With details of the playwrights from the North of England chosen:
|
The Royal Court Theatre, Northern Stage and New Writing North
proudly present public readings of nine new plays developed by Royal Court
Writers’ Group: North.
In late
2017, we came together with The Royal Court Theatre and Northern Stage to
create Royal Court Writers Group: North, a new writers’ group for theatre
writers.
Royal
Court Writers’ Group: North was open to playwrights based in the North of
England, who applied through an open submission process. We were looking
for writers who felt they would benefit from being pushed in their craft
and the ambition of their writing for the stage. Over three months in 2018,
the nine writers undertook sessions with leading UK playwrights Stacey Gregg, Emteaz Hussain,
Alistair McDowall, Simon Stephens and Tom Wells and
developed their own work.
The first
public readings of their plays took place at The Site, at The Royal Court
in May 2018, and will be at Northern Stage in September 2018, directed by
Royal Court Associate Directors Lucy
Morrison and Sam
Pritchard, and Northern Stage Artistic Director Lorne Campbell.
|
|
Island People
by Lindsay Rodden
A play about sleeping
giants, uprising women, and a dance hall at the edge of the world.
|
|
|
|
Marikana
by Karen Laws
A play about
recrimination, loyalty and rape.
|
|
|
|
Man Hours
by Chris Salt
A play about boys,
Burnley and betrayal.
|
|
|
Cheer Up Slug
by Tamsin Daisy Rees
A play about sex,
slugs and the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.
|
|
|
|
Harsh Noise Wall
by Jack Nicholls
A play about limbs,
brains and every member of The Fall.
|
|
|
|
Braids
by Olivia Hannah
A play about
friendship, identity and hair.
|
|
|
Bones
by Zosia Wand
A play about a Polish
headscarf, a teenage girl and a dead seagull.
|
|
|
|
Paper Tiger
by Mhairi Ledgerwood
A play about love,
language, and fear.
|
|
|
|
Dear Pig
by Laura Lindow
A play about bones,
bedding and bruises.
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment