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SCRIPT NEWS - May 2005
NEWSLETTER
CONTRIBUTIONS
Script
welcomes news and information about opportunities
from you.
The
deadline for the next issue is May 31st. Please
email rachel@scriptonline.net
with any contributions.
Script will
also soon be inviting editorial contributions
to the newsletter. If you are a script writer,
or are connected with script writing, and have
something to say about your experiences, good
or bad, we want to hear from you. Please email
Rachel in the first instance with your ideas.
BBC
DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING
Paid
training opportunity for script/screen writer.
Deadline:
9 May
BBC London are inviting applications for an attachment
scheme based at their London Elstree Studio and
Centre House.
Successful
applicants will be trained in Drama and Broadcast
writing with a view to writing for television.
With satisfactory completion of the training candidates
will be commissioned to write for BBC series Doctors,
and later work on Eastenders, Casualty and Holby
City on a 12-week rotation.
For
full details and information on how to apply,
go to
https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/jobportal/search/vacancy.aspx?id=4430
PLAYWRIGHTS
SHOWCASE
University
of Birmingham MPhil(B) Playwriting culminates
in a day-long showcase of students' work.
Thursday
9th June
11am-5.30pm.
All
are invited to the Allardyce Nicoll studio at
the University for a public viewing of plays written
by students on this year's MPhil in Playwriting,
taught by playwrights Sarah Woods and Chris O'Connell.
The
day will consist of eight 30 minute extracts.
For
more information or tickets contact the Allardyce
Nicoll Box Office on 0121 414 5997.
BIG
SCRIPT REHEARSED READINGS
Big
Script present rehearsed readings of new writing,
mini plays and monologues on the theme 'The Bed'.
Performed
by professional actors at the Hexagon Theatre
in the Midlands Arts Centre, there will be a different
programme each night, directed by Kate Varney,
Staff Director at the Birmingham Rep.
Thursday
9th June, Friday 10th June at 7.45 pm
£6
per show or £10 for both, tickets available
from MAC box office on 0121 440 3838
LITTLE
EARTHQUAKE ERUPTS ONTO BIRMINGHAM THEATRE SCENE
Birmingham's
newest theatre company presents 'Gogol's Madman'.
Written
and performed by Gareth Nicholls, inspired by
Nikolai Gogol's Diary Of A Madman.
MAC,
Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham.
Tickets
and Information call 0121 440 3838
or visit www.macarts.co.uk
'SEXY
& SUBVERSIVE ' CABARET
New
Theatre Works Hereford present An Evening of Sexy
& Subversive Cabaret - a celebration of Berlin.
7 May
2005.
Tickets
and Information on 01981 550091.
OPPORTUNITIES
WRITE
A RADIO PLAY IN A WEEK
Also
at the University of Birmingham is a practical
five day course on radio writing.
Monday
to Friday 18-22 July 2005
Tutors
Deborah Catesby and Charlotte Goodwin are successful
radio writers. Using a mixture of practical
tutor-led sessions and independent student work
in small groups, with the intention of producing
an original script by the end of the week.
The
course is taking place at the University and costs
£150 which includes lunch and refreshments.
For
full details call 0121 414 8065
or email I.McKenzie@bham.ac.uk
PERMISSION
TO SPEAK 2005
Are
you a Disabled person? Would you like to write
about how you feel?
May
and June 2005
Permission
to Speak 2005 is a course run by Angryfish Training
for disabled persons enabling them to write and
record their writing onto audio CD.
Three
courses will run between May and June at Midlands
Arts Centre and ICC/Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
For more information call Robin Surgeoner
on 07811 217648 or email angryfish@angryfish.co.uk
SCRIPTWRITER
MAGAZINE PRESENTS THE MASTERCLASSES
RADA,
May-July 2005
Scriptwriter
is offering one-day workshops for writers, producers,
script editors, agents and directors.
Subsidized
by the UK's top scriptwriting magazine, the courses
cover a range of subjects.
7
May - Are You Tone Deaf? With Phil Parker.
How
to improve your screenplay.
14
May - Character, Plot and Storylines in Comedy.
With Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
From
the writers of Birds of a Feather.
18
June - Right-Brain Scriptwriting. With Jurgen
Wolf.
Techniques
from one of Europe's leading script writer/consultants.
9
July - Horror Genre Seminar. With Nic Ransome.
Intensive
look at the genre with an expert.
23
July - Thriller Genre Seminar. With Nic Ransome.
Intensive
look at the genre with an expert.
30
July - Inventing Stories and Treatments. With
Julian Friedmann.
Advice
from leading Scriptwriting agent and Scriptwriter
Editor.
