre spaces, Wild Orchid Theatre
is seeking new plays to stage in its December
production at Sharpe's Pottery Museum. Open to
anyone living or working in the East or West Midlands,
plays should have a light-hearted/humorous Christmas
theme, require a maximum of four actors, and be
no longer than fifteen minutes.
Closing
date 30th September 2009.
Further details: wildorchidtheatre@live.co.uk
Liverpool’s
Write Now Festival is accepting submissions
For
its First Annual International Festival of One-Act
Plays to be held at The Actor’s Studio,
Seel Street, Liverpool in March and April 2010
Any one-act play submission will be accepted other
than adaptations, musicals or children's plays.
Length: 45 - 60 minutes
Settings should be simple or suggested.
Deadline: Friday 25 September
2009
Final selection of plays will be made by Friday
04 December 2009.
More information: Details and
Application Form available at www.writenowfestival.co.uk
STAGE
International Script Competition
STAGE
(Scientists, Technologist, and Artists Generating
Exploration) is a collaboration between The Professional
Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute
at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
They are offering a prize of $10,000 for the best
play exploring themes surrounding science and/or
technology. The prize will be awarded at a public
event with distinguished professionals from the
worlds of theatre, film, science, and technology,
in conjunction with a staged reading/performance/demonstration
with a cast of professional actors. Authors are
strongly urged to avoid the stereotypes often
assigned to science, technology, and those who
engage in these disciplines, and the competition
is not open to plays written in the genre of science
fiction.
Further
information: http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/stage/guidelines/guidelines.html
Deadline:
15th December 2009
Sampad
International Writing Competition
An opportunity
for aspiring writers from or connected to the
South Asian Diaspora around the world. Journeys...a
real or imagined journey, back to your roots,
homeland, or a journey of the heart.
You
can write in any style, using the theme of journeys
as a starting point: use your imagination to evoke
memories, sensations, your feelings about a journey
you have made - in your dreams or in real life
- voyage of self-discovery, back to your roots.
If you
would like to take part, call 0121 452 8899 or
visit the website: www.sampad.org.uk
for more details and an entry form
Deadline:
31 December 2009
National
Theatre Of Scotland: Call for Submissions
National
Theatre of Scotland takes theatre all over the
country and beyond, working with existing and
new venues, artists and companies to create and
tour world class theatre. We are looking for new
plays by writers who are inventive and fearless.
We want to be stimulated, challenged and excited
by writers with a strong theatrical imagination
and a nose for complex and urgent subject matter.
Further
information: www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/newwork
The
Group: Call for Submissions
The
Group consists of Equity members, whose monthly
meetings at Theatre Royal, Stratford East in London
focuses on reading & giving feedback on new
plays, both theatre, television & radio scripts
with the playwright present at the reading - followed
by an indepth discussion from all attendees, both
cast members & other members of The Group,
both actors & writers. We
welcome submissions of new plays.
Further
information: www.thegroup-scriptreaders.com,
& contact Shenagh Govan at shenagh.govan@thegroup-scriptreaders.com
SCREEN...
Wipst
- Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009
If you think you’ve got what it takes to
write a script then this is your chance to see
your work on the screen.
Vibe Tv.Tv Ltd is an industry partner looking
for great stories in any of the following genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror,
Romantic Comedy, Thriller/Suspense, Documentary,
Fantasy, Ghost and Open genres.
Vibe’s Mission is to create an opportunity
for screenwriters to have a 10 minute pilot of
their work made available for distribution, e.g.
to film festivals or Production/TV/Film companies
to promote their work and to generate funding
for the full project.
The competition aims to create a positive industry
and audience exposure for work that would otherwise
not be seen. Writers will receive nominations
and certificates as they progress through the
competition process which will add to their portfolio.
Closing date: November 30th 2009
Cost:
£18
More Information:
www.vibetv.tv
UK
Film Council
The
UK Film Council has a fund available to broaden
the quality, range, and ambition of film projects
being developed in the UK and to build a talent
driven home for writers, directors, and producers.
The First Feature Film Development Programme aims
to identify and support emerging filmmakers: screenwriters,
writer/directors, and writer-director-producer
teams who have not yet had a feature film released
theatrically or broadcast on UK television. Generally,
awards of up to £25,000 will be offered
to screenwriters or writer-directors to write
and develop a feature film.
Further
information: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/development
BBC
Film Network
Film
Network is the BBC's short film showcase, screening
short films from new British Filmmakers, with
four new shorts every week. The site also provides
filmmakers with tools to create online profiles
and exchange tips, advice and ideas and allows
audiences to comment on and rate the films. It
also provides links to all the great online resources
that already exist through the Filmmakers Guide.
The site is currently trialing but will launch
fully in October.
Further information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/
TRAINING
AND EVENTS...
Flight
(Stourbridge)
Celebrate Flight, Enjoy Creativity, and Get Inspired!
Unleashing local talent and celebrating aviation
history, National Youth Theatre is spreading its
wings all the way to Kent and Brierley Hill this
summer.
NYT teamed up with Age Concern & Help the
Aged and Sound Architect to deliver an intergenerational
performing arts project called FLIGHT to mark
the centenary of Louis Blériot's achievement
in becoming the first person to fly across the
channel in an aeroplane.
Where: The Glass House, Stourbridge
When: 8th August 2009
Cost: Free
More
Information: www.nyt.org.uk
Special
Offer from the RSC
Scene Central is delighted to offer you the opportunity
to buy top price tickets for the RSC’s Revolutions
series for just £10 when booking online
for either The Drunks or The Grain Store. Book
online at www.rsc.org.uk/revolutions for either
of these plays using promotion code 1010*.
