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‘In the olden days they used to think of writing as more like witchcraft and there’s something in that.’ -Marina Carr, May’s Playwright #12newplaywrightsin12months

Posted on June 24, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

This quote is from an interview with one of Ireland’s most prominent playwrights Marina Carr whose 2 brilliant plays  Portia Coughlan and By The Bog of Cats I read this month. There’s definitely something magical about these pieces and if I didn’t need to move … Continue reading →

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Winter Draws On with @awooga_man Andy Winter

Posted on June 13, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

    Have you seen these drawings? Of course you have! These are some of the beautiful illustrations on my website and are all created by artist Andy Winter. I just wanted to let you know that he now has a … Continue reading →

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March’s playwright: Kwame Kwei-Armah #12newplaywrightsin12months

Posted on April 18, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

‘The best work is that which comes from the specific, but becomes universal.’ -Kwame Kwei-Armah interviewed by Whats On Stage.com As I mentioned in my previous post in this series #12newplaywrightsin12months I found my copy of Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Elmina’s Kitchen whilst … Continue reading →

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This play is a time bomb #godlessmonsters #rehearsaldiaryday1

Posted on March 23, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

‘My play is no different to any other play: it’s a time bomb that starts to tick from the moment the first action is initiated, from the moment that desires are heightened, characters cross and explode as they flounder to make sense of their … Continue reading →

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February’s playwright: Jennifer Haley #12newplaywrightsin12months

Posted on March 14, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

Jennifer Haley isn’t a playwright I’d heard of before, but with the rave reviews of her play The Nether that’s transferred from the Royal Court to the West End I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see what I could … Continue reading →

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Announcement: See Godless Monsters at New Diorama Theatre and King’s Head Theatre this Spring!

Posted on March 4, 2015 by lucyaverywrites

‘I place before you the head of my godless enemies. They have tormented me and hated me ever since I wanted to go my own way’ (Extract) I’m very pleased to be able to announce that Piqued Productions will be … Continue reading →

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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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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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