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Grey Coast Theatre presents
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EIGHT SHORT PLAYS by HIGHLAND WRITERS This summer eight new playwrights will be invited to work with Grey Coast on their own scripts, with a director, a professional playwright and a company of actors. Our local audience will then have the chance to hear moved readings of the eight plays and feed back their views on at the Mill Theatre, 7.30pm, admission free If you would like to take part, as a writer, actor or audience member, read on... |
 New writing is the lifeblood of Grey Coast Theatre and we need new writers if the company is to have a future in the North of Scotland. Whatever your level of experience, if you'd like to write for the stage, we would like to give you the opportunity to hear your work read by actors and to see what our audiences think of it. Send us a short script before 1 June 2001. All submissions will be read by our panel and eight of the writers will be invited to join us for a day of discussion and rehearsal on 29 or 30 June. Each evening four scripts will be read to an audience in an informal setting. It is hoped that several of the writers may go on to work professionally with Grey Coast, perhaps at this year's intensive October Playharvest, and ultimately a full commission may be offered. Everyone is welcome to attend both of the evening performances, free of charge. |
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 Writers' Guidelines Closing date for script submissions is 1 June 2001 Writers should be from, resident in, or have some connection with the Highlands and Islands. Scripts should be about 15 minutes long, or 15 pages if double spaced. Complete short plays and extracts from longer works are equally welcome. Scripts may be on any subject and should be suitable for performance by no more than five actors. Submissions from young people are welcome but there is no dedicated children's category. Scripts may be submitted to the address below by post or email but not by fax. Please submit no more than two scripts per person. Submissions should be typed and include your name, address, telephone number and email (if applicable) on a separate page. Writers must be available to participate in workshops on 29 or 30 June 2001 in Thurso. Scripts must be unpublished and should not have been performed in public before. Scripts will not normally be returned but copyright remains with the author. There is no payment for participation in Playharvest but Grey Coast can help with travel and accommodation expenses in Thurso if required. Future contracts will be in line with professional terms and conditions. 
Actors' guidelines About 10-12 community actors are needed to work with the directors over two days and to take a part in three or four of the plays. Performances will be moved readings before a small local audience. If you can only attend for one day, we may still be able to accommodate you. Please get in touch. Some experience of acting in an amateur, community or professional context is preferred. There will be no auditions but, depending on the number of volunteers, some selection process may be necessary. The aim will be to include as varied a range of participants as possible. Preference will be given to actors resident in the Highlands and Islands. There is no payment for participation in Playharvest but Grey Coast can help with travel and accommodation expenses in Thurso if required. Please indicate your interest by applying to Grey Coast at the address below. CVs are not necessary but we would be pleased to have them for our files anyway. The cast will be chosen by 8 June 2001.  Past products of the Playharvest process include Bess Ross’s Farm Land, which will soon be in full production and will tour Scotland in October 2001. Ian McDonough's vision of Highland village life in the 21st century, 51 Pegasus, is currently in development and a national tour is planned for 2002. For details about these and other productions please join our mailing list (list@greycoast.demon.co.uk) Many thanks to HI Arts, Inverness for their ongoing support of our Playharvest Programme, and to the Scottish Arts Council and Highlands and Islands Enterprise for funding aspects of the initiative. 
For further information about Playharvest, to submit a script or to join the cast, please contact George Gunn or Sarah Egan at Grey Coast Theatre Traill House Olrig Street Thurso KW14 7BJ tel/fax 01847 890840 admin@greycoast.demon.co.uk |