Price
per day workshop is £50.
To book
any of the classes please call RADA Box Office
on 020 7908 4800.
HALF
TERM DRAMA ACTIVITY DAYS
Purple
Monster present half term activity days for ages
8-12.
2-3
June 2005
Thursday
2 June - Heroes & Villains
/ Clowning & Circus Skills
Friday
3 June - Mysterious Tales / Circus In A Suitcase
At the
Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham,
B9 4AA.
£4.95
for half a day or £12 for the whole day
including lunchtime supervision.
Limited
spaces available. To book or for more information
call 0121 224 7800 or email
purpleplay@purplemonster.co.uk
GALLERY
37 REQUIRE PASSION AND PATIENCE
Lead
and Assistant Artists wanted for an arts training
programme which takes place every summer in the
centre of Birmingham.
1-26
August 2005
(Development
26-29 July)
Gallery
37 is developed and delivered in close collaboration
with many of the region's leading arts organisations.
They
are looking for artists to help them deliver this
year's programme of arts in a variety of forms.
Applicants
must have excellent skills in their art form and
experience of working with 16-24 year olds, particularly
those from challenging backgrounds.
They
are interested in hearing from artists with skills
in the following areas:
-photography
-3D
-music
-fine
art
-creative
writing
-film
-vocal
performance
-arts
& science
Deadline
for applications is 13 May 2005.
For
more information contact Helen Tomkins on 0121
303 4709 or email helen_tomkins@birmingham.gov.uk.
You
can also visit www.gallery37.org.uk
COMPETITIONS
SCREEN..
WIN
FREE EQUIPMENT HIRE TO MAKE YOUR SHORT FILM
Lastindependent.com
are offering up to £5500 worth of free equipment
hire and post production facilities to one local
filmmaker with a great short script.
Deadline:
31 May 2005.
If you
have a short film and Lastindependent.com like
it they could be providing you with enough equipment
for a five day shoot, Chromakey screen, post production
editing, special effects and music as required.
The
shoot will take place in summer 2005.
Keep
your ideas to one side of A4 and send to Kevin@Lastindependent.com.
BE
PART OF FILM HISTORY WITH ROLLING STOCK 2005
Channel
4's IDEASFACTORY presents the world's first ever
film festival to take place on trains running
across the West Midlands.
Deadline:
31 May 2005.
Held
throughout June 2005, audiences will number around
55,000.
100
films will be selected for screening, and the
winning short, voted by text, will take home £500.
Films
must be less than five minutes long, in digital
format and clean enough to be shown before the
watershed.
For
more information and to apply go to www.channel4.com/ideasfactory
SCREEN
YORKSHIRE LAUNCHES SPARK 2
Screen
Yorkshire's SPARK scheme is for feature film script
development and is open to individuals with script
ideas at the outline stage.
Deadline:
31 May 2005
Workshops will
be held in advance of the submission deadline,
open to anyone, to help potential entrants think
cinematically when developing their ideas and
provide a grounding in genre and marketability.
Successful applicants will develop their ideas
through a series of stages, eventually being commissioned
to write a treatment. Treatments will then be
submitted to the UK Film Council Development Fund
and the Screen Yorkshire Production Fund for consideration.
The final successful treatment will receive further
support and not less than £5,000 in fees.
For
more information and entry requirements visit
www.scriptyorkshire.co.uk
or contact Helen Perkins at
helenp@screenyorkshire.co.uk
STAGE...
60
MINUTES FOR THEATRE WEST
Bristol
theatre company Theatre West are launching a new
search for a 2005 script.
Deadline:
July 2005
Scripts
are invited for stage plays of around 50-60 minutes
in length, ideally requiring no more than three
actors.
For
more details see their website at www.theatre-west.co.uk
or send entries to:
Theatre
West Search For A Script
4, Cross
Street
Kingswood
Bristol
BS15
1SB
LAST
CHANCE FOR WRITE LIVE 2005
Script
and Birmingham Rep's Playwriting Competition Write
Live 2005 closes Friday 13 May.
If you
live, work or study in the West Midlands you still
have time to enter.
Submissions
must consist of:
-A full-length
play, written for theatre (minimum 60 minutes
running time)
-A one-page
outline of a different idea with 15 pages of dialogue
For
an application form and more details go to www.birmingham-rep.co.uk
or www.scriptonline.net/stage.html
Newsletter
Written & Compiled by Sara Beadle
DISCLAIMER
Script
asks you to note: These listings are drawn from
varying sources, all current at time of publishing.
Script
endeavours to investigate and validate all information
and opportunities listed here. We advise you to
make contact with companies before submitting
scripts.
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