To find out more about Revolutions,
click here
*Terms and Conditions: offer is only available
online, is subject to availability and does not
apply to tickets already purchased. Cannot be
combined with any other discounts or offers. Offer
expires Friday 14 August.
BBC
Writersroom Roadshow
The
BBC Writersroom is hitting the road and letting
you know how the writersroom works, what we do
with your scripts, and what the script readers
are looking for when they assess them. And then
there'll be a chance to ask us any questions you
might have at the end.
The Next stop on the writersroom roadshow is The
Birmingham Custard factory
When: Tuesday 18 August 2009
5.30pm
Where: The Custard Factory Theatre,
B9 4AA
Cost: Free
More Information and to book tickets:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/roadshows.shtml
Come
and mingle with the tigers
And Tigers Mingle
Dreadlockalien and Sonia Sabri at Wightwick Manor
Come and experience a new and very different guided
tour through the lavish William Morris interiors
of Wightwick Manor – a charming Victorian
mansion house in Wolverhampton.
Performance Tours - Saturday 15 and Sunday 16
August 5pm, 5.45pm, 6.30pm and 7.15pm (lasting
30-min). Bring a picnic and enjoy the garden after
the tour.
Residency: 3 – 14 August – both artists
will be working at the property.
National Trust admission charges apply. For opening
times and admission charges visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wightwickmanor
When:
Residency 3-14th August
Cost: £5 (£3)
Booking: (essential) Arena Theatre
Box Office on 01902 321 321 More Information:
www.arenatheatre.info
Write/
Radio/ Spain
7-11th
September 2009
Write/
Radio/ Spain is a residential course aimed at
writers who want to explore radio drama and sound
as a creative medium. Led by award winning BBC
radio, film and television writer Steve Chambers
and Sony nominated independent radio producer
Andy Cartwright. The course offers participants
expert tuition in pitching and writing for radio
drama and tutorial support/script advice in the
relaxing and tranquil venue of Casa Acequia (
www.casa-acequia.se) in the beautiful inland region
of the Serriana de Ronda, Andalucia, Southern
Spain.
For full details of course, tutors and fees see
attached and contact the course organizer, Caroline
Mitchell
Contact: cam.algo@googlemail.com
UNLEASH
YOUR POTENTIAL
with absolutely free placement opportunities in
media production and photography
You will work alongside a professional production
company on either a short documentary, music video
or photography brief and you will get behind the
scenes experience of the whole production process.
You don’t need any experience, but you must
be aged 19+ and unemployed or unwaged interested
in media generally resident in Coventry and Warwickshire
able to give up 3 – 4 days of your time
between September & November 09
For more information or to request an application
form,
contact Rupinder or Fran on 0845 116 2111
More Information:
www.metaldogmedia.co.uk
Closing date for all applications
is Monday 7 September 2009
'An
Introduction to Creative Theatre Producing'.
Be the next Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Maverick announce a new Creative Theatre Producing
workshop
There is plenty of training available for actors,
directors and technicians in theatre. But virtually
nothing for producers, who create most of the
work. Until now. The award-winning Maverick present
these unique seminars to look at everything needed
to put on a show or start a production or theatre
company, from the local pub to the West End of
London. Finance, the law, choice of plays or musicals,
copyright, contracts, fundraising, investing in
theatre, parties and pitfalls!
Cost: £79 including documentation
and tea and coffee.
The workshops will run from 11 am - 6pm
Where: Birmingham Rep Theatre
When:
19th September, 2009.
More
information: Maverick
theatre
Euroscript at the Screenwriters' Festival
We're delighted to announce that Euroscript will
be holding a Script and Story Clinic at the Screenwriters'
Festival 2009 in Cheltenham, free to all accredited
delegates, on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th
October.
Difficulties with your second-act climax?
Relationship issues with your characters?
Unable to move your narrative due to painful back-story
problems?
Our script doctors are all professional practitioners
with a wealth of experience as writers, directors,
script editors and readers. We can offer:
diagnosis to help you identify problems in your
work.
advice about how to move your script forward.
help in developing ideas you'd like to discuss.
When: 27th/28th October
Where: Cheltenham Screenwriters
Festival
More information and to book:
click
here
2-4 October 2009, 29-31 January
2010
WRITING
DRAMA FOR TELEVISION
3-day
residential course in idyllic Sussex
A course
designed to assist students with getting a vital
insight into the television industry as well as
provide practical and creative support on drama
scripts that are either complete or presently
being written, or concepts that are at the early
stages of development. This course is suitable
for anyone who has the desire to write a script
and needs some support in how to start!
Course
tutors are two industry executives both working,
commissioning and developing television drama.
Between them work credits include Where the
Heart Is, New Tricks, Rome, Hotel Babylon, Holby
City, Dream Team
Venue:
Tilton House, Sussex
Cost:
£395 (includes course fees, shared
accommodation, meals and refreshments throughout
the weekend)
To
book: Email nicolalarder@yahoo.co.uk
to check availability and book your place.
JOBS
Drama
Practitioner or Organisation required
Crudgington Primary School ,Nr. Wellington, Telford,
is looking for a drama practitioner or organisation
to work with us within a budget of £2900
to include fees ,travel and materials. The detail
of the project will be set in conjunction with
our creative partner/s. Shortlisted applicants
will be asked to give a half hour workshop to
children followed by a short informal interview
on Friday September 25th, 2009, for delivery preferably
starting in the Autumn term.
Please send a CV, short proposal or statement
of practice, up to 6 images/ link to your website
and details of 2 referees to the school's Creative
Friend Nicky Dupays, by email to nickydupays@ukonline.co.uk
Deadline:
September 10th.
More information: Headteacher,
Andrew Denton 01952 386910
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