Writers Wanted

Applications are now open for young writers to take part in the Theatre in the Rough Festival 2012.

This year's festival commemorates Liverpool's links with the Titanic. We want to reclaim the voices from the savage sea, and tell an old story in a fresh way.

We are producing 10 short monologues for live performance, and 10 3-minute audio plays as part of a wider Titanic installation.

Writers will work with experts from Merseyside Maritime Museum to research the subject, and then attend a six-week workshop programme with professional theatre practitioners from the Theatre in the Rough Festival to develop their play.

We'll be looking at how to 'write the past' to make history both contemporary and personal, and also at a variety of monologue forms, from Alan Bennett to Steven Berkoff to Samuel Beckett.

We'll also be looking at audio drama, from Radio 4's Afternoon Play to more radical sound experiments such as by Hofesh Shechter.

And, as well as being performed and recorded, writers' plays will also be published in an anthology.

No previous writing experience is necessary - just an open mind and a sense of adventure.

"I knew I could send in whichever draft I was up to and receive constructive feedback in a very short space of time... I felt like my work was taken seriously"

— Writer, 2011

"I had been interested in writing for a while, and this course just made everything seem simple, which was great"

— Writer, 2011

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1. Writers should be aged between 13 and 25, and live in Greater Merseyside

2. Writers may apply in groups (maximum of 4 people per group)

3. Writers must be able to attend workshops (see dates below), or let us know well in advance of any issues

If this sounds like you, please complete the short application form below and email to info@theatreintherough.com

Deadline: SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2012

Application Form

Workshop Schedule

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