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Events Writers are invited to submit their new work for this year's Naked Stage series, which will run from 7 October - 9 December. Naked Stage is open to all writers and any sort of piece: monologue, duologue, sketch, or play. The only limit is on length - performed length must be 1 hour or less. Naked Stage has become increasingly well known over its five or so years of existence and we do get good audiences to see your work. Each piece will be assigned a director and rehearsed twice before the performance. Performances are script in hand and minimally staged. We will continue accepting scripts until all available spaces are filled. Please submit one piece only in the first instance - further submissions may be accepted depending upon space. Submit by e-mail or post, but scripts must be typed in ScriptSmart format (see www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom for info). You do not have to download ScriptSmart, but please take note of the way text is indented and how stage directions are given. This helps us determine performed length and also helps the actors who need clear, consistently formatted text. How to Submit: If you prefer to submit by post, please contact michelle at the above e-mail address for postal details. There is a fee of £10 for membership in WRiTEON!, which entitles you to submit. You will be contacted later in the year about paying this fee through our new website paying in service. For further information, contact the artistic directors for Naked Stage, Michelle Golder (michelleATwriteon.org.uk) and Eddie Butler (edwardbutler1AThotmail.com). Replace AT with @ in both addresses. Actors for Naked Stage We are in the process of updating our actors list. If you have signed up as an actor, you will be contacted about providing some details of your experience and about your availability for Naked Stage. A casting event, or events, will also be scheduled shortly. We will try to use as many actors as we can for this year's Naked Stage. Watch this space!
Our original plan to stage the top duologues at the Cherry Hinton
Festival on 8 September has been altered slightly due to the need to offer
a family oriented programme to suit the expected audience of the festival.
We've put together a programme of pieces from the back catalogue, and
we're also opening up the event to new submissions. If you have an
appropriate short piece that could be seen by an audience of any age
group, please submit it michelleATwriteon.org.uk (replace AT with @) as
soon as possible. Deadline is 31 July. We also need people to organise
this event, including planning the programme, organising directors, cast
and rehearsals and running the event on the day. If you are interested,
please let Michelle know. Actors Wanted for Community Event Poet and WRiTEON! member Clare Crossman is working on a project called
Faces of the Fen Edge with Amy Wormald of StartArts. Clare has been
running writing workshops at Cottenham Village College and has also spent
time out in the community collecting stories, memories and pictures from
local people. This material is to be collected into a performance to be
presented at the community celebration event on Saturday 29 September,
11.00am - 4.00pm. [Out-of-date links and contact info removed.]
AcidTheatre are looking for a radical 30-60 minute monologue for a male Actor, based around the theme of Freedom of Speech in the Theatre. "It is a legitimate function of art to provoke debate and sometimes to express controversial ideas. A genuinely free, pluralist society would celebrate this aspect of our culture. Those who use violent means to silence it must be vigorously opposed." - excerpt from an open letter supporting the writer of Behzti. The winning entry will be optioned for production by AcidTheatre for £250. [Out-of-date links and contact info removed.]
Sexual Ironing Tickets for the ADC show are on sale now for £7/£6: visit www.adctheatre.com. Or see it in Camden, 12-16 August at 10.30 at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden High Street. Book through the website: www.camdenfringe.org. All tickets for the Camden show £7.50. Frank's Aim is True [Out-of-date links and contact info removed.] |