Bristol Old Vic launches search for new plays
Script In Hand Rehearsed Readings at Bristol Old Vic
6 - 8 February 2009.
Five writers, Five directors, Twenty actors, 5 performances in 48 hours.
Bristol Old Vic is looking for five new and previously unperformed scripts by South West based writers for rehearsed readings in February 2009.
Chosen scripts will receive three days development in a rehearsal room with a director and actors leading to a script-in-hand reading in the Bristol Old Vic Studio with an audience. During the first week in February the theatre will be given over exclusively to a company of writers, directors and performers for the development and performance of five new pieces of work.
The final script choice will be made by a panel of experienced producers and directors from Aardman Animations, the BBC and Theatre West.
Scripts can be one act or full-length but please not over one and a half hours long.
To submit to Script in Hand, please send 2 bound copies of your script to:
Sharon Clark / Charlotte Summerford,
Script in Hand,
Bristol Old Vic,
King Street,
Bristol, BS1 4ED.
Deadline: 12 December 2008.
If you would like to join the Bristol Old Vic database of regional writers please forward your e-mail address to: sharon@bristol-old-vic.co.uk
Script In Hand is a Bristol Old Vic writers' development initiative in association with Theatre West.
For further information or to arrange interviews, please contact:
Amanda Adams, Communications Manager on 0117 9494901
Bristol Old Vic, Bristol. 0117 9493993
