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SCRIPT
NEWS -June 2005
EVENTS....
EMERGING
TALENT
The
University of Birmingham presents this year's
MPhil Playwriting students plays in a series of
30 minute extracts.
Thursday
9th June 11.00am - 5.00pm
Allardyce
Nicoll Studio
University
of Birmingham
Throughout the
one year post-graduate programme (taught by playwrights
Sarah Woods and Chris O'Connell) each student
has developed a full length play.
An extract has been chosen from each and will
be given a rehearsed reading. Each student has
worked with a professional director and actors
to present their work and the showcase will be
attended by prominent members of the literary
profession as well as the general public.
All
are welcome to come and witness the new, exciting,
writing talent in Birmingham.
For
more information please contact the Allardyce
Nicoll Box Office on 0121 414 5997.
SECOND
CHANCE TO SEE SCRIPT/LIGHT HOUSE FILMS
The
first screening sold out and the second is booking
up already! The digital shorts made as a result
of Script's Leap Off The Page programme are being
shown again.
Thursday
June 16th , 8.30 pm.
MAC
Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham.
The
showing is free but places are filling up quickly
so book now to avoid disappointment.
For
tickets contact MAC on 0121 440 3838
PAGE
TO STAGE UNDER 25 SHOWCASE
New
Theatre Works are presenting an evening of new
writing by under 25's at the Courtyard Theatre
in Hereford.
As
the culmination of their Page to Stage competition,
there will be rehearsed extracts from five new
plays and a final winner announced.
Courtyard
Studio, Hereford
Wed
8 & Thurs 9th June
Tickets
£8.00 (£4)
Phone
0870 11 22 33 0 for more information
or tickets.
GATHERING
MOMENTUM
The
Momentum Young Writers' Festival celebrates the
best new, young writing from the East Midlands,
featuring plays, manifestos, workshops, debates
and more from 21 new playwrights aged 16-25.
All
events will take place at the Lakeside Arts Centre,
Nottingham.
23-27
August 2005.
For
more information visit www.theatrewritingpartnership.com
or call 0115 947 4361.
OPPORTUNITIES....
CAN
YOU GUIDE AND INSPIRE?
Midland
Arts Centre is seeking an experienced playwright
to teach a course in playwriting starting in January
2006.
The
sessions will take place weekly for two terms.
MAC are eager to find someone who can introduce
students to what's involved in contemporary writing
for the stage, offering practical exercises, guidance,
feedback and inspiration.
For
more information or to apply contact Sibyl Ruth
on 0121 440 4221 (x 255) or email:
sibyl.ruth@macarts.co.uk
NEW
MA IN WRITING FOR STAGE & BROADCAST MEDIA
Central
School Of Speech and Drama are introducing a new
practise-based M.A. course for those interested
in writing for stage, radio and screen.
Industry
professionals will contribute to the teaching
and students will undertake writing projects across
a range of media, with opportunities for production
for some of these. The course can be taken full
or part time.
More
details are available on the website at www.cssd.ac.uk
RETURN
OF THE FUNDERS
Screen
West Midlands has returned with the launch of
new funding opportunities.
Digital
Shorts 2005 is a short film scheme seeking the
freshest filmmaking talent in the West Midlands
and offering them the chance to make a short film.
The
lucky eight finalists will receive funding of
up to £9,000 to produce a short.
Screen
West Midlands are also completing a Funding Roadshow
during which anyone can go along and chat about
forthcoming opportunities.
For
more information on both see the website www.screenwm.co.uk
COMPETITIONS....
STAGE
ALFRED
FAGON AWARD
Celebrating
Caribbean playwrights in Britain, this award is
inspired by the late Jamaican writer and actor
Alfred Fagon and is open to anyone of Caribbean
descent, resident in England.
Deadline
: 30 August 2005
Writers
can sumbit only one entry and playscripts only
will be accepted.
More
information and full entry guidelines can be found
at www.talawa.com
ORANGE
PLAYWRITING PRIZE
Orange, The Playwrights' Studio
and The Herald have teamed up to launch a new
playwriting competition to find emerging young
playwrights across Scotland.
Deadline:
29 July 2005
There
are two age categories, 14-18 and 18+, and
the winners of each will have plays produced at
Oran Mor in Glasgow during the 2005 season of
lunchtime plays.
Playwrights
must be Scottish or live in Scotland, and plays
must be between 30 and 40 minutes in length and
require no more than three actors.
For
more information please see www.
home.btconnect.com/playwrights/pss/OrangePlayWritingPrize.html
CHANNEL
4'S THE PLAY'S THE THING
Channel Four are searching
for a new British playwright who will see their
work produced in a West End theatre in mid 2006.
Initial
deadline: 1 July 2005
Previously
un-produced writers are being invited to submit
their work now for a four-part television series,
The Play's The Thing, which aims to put a brand
new piece of work on to The West End stage and
open up the world of commercial theatre for viewers.
During
the first stage of the search new writers are
invited to submit a synopsis, dialogue examples
and descriptions of all characters.
For
more information see www.channel4.com/theplay
THEATRE
WEST STILL SEARCHING
Theatre
West is searching for a script with strong female
characters to right the balance of under-representation
in recent years.
Deadline:
30 June 2005
Scripts should
preferably be about 60 minutes long, have a cast
of three or less and be simply set as the theatre
is a small, first floor space.
Scripts
should be sent (with SAE for return if required)
to:
4
Cross Street
Bristol
BS15
1SB
For more information
visit www.theatre-west.co.uk
THE
CHILDREN'S AWARD
The
Arts Council are offering the fifth annual award
for children's theatre writing.
Deadline:
29 July 2005.
Submitted
plays should be suitable for children up to the
age of twelve and be at least 45 minutes in length.
They must have been professionally produced between
1 July 2004 and 30 June 2005. The playwright must
be resident in England.
For
more information contact Charles Hart on 0207
973 6480.
39th
JOHN WHITING AWARD
Intended
to help further the careers and enhance the reputations
of British playwrights and to draw to public attention
the importance of writers in contemporary theatre.
Deadline:
9 January 2006
This
award is open to writers who have had an Arts
Council offer or award or a commission/premiere
production from a theatre or company in receipt
of subsidy from the Arts Council.
For more information visit www.artscouncil.org.uk
or contact Charles Hart 0207 973 6480
or email charles.hart@artscouncil.org.uk
SCREEN
INDEPENDENT
FILM COMPANY SEEKING SCRIPTS
Harrogate
Independent Films are looking for short scripts
to enter in the Screen Yorkshire Shorts competition.
Mark
Smith of Harrogate would also like to hear from
anyone interested in developing a story he has
written into a film short.
You
can contact Mark Smith on h.i.f@btinternet.com
HAT
TRICK GO NORTH
Television
production company Hat Trick have recently
set up a northern branch in Manchester and want
to forge links with new and experienced writers
in the North.
They
are looking for full scripts for television (sitcom
and one off 50 minute dramas) and will provide
feedback within 12 weeks.
Writers
can send their scripts to Rebecca Papworth, Executive
Producer, Suite 204, Barclay House, 35 Whitworth
Street West, Manchester, M1 5NG or call 0161
233 1861
SCREENWRITER
SOUGHT FOR CORNISH TALE
A
production company are looking for a suitable
writer for a feature film based on a famous Cornish
story and best selling illustrated book.
It will
be a family film using live action, animatronics
and animation and experience in these genres would
be preferable.
For
more information contact alpensnow@clara.co.uk
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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