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Introducing
TENacity:
TENacity
is a targeted development programme offering writers
the chance to explore new ways of working in a
creative, supportive environment.
With events
ranging from workshops, readings, writer labs
and networking, the programme offers a wide variety
of opportunities for writers to hone their skills
with input and support from dramaturgs and theatre
practitioners.
Please
note: Script now accepts online payments from
all major credit and debit cards. Follow the links
below each event for more details and online booking
service.
Alternatively,
if you wish to pay by cheque, visit: http://www.scriptonline.net/TENacityBookingForm.htm
NETWORKING
Writers'
Lab: Pitch and Punt
Saturday
12th June 2010 (Pentabus Theatre)
Saturday
24th July 2010 (Heartbreak Productions, Spencer
Yard, Leamington)
In
partnership with Equity Central England, Script
is inviting emerging and established writers to
bring scenes, extracts or maybe just concepts
from current works-in-progress for professional
actors to read, improvise and explore. The aim
of the day is to provide an informal platform
for writers to share ideas and projects, gain
feedback, and network with other regional artists.
Participants will be introduced to the work currently
being developed and created in the region, and
encouraged to explore potential collaborations.
To
apply for a place, please email Hayley Boulton
on info@scriptonline.net
with a short biography and an outline of
the idea you would like to bring along (giving
an indication of length and number of characters).
Cost:
FREE
Writing
Site-Specific Theatre
Saturday
19 th June 2010 (10am-5pm)
New
Vic Theatre , Newcastle-under-Lyme
Led
by Vanessa Oakes
From
telephone boxes to abandoned warehouses, Site-Specific
Theatre tests the boundaries of space, setting
and audience expectation to explore, excite and
entertain. This one-day workshop will look at
how stories can emerge from locations and
how spaces can affect and alter the meaning of
words. It will also explore how a playwright can
gain access to ‘alternative' spaces and what practical
issues need to be considered in development and
performance.
Vanessa
Oakes
has worked on a number of site-specific shows
and her recent plays include ; I Am
Active (Red Teapot), The Kindness of
Strangers (Warwick Words), Lost in Paradise
CV6 (Belgrade Theatre), A Body Moving
Through (the estate), Live Like Us (Belgrade
Theatre). Current projects include; a monologue
for Paines Plough/Belgrade Theatre, dramaturg
for The Piano Room (Symphony Hall, Birmingham)
and a new play for Theatre in Action (Glasgow).
Cost:
£50 (£40 concessions)
For
more information and booking visit: http://sitespecifictheatre.eventbrite.com/
The
Moving Bus – Dealing with Exposition
Saturday
26th June 2010 (10am-5pm)
The
Drum, Birmingham
Led
by Alan Pollock
A
writer once described the results of effective
exposition as akin to ‘stepping onto a moving
bus'. Are we, as writers and theatre artists,
too reliant on the goodwill of audiences? Shakespeare
and his contemporaries could not count on the
undivided attention of theirs. Their approach
to engaging the interest of playgoers is direct
and practical: messengers arrive, choruses speak,
proclamations are uttered and characters tell
each other things they would already know… Do
contemporary theatre-makers have anything to learn
from past approaches? Or should we look to the
future – to monologue, narration and new media
(digital, audio and visual) – to hit the ground
running? A one-day workshop featuring readings,
discussions and some entertaining practical exercises.
Alan
Pollock is
a playwright and dramaturg who is currently under
commission at the Birmingham
Repertory Theatre. He was previously Literary
Manager at the Manchester Royal Exchange and has
delivered extensive workshops and mentoring schemes
for theatre companies. His most recent play One
Night in November is one of the most successful
premieres ever produced at the Belgrade Theatre.
It is currently being developed for television.
Cost:
£50 (£40 concessions)
For
more information and booking visit:
http://writingforexposition.eventbrite.com/
Writing
Theatre-in-Education
Saturday
3rd July 2010 (10am-5pm)
Light
House, Wolverhampton
Led
by Arzhang Pezhman
Theatre-In-Education
(TiE) is a growing area of employment for writers.
A large number of companies in the UK specialise
in developing and producing theatre for schools,
building plays around a particular educational
topic or debate. This one-day workshop will introduce
participants to the fundamentals of writing for
young audiences. Through the exploration of both
theory and practice in playwriting, it will help
participants develop a thorough understanding
of writing for commission and writing to a brief.
The aim of the workshop is to both develop writing
techniques and the individual's voice but
also to consider playwriting as a vocation, specifically
in education.
Arzhang
Pezhman 's play Bolt-Hole was produced
in 2006 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
He has also written a play for the Young REP,
Tics , which was produced in 2005. Arzhang
has also had his work produced by the Royal Court
Theatre - Local (2000) and Come Around (2003).
In 2003 he was commissioned to write a full-length
play Mother's Day , which was performed by pupils
at Wolverhampton Grammar School . He was
also Writer-in-Residence at the Soho Theatre in
2006.
Cost:
£50 (£40 concessions)
For
more information and booking visit:
http://theatreeducation.eventbrite.com/
Developing
Ideas for the Stage
Saturday
17th July 2010 (10am-5pm)
Pentabus
Theatre, Ludlow
Led
by Peter Roberts
This
one-day workshop will provide an introduction
to the fundamentals of creating stories for the
theatre. Writers will be able to explore how to
structure scenes, develop character and plot and
how to write effective dialogue. It will also
look at the basic practicalities of putting your
work on the stage. An essential toolkit to master
the art and craft of playwriting.
