Author Archives: lucyaverywrites

January’s playwright: Jack Thorne #12newplaywrightsin12months

Posted on January 31, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

“I think I started writing plays as a way of expressing the things I couldn’t say” This quote from Jack Thorne‘s introduction to his recently published Plays One seems like a good enough reason to start writing plays if you ask … Continue reading →

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Today I’m off to Devoted and Disgruntled #DandD10

Posted on January 24, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

Today I’m off to Devoted and Disgruntled 2015, a theatre conference or network where you spend the weekend talking about theatre and meeting other like minded people which is held in Open Space in York Hall in East London. It’s … Continue reading →

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Who is Daisy Scarlet?

Posted on January 20, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

…and can 3 playwrights successfully write a play together? Groups of writers seem to write for TV but there are only a handful of examples I can think of where more than one writer has written a successful play (and that … Continue reading →

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Where do you find your inspiration? New adventures in playwrighting

Posted on January 8, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

Hello and Happy New Year! @ToTheMoonUK look what I got for secret Santa! I don’t really drink tea. But I know someone who does #DebraProject pic.twitter.com/rjGsVOXywl — Lucy Avery (@LucyAveryWrites) December 17, 2014 I’ve not posted for a while because … Continue reading →

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Why sometimes a shadowy hand is better than a monologue

Posted on November 18, 2014 by lucyaverywrites

Summer seems very long ago now and my residency at 57a feels like a dream. Since then I’ve continued to work on the scripts for both my projects in development and last week I had two very successful days of workshops that … Continue reading →

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To be given the space and time to create is sacred

Posted on July 13, 2014 by lucyaverywrites

This is a beach hut I saw on Tankerton beach yesterday. Isn’t it great?! It looks exactly how I feel: it’s up in the clouds having some time out, giving itself space to breathe. Who knows what’s going on behind … Continue reading →

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Surely the best rehearsal space ever?

Posted on July 11, 2014 by lucyaverywrites

So we spent Tuesday morning on the beach working on bringing the first 4 scenes of my full length (2 act) play into one and it worked really well. They had always felt like 2 sets of beginning scenes (if that … Continue reading →

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So the reading went well last night…

Posted on July 8, 2014 by lucyaverywrites

but they miss some of the lightness from the previous draft! Looks like I’ve been too concentrated on the story/plot lines and less on the finer points of the relationship between my characters… Oh well, that’s what the drafting process … Continue reading →

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Goats, God and how to get what you want

Posted on July 3, 2014 by lucyaverywrites

So I’ve been in residence at beautiful 57a for 6 days now and I’m having a great time. What’s better than having the space and time to pursue the one thing you love to do? No TV, no internet (except … Continue reading →

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The countdown begins!

Posted on June 15, 2014 by lucyaverywrites

In 13 days I’ll be at a writing residency courtesy of The Expansionists in Whitstable Kent working on the third draft of my full length play with the help of Jennifer Lunn and the first draft of a new project I’m working on … Continue reading →

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