Shortworks Update

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  By Ja5on | May 10, 2012 - 11:11 am | Opportunity, Updates
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After two hectic audition evenings, and an inbox burgeoning with new plays, Shortworks has completed the auditioning and script submission process. We are now in the realms of collating, considering and cogitating before the project goes into full-on production.

We’ve received more than two dozen plays, and auditioned 30 odd actors (the number is odd, not the actors). We’re planning to announce the successful writers by midnight on Friday (11th) and approaching actors on Saturday (12th).

If you have submitted a play before the deadline but have not received a confirmation email, please get in touch.

Excitement awaits!

Team Scriptworks

Shortwaves Opportunity MAY 2012

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  By Ja5on | April 28, 2012 - 8:46 am | News, Scriptworks
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ATTENTION WRITERS
WELCOME TO SHORTWAVES:
Scriptworks present a SHOWCASE FOR RADIO.

THIS IS A CALL TO WRITERS FOR TEN MINUTE SCRIPTS FOR RADIO.
DEADLINE FOR SCRIPTS: WED 9 MAY 

Scriptworks have secured Arts Council funding to support our local writing community in the development of 4 new 10m scripts for radio. Development work will include a Scriptworks session, one-to-one sessions with professional radio mentors and a dramaturgy workshop. The scripts will be performed live at Contact in Space 2. The scripts will then professionally recorded and produced in the studio and aired on ALL FM as part of Contact’s Noise Generation radio show. This show is broadcast the last Tuesday of every month. The final mastered recordings will also be made available on Soundcloud.

For full details look here.

Actors interested in auditioning please look here.

When emailing regarding this opportunity please use keyword SHORTWAVES in the Subject of your email.

Session Report and OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT

  By Ja5on | April 23, 2012 - 12:04 pm | News, Scriptworks
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A lovely session last week working with Margaret Hodgson‘s latest script. We move on to Ben Rigby  and Emma McCelland for this weeks cabinet of dark delights. There are still about 3 places left to book in if it takes your fancy.

http://contactmcr.com/whats-on/940-scriptworks/booking/

We also have a kind of PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT!

As you will have noticed, Scriptworks has recently run a PILOT of our Radio project, SHORTWAVES. Scriptworks regulars Emma Roy-Williams and Sarah Speak have each had an opportunity to work up their plays which are being recorded in the studio ready for broadcast on All FM. Sarah’s play will be broadcast tomorrow! http://contactmcr.com/projects/radio/noise-generation/

Big round of applause for those two, and the actors, Liam McShane the sound engineer and Abbie Willcox at Contact.

So, a busy few weeks at Scriptworks Towers as we prepare to go into full-on production mode for the Arts Council Funded full-fat version of SHORTWAVES! More details will be posted on the Website very soon - but in the meantime a word to the Scriptworks massive: We will be asking for writers to gird their loins and prepare their pens (and notebooks, and tablets) – to submit scripts between NOW and the 7th MAY. 

The brief will be to prepare a 10m script for radio, one which works imaginatively with the form itself. Interesting uses of audio (sounds, music, distance, time) will get the most attention!

Each successful writer will get a Scriptworks session, two one-to-one sessions with an industry mentor, the opportunity to see their play performed to a live studio audience AND recorded and broadcast on ALL FM. Not only that, but there is also a small bursary to sweeten the deal.

SO WATCH THIS SPACE!

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Team Scriptworks

Scriptworks is an independent, volunteer led script development service. We use actors to cold read scripts and to drive our live feedback and investigation of the text. Our services are free and open to anyone aged 18+ who can attend a session.


Scriptworks Session Report 26 03 12

  By Ja5on | April 1, 2012 - 6:57 pm | News
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yo Scriptworkers,

So the sunny daze of last Monday melted away our acting pool to a compact few, causing us to have to cancel the session. (It’s true! Allocated the largest room in Contact, we had the smallest showing of the past year). Now we’re back on track, so actors and participants of every stripe please book in.

Tomorrow we have three writers bringing work to the session: Richard Howe, Matt Midgeley and Janine Atkin. It would be churlish indeed not to have a strong presence to bring their words to life.

Send us a message to Scriptworks if you want to read in as an actor.

Book a ticket through Contact if you wish to participate in the session.

 

A brief reminder of our pilot programme with Contact: Shortwaves (pilot)
We invite folk to write, workshop and record a ten minute piece for radio – which will be aired on Contact’s AllFM channel.
The deadline is Tuesday 10 April, so fast coming up!

 

Kind Regards

Team Scriptworks

Scriptworks is an independent, volunteer led script development service. We use actors to cold read scripts and to drive our live feedback and investigation of the text. Our services are free and open to anyone aged 18+ who can attend a session.

Session Report 19 Mar + Opportunities!

  By Ja5on | March 23, 2012 - 11:23 am | Scriptworks
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‘lo Scriptworkers

Lovely session in a filled-to-the-brim Meeting Room last week – working on Lynette Campbell’s play Remember – generating much debate and enthusiasm.

Next up we have a free writing slot, so can folk who wish to have their writing heard please book in for this Monday, 26th March! This also applies to writers who’d like to bring their work forward from another session later in the year. This slot will be in the voluminous aircraft hanger that is Space 3 rather than the WWII fighter jet cockpit that is the Meeting Room.

We have a couple actors already booked in and would love to hear from more of you who wish to read.

Radio Opportunity.

In collaboration with our Contact partners, we are piloting an initiative called Shortwaves. Two writers will have an opportunity to create a new short piece for radio, have that workshopped using the (patent pending) Scriptworks process, produced and broadcast on Contact’s AllFM show Noise Generation.

For more information, deadlines and a brief – please look at the opportunity page here.

Member’s Activities.

Longtime Scriptworker Ben Jewell is hard at work with performance poet Dominic Berry on their new show Wizard, which is on at Contact. Looks like it should be a whole lot of fun. Tickets and more information can be found here.

 

Team Scriptworks -OUT

Last Monday’s session …

  By Ja5on | March 17, 2012 - 12:10 pm | Scriptworks, Updates
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Hello Scriptworkers

Monday 12th March saw Scriptworks giving maximum value for money (a very neat trick for a free service) as the opening section of ‘Steps and Halves‘ by Ste Myott was worked, re worked and worked again. A very enjoyable session, with a lot of good work done and a playwright enthusiastic to write more. Many thanks to all the actors involved and to the (many new) writers press-ganged into one line parts. Everyone contributed greatly to the analysis and reporting and worked well to ensure a successful outcome.

Next up we have a session on Monday 19th March, featuring writer Lynette Campbell and a host of inspiring actors. There are still spaces to be booked at http://contactmcr.com/scriptworks

We have seven actors booked in, whilst the script calls for nine (and we call for 1 for the inevitable stage directions). So if you wish to read please email us before the end of the weekend.

Best …

 

Team Scriptworks

Scriptworks is an independent, volunteer led script development service. We use actors to cold read scripts and to drive our live feedback and investigation of the text. Our services are free and open to anyone aged 18+ who can attend a session.

Session Report for 5th March + Call for Actors

  By Ja5on | March 12, 2012 - 1:50 pm | Scriptworks
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Hey Scriptworkers,

Some great extracts read last week from Annie Chisambo, Craig Johnson and Yvonne Toal.

We have a new script from Ste Myott (winner of the last Verbally Challenged) tonight, and are still in need of another male actor, so book in if you can make it.

A number of procedural points for writers:

1. Can writers who’ve booked in please remember to contact us if they aren’t going to be able to make it, so we can re-allocate the time slot. Earlier rather than later, obvs.

2. Please try and time your script before suggesting a duration to us. Easiest way to do this is to read it aloud! In a busy session we will be pulling the plug on scripts that run over their allocated time.

3. Please bring down copies of your scripts, we recommend number of actors +2. If you need to print out scripts at Contact it will be at a cost to you of 10p page.

 

Regards

 

Team Scriptworks

Scriptworks is an independent, volunteer led script development service. We use actors to cold read scripts and to drive our live feedback and investigation of the text. Our services are free and open to anyone aged 18+ who can attend a session.

Session Report 27 Feb 2012

  By Ja5on | February 29, 2012 - 4:57 pm | Scriptworks, Updates
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Hey Scriptworkers,

Last Monday saw a packed out meeting room enjoy the dizzy farcical antics of Gregory Skulnik’s cast of robbing lawyers and delightfully confused characters.

This next session features a crew of thousands as we stand by to enjoy the musings of Annie Chisambo, Adam Young, Craig Johnson & Yvonne Toal – we’re looking for at least three actors of each gender and only Ben Rigby and Derek Lawson have currently booked in.

SO ACTORS GET YOUR DIARIES OUT!

Our partner venue has a splendid festival of the art of the solo artist on right at the moment, so I would heartily recommend checking out the website and scoring some of the thrifty special offers (eg. two super shows for £8). No excuse not to see great things.

Over the two weeks there are performances by Ernie Silva, J Fergus Evans, Sabrina Mahfouz (recently co-writer of Crystal Kisses, and the show is directed by David Schwimmer), Bryony Kimmings (7 Day Drunk, Sex Idiot), Brian Lobel and Stacy Makishi (to name but a few!).

Come on down …

http://contactmcr.com/projects/festivals/flying-solo/

Out.