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The journey of a play
Each play I write takes me somewhere new. It takes me somewhere I hadn’t imagined I was going initially, and I usually end up with something that looks at the world in a way I hadn’t realised. I remembered this … Continue reading →
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The future is mine
The more and more I write the more it feels like creating collage rather than writing a story. When I was first writing plays I wrote them from beginning to end, but now, yes, I start working on the central … Continue reading →
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Are all stories really the same? And does a female character have to be likeable? #NewYearNewPlay #WritingTips
Are you kick starting your year with a new creative project? I’m starting 2016 with rewriting. I’m taking a shorter project and making it longer, with the help of a director to make sure I’m making sense (and with the … Continue reading →
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‘My first play, Foxfinder, was read, liked, but not produced by basically the theatres that accept scripts’ Dawn King, November’s playwright #12newplaywrightsin12months
‘My first play, Foxfinder, was read, liked, but not produced by basically the theatres that accept scripts – and not just in London. I’d had lots of meetings with people who said they liked it, but that it was a … Continue reading →
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David Mamet’s tips for playwrights, care of @parisreview #inspiration #learnfromthegreats
There are some great interviews in The Paris Review’s archives, free to read, if you want to hear how some of the great writers create their work. Here are some tips from American playwright David Mamet: ‘Well, you know, Hemingway said … Continue reading →
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‘We’re not supposed to keep secrets in here’, update #DebraProject with @ToTheMoonUK
‘We’re not supposed to keep secrets in here, so I’ll tell you … This might sound a bit strange but you’re in here too so I expect you’re used to strange … There’s a monster, living underneath my bed.’ –quote … Continue reading →
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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
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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Announcement: See Godless Monsters at New Diorama Theatre and King’s Head Theatre this Spring!
‘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
“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
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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