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Festival offers rare opportunity for
writers LIVERPOOL'S own
Page to Stage Festival of New Writing, which will be staged for the second
time next spring, is offering a rare opportunity for less experience
playwrights to take the next step on their ladder to success. Having
successfully helped seven new writers last year, the festival organisers
are, once again, looking for a worship of writers to provide 10, 1 act
plays.
The Page to Stage festival is the brainchild of John Mc, a local actor and
writer. "There was a gaping hole left by the demise of a previous,
similar festival So, last year, I decided to
establish my own on a similar basis to Manchester's Twenty Four Seven. There
is a rich history of 1 act plays in theatre. Pinter's The Dumb
Waiter and Beckett's Endgame are famous examples while many leading
playwrights produced quite a catalogue:- J B Preistley, Caryl Chrurchill,
Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, to name just a few." says John.
John is no stranger to festivals. In the early noughties, he sat on the
committee for the West Lancashire Arts festival, designing the programme for
the 1 act play festival within a festival; later, he was a leading member
of the festival team when West Lancs Playwrights took over the reins of the
1 act play festival; He was involved in the Write Now Festival two years
running; in 2013 he co-founded the 0151 Film Festival.
As well as the one act plays from ten lucky writers, next year's festival
will feature a couple of specially commissioned full length plays, some
writer's workshops, talks and panel discussions.
"If you're a new writer looking to start a career in theatre then Page
To Stage is a fantastic opportunity. I had my 1st play produced in the festival; a
year later I've completed my fifth and have awards and nominations to my
name. I took the chance, learned how to produce and made fantastic contacts.
Take the chance." said Ian Salmon, one of last
year's playwrights.
Submissions close on 15 October 2015, and to enter writers need to visit the
website, and click on "Submit a Script"
where they will see full instructions and the Terms and Conditions.
"There is a charge for submissions, but we hope to give very writer
some feedback on their scripts. All those short listed will receive feedback
from at least three readers"
The festival can also be found on twitter - @P2S_Festival, and the FaceBook
group "pagetostage." |
