Supporting New Writing

Artistic Director, Charlie Mortimer, has been exploring best ways of working with new writing for live performance.  It has led to various projects with numerous writers who have been assisted in their ideas.  The research focuses on creating work specifically for theatre and embraces the challenges this creates in the current climate.  Our projects to date have been both funded and voluntary and have been created to suit the individual's need.  yet all have included listening tot he writers' intentions, developing their knowledge and understanding of many roles involved with working on a theatre piece and an awareness of the challenges and benefits of creating a piece of theatre for modern audiences in our difficult economic environment

for full details on our projects and the work Charlie Mortimer has undertaken in this area please visit the following websites

www.ripplesinconcrete.co.uk  our 2013 project which developed a script by Helen East and opened up discussions in best practice

www.chosenwords.co.uk our current project working with 6 writers, this site is a space to discuss and share experiences of working with new writing.

And be sure to check out some of the discussions we had earlier this year regarding the importance of developing new writing in the North West.

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