Our Editor, Jennifer Richards, has taken up the challenge to write a play in a month as part of our #WrAP initiative. With Week Three done, she’s realising it’s not always healthy to push yourself. Sadly life isn’t always as simple as setting a goal, working for it and achieving it. Sometimes obstacles just get in the way, …
In this guest post, playwright Naomi Westerman spills the beans on her top tips for writers who want to make the most out of their VAULT Festival experience… Last year was my VAULT Festival debut, with two shows (the one-woman kidnap drama CLAUSTROPHILIA, and the feminist queer sex comedy PUPPY). This year I’m returning to …
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Our Editor, Jennifer Richards, has taken up the challenge to write a play in a month as part of our #WrAP initiative. With Week Two done, she’s trying not to panic knowing she’s half way through… Writing a whole play in a month means not a lot of planning can go into the project. This meant …
With playwriting being seen as a solitary activity, what changes when you form a writing partnership? In this guest post, playwright Tamara von Werthern discusses all she learnt about co-writing for her new play JACKPOT. It’s not always easy to write plays, is it? You need to come up with an interesting story, invent characters, write scenes, keep …
Our Editor, Jennifer Richards, has taken up the challenge to write a play in a month as part of our #WrAP initiative. With Week One done, she checks in on how it’s going so far… Something that’s really stuck with me was from the first day of #WrAP, when we were asked ‘Why do you want …
The New Year is almost upon us, and the chance for some new goals. For us, it’s all about writing more! That’s why we’re launching Write A Play – or WrAP. This month we’ll be posting a whole host of writing prompts, exercises and resources to guide you through the process of getting your first draft …
The theatre industry has seen a lot of change this year, and the Royal Court’s ‘No Grey Area’ highlighted just how much change still needs to happen. Though it was sadly awful circumstances that triggered this conversation, we’re glad that we are finally starting to have an open dialogue. In continuation with that principle, we …
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Theatre seems to have a constant loop of classic plays being shown, with our love of Shakespeare never wavering. But with these stories being told a hundred times over, is it possible for a theatre-maker to take the play and tell us something new? Shakespeare is usually a person’s first introduction to theatre when you find …
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Is your New Year’s Resolution to write more? Kickstart your writing goals with LPW, and sign up for #WrAP! You CAN write a play this January What if we said you could write a play – YES a whole play – this January? Well, you can if you take part in Write a Play – …
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Are you struggling to think of a fabulous festive gift for the writer in your life? I mean, apart from their laptop, what does a playwright even need these days? Well, look no further than our annual gift guide for writers, handpicked by the LPB team. From luxury splurges to notebooks that are almost too …
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