April is the Reading Year of Culture
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April is Reading Year of Culture Month and, as such, RBL are seeking local writers who want to write professionally in theatre.
RBL’s annual, sell-out, new writing event, Off the Block, attracts writers, actors and directors from companies such as the RSC, National Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, the West End and many more. Each year the highly praised company, whose new Arts Council England funded play, King Henry I of England, previews at 7pm on Friday 1st April, look to find one new writer from the region.
Off the Block is a hugely enjoyable, unique event that thrives on the adrenaline of live theatre. The ‘writer’s relay’ kicks it all off, with four twenty minute plays being written in relay over four days, all of which are then learnt, rehearsed, musically scored and then performed on the fifth.
This year, though, sees the introduction of a new element… Puppets.
The competition will be held on Sunday 3rd April when at 10am applicants will be emailed a start point, such as ‘spying on someone’ or ‘on hold’ and have until 4pm to write a short, two minute play. All entries will then be read and judged by the RBL panel and all applicants will receive feedback.
The winner of the competition will then have their entry piece performed by 4 aspiring professionals and the duty of writing the fourth play for the professional company on Friday 29th April in front of the paying audience at South Street Arts Centre, 7.30pm.
If you believe that you’ve got what it takes and would like to enter the competition then please email Beatrix at [email protected] by Midnight on Friday 1st April.
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