| SCRIPT
NEWS - October 2004
New
Theatre Works, the resident company
at The Courtyard, Hereford, has built a national
reputation with its new texts performed in the
theatre and its devised site-specific work.
As a
result of its successful village hall tour of
It's a Cook-Up, NTW is setting up a small
local tour of eight rural Herefordshire churches.
An important component of this project is to commission
a play.
Script
Brief:
The
piece must be lively and entertaining. Humour
is acceptable!
The
piece should address such issues as the role of
the church in the 21st Century and its apparent
demise as the hub of the community in earlier
times. Does it have a significant role at all
in contemporary life? Has spiritual practice evolved
beyond the focal point of any building?
The
emphasis is cultural rather than religious. Past
meets present through the conduit of an old rural
church and its affiliated people. The history
of the region should play a significant role and
the narrative should ideally be drawn from historical
fact, however loosely. It might follow the fortunes
of one family.
Music
must be a theme that is integral to the piece
and not a supporting dramatic device. The cast
will consist of five actors/musicians. Virtually
no set.
Please submit a synopsis and sample
dialogue from the first scene, plus one example
of recent complete work.
The
deadline is: 15 January 2005
For
more information, please visit www.newtheatreworks.co.uk
writernet
and Reading Borough Council Launch the first phase
of HYDROPONIC
writernet,
the UK's national support organisation for dramatic
writers, and Reading Borough Council, have launched
the first phase of Hydroponic with a call to recruit
four culturally diverse writers from across the
UK to take part in an apprenticeship programme
based at South Street Arts Centre in Reading.
Funded
by Reading Borough Council and Arts Council, South
East, Hydroponic is a new perfming arts project
aimed at unearthing and developing the very best
in new writing and theatre practice from culturally
diverse artists. The project will focus both on
craft and skills acquisition and the facilitation
of career development through contact with industry
professionals and networks. Hydroponic will run
from November 2004 and culminate in performance
showcases in July 2005.
Hydropnic
combines writers from across the UK with practitioners
in Reading and the South East in three phases
of activity:
- a
specially designed first draft commission and
dramaturgical support programme for 4 produced
writers
- a
professional development programme for a further
6 emerging writers
- performance
laboratories for actors, directors and writers
In providing
opportunities for a cohort of playwrights, directors
and actors, Hydroponic will also link into a range
of other strategic culturally diverse initiatives
nationwide.
For
further information, please visit www.writernet.org.uk
Scriptapalooza
TV Writing Competition
The
three categories include: existing 1 hour spec
scripts, existing half-hour spec scripts and pilots.
For further information, visit www.scriptapaloozaTV.com
or email info@scriptapalooza.com
The
Quiney Affair - A play by
Reg Mitchell at The Other Place
Reg
received mentoring for this play from Script (in
its days as Stagecoach!) and it will be running
for six performances at Stratford.
Thomas
Quiney and Margaret, his servant, are lovers but
with a chance to marry the rich Judith Shakespeare,
he must choose between them. What follows is a
story involving sex, scandal, death, church courts,
witchcraft and a very public display of courage.
Who does he choose?
Directed
by Penny Freedman.
Produced
by Falcon Productions.
THE
OTHER PLACE
October
19th-23rd at 7.30 (Saturday matinee at 1.30pm)
Tickets;
£12 9£6 concessions)
RSC
Ticket Hotline: 07970 609 1110 or book online
at www.rsc.org.uk
Our
Script Reading Service
Many
writers have been making use of our new script
reading service and have found our readers' reports
an invaluable tool in developing their work further.
Our readers are all writers and industry professionals.
(Click here
to view the list of readers). And don't forget
that we can now accept film and TV scripts as
well as those for theatre and radio. For the highly
competitive fee of £30, you will receive
a detailed report on your script.
For
full guidelines and to download a submission form,
please visit the RESOURCE section of our website.
LATE
BREAKING NEWS!...The Times London Film Festival
- Skillset New Filmmaker's Programme
The
Times bfi 48th London Film Festival -
in partnership with Skillset, the Sector Skills
Council for Audio Visual Industries - is pleased
to announce a career development programme for
new filmmakers. This new initiative aims to ensure
that the talent that will create films for future
festivals is nurtured at this one.
This
programme runs during the main week of the festival
(Monday 25-Friday 29 October 2004) and will comprise
a series of seminars and panel events featuring
leading industry experts and film professionals.
The
programme is aimed at filmmakers who have already
completed at least one short and are looking to
make their first feature. Places are free but
applicants must pre-book by Friday 15th October.
For
full details, please visit www.bfi.org.uk
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