Theatre in the Rough is an annual festival of new writing for the stage by
young people (aged 13 to 18) from across the North West of England.

Through a programme of workshops - including playwriting tuition, talks
with industry professionals, and theatre trips - writers develop short plays
for production as rehearsed readings at major venues across Merseyside.

In 2009, Theatre in the Rough produced 14 world premieres by 30 new writers
across two nights at the Southport Arts Centre.

Our mission is to help cultivate the next generation of aspiring playwrights,
and to prepare people with vital voices for the first steps in their career.

 
CREATIVE TEAM:
 

Chris Fittock  Artistic and Literary Director

Chris is the author of The Track of the Cat (C Venues, Edinburgh Festival
Fringe), Red (The New Works, performed at Unity Theatre Liverpool,
Citizens' Theatre Glasgow, Theatre 503 London, Brighton Fringe
Festival 08), The Dreadful Hours (Tmesis Theatre, Liverpool Everyman),
Tunnel (Litfest, Dukes Theatre Lancaster), Margins (Litfest, BBC Radio
Lancashire), Red in Tooth and Claw (Lime Pictures/Channel 4). He was a
founder member of The Dog-Eared Collective.

Keri White  Creative Producer

Theatre includes: Theatre in the Rough 06 (Southport Arts Centre), Live Bed
Show, Sixty Frames Per Second and The Castle (Nuffield Theatre), The Vagina
Monologues (Lancaster Grand Theatre) and Othello (Neptune Theatre, Liverpool).
Television work includes: Deal or No Deal (Endemol), Honey We're Killing Our
Kids (BBC), The X Factor (Thames Television), X (Babyface Media), Front of
House (ITV/Imago Productions).

Christopher Johns  Composer

Chris has engineered at Sandhills Studios, Liverpool, and runs Liverpool Audio.

 
TRUSTEES:

Carmel Waldron  (Chair)

Nicola Stalker-Green

Paul Goetzee