Peter
Roberts is a Royal Shakespeare Company
award-winning writer with credits for stage, television,
and radio. Stage plays include Education,
Education , and Viking Tales
for Derby Playhouse, Flying
For Arthur , (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
) and Heart and Stone for New
Theatre Works. His play-with-music, A
Maid With A Lamp , based on the life
of Florence Nightingale, is scheduled for Derby
Theatre in May 2010. His adaptation of Sophocles'
Lysistrata is scheduled for
production at Derby Theatre in 2011.
Cost:
£50 (£40 concessions)
For
more information and booking visit:
http://developingideas.eventbrite.com/
Writing
Community Theatre
Saturday
31st July (10am-5pm)
Friends'
Meeting House, Warwick
Led
by Stephanie Dale
Part
lecture, part practical-based exercises, this
one-day workshop will explore what needs to be
considered when writing large scale plays.
During the workshop, participants will look at
text from past community plays and start to create
new pitches for future productions.
Stephanie
Dale
is a professional playwright, whose plays have
been produced by Soho Theatre, LAMDA, Birmingham
Repertory Theatre, and BBC Radio 4. She is a tutor
on the MPhil in Playwriting Studies at the University
of Birmingham, and also teaches at BSA, City University.
She is currently on attachment at the Birmingham
Repertory Theatre.
Cost:
£50
(£40 concessions)
For
more information and booking visit:
http://communitytheatre.eventbrite.com/
Devising
for Writers
Sunday
11th July, 10am-5pm
Saturday
14th August, 10am-5pm
Sunday
15th August, 10am-5pm
The
Drum, Birmingham
A
three day workshop exploring writing as part of
a devising process, that takes place during the
making and rehearsing of a performance. The
workshop will focus on rule-based text-generating
exercises, starting with simple games and discussions,
and developing these approaches into material
for performance. The workshop will culminate
with an informal showing of some of the ideas
and material developed over the three days.
Alexander
Kelly is Co-Artistic Director of performance
company Third Angel with whom he devises, directs,
writes, designs and performs. Alex tours with
Third Angel's work throughout the UK and internationally;
he has taught at Universities across Britain and
at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon .
To
apply for a place, please email Hayley Boulton
at info@scriptonline.net
your contact details, a short biography and
an outline (not more than 2 sides of A4) of why
you would like to attend and how the workshop
will help you at this stage in your career.
Cost:
FREE
PAST
EVENTS:
Warwick
Words in association with Script
HOW
TO WRITE...THEATRE FOR CHILDREN
Thursday
1 October (2pm-5pm)
Friends
Meeting House
In
this workshop, Campbell Perry
will talk about the similarities and differences
between writing for adults and children and look
at ways of adapting a story into a piece of theatre
for primary aged children, with some examples.
The
workshop will centre around discussing what makes
some stories lend themselves to theatre, and how
settings , character and events combine to develop
story and plot.
There
will be a mix of talk, writing and practical activities,
so that everyone has an opportunity to explore
some of the ideas under discussion. And hopefully,
it will be fun as well!
Tickets:
£15
Box
Office: 01926
776438
There
are only 15 places available for this workshop,
so please book in advance.
TENacity
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.
Using
Triangle Theatre’s production of The Last
Women as an example, the workshop will examine
the creation of a performance that is neither
scripted nor non-scripted.
The Last Women interweaves historical reality
with the mythical, ritual and imagination. The
play is a powerful interpretation of the stories
of six condemned women. More information about
the show can be found at their website: www.lastwomen.co.uk
Carran Waterfield is the founder
and Artistic Director of Triangle Theatre Company
based in the West Midlands UK. She has devised,
written and directed over forty productions. Her
production and education work have been represented
internationally. She regularly presents at conferences
as well as leading training courses with Co-Artistic
Director Richard Talbot.
Venue:
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Cost:
£50 (£45 concessions)
To
Book: Download a booking
form
EMERGE
The
Emerge pilot has now finished, many thanks to
all those who got involved. During May,
June and July we offered readings to nine writers
in association with the Midlands branch of Equity
and the Writer's Guild of Great Britain
The
writers involved were:
--
Richard
Parkes
-- Ian
Hassall
-- Michael Cole
-- Rachel
Sambrooks
--
Julian Armitstead
--
Peter Sutton
-- Ifemu
Omari
--
Kate Shaw
--
Liz John
SCRIPT
GAMES
Saturday
22nd November, 1pm
Beijing
Map Games Exhibition, Gas Hall
Pictures
tell a thousand stories...
What's
yours?
Script,
in association with Birmingham Museums & Art
Gallery, presents five short plays written in
response to the Beijing Map Games Exhibition.
The
plays were selected following an open competition
in which writers were asked to draw inspiration
from the artworks on display.
The
artworks have been inspired by the rapid changes
that are influencing the appearance and map of
Beijing city. The writers have drawn on
individual exhibits to explore a personal interpretation
of themes of identity, freedom and the relationship
between culture and technology.
Sacred
Geometry, by Rachel Sambrooks
Zhe
Zhi, by Tim Macavoy
Look
Down on the City, by Jonathan Collings
The
Seal-Maker's Son, by Tina Freeth
Unconciousness,
by Alex Dennistoun
Director:
Kate Chapman
Actors:
Peter Chay, Tony Kilbane, Jay Oliver Yip, Jennifer
Lim
APPROACHES TO WRITER DEVELOPMENT: THE EUROPEAN
MODEL
Script
has successfully applied for funding of 19, 720
Euros from the EU Leonardo Da Vinci Mobility Programme
to send professional playwrights on 2-week placements
to theatres in Europe. For further information,
please visit the dedicated project web page on:
www.scriptonline.net/leonardo
SCRIPT
READING SERVICE
You
can now send your script to us and receive a feedback
report from one of our expert readers. For more
information about this service please go to the
Resource section
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Archive
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