Key Projects

17 per cent launch

Two nights (11,12 March) of ten-min rehearsed readings by women playwrights + discussion of women writers in theatre. Mine's on the Friday...

Theatre:24

24 hours for 4 writers, 4 directors and 60 actirs to go from blank page to glorious stage, Feb 13-14 2010

The Push - Ustinov Script Factory

8pm, Wednesday 2nd June, Ustinov An exciting selection of new work which will push writers and audiences in new directions… Created by members of the Ustinov Writers’ Forum – a group of the leading regional playwrights – and performed by an ensemble cast of professionals and actors from TRB’s Life-Long Learning Programme, this collection of brand new short pieces will provoke, excite, amuse and move. An evening of experiment, exploration, fresh thinking and exceptional playwriting from our own region!

Water's Not So Thick - Ustinov Script Factory

Script-in-hand rehearsed reading of a full-length play. Wednesday 22nd September "When you’re about to get married, the last thing you need is your mother trying to put off the woman you’ve fallen for. But for Rupert, his mother’s interference is about to get a whole lot worse…" This script-in-hand lunchtime reading is directed by Sita Calvert-Ennals and has been developed with the Ustinov’s writer development programme. Tickets: £3

Away With the Fairies - Theatre West autumn season readings

Script in Hand performance at the Alma Tavern Theatre, 8-30 Fri 17 Sept 2010 (Dir Duncan Bonner). Shortlisted for Theatre West's autumn season. Stanley and Isobel are two strong-willed women in their 70s, living their dreams: sculpting in London and farming in Orkney. But both rely more than they realise on their nigglesome loved ones: a 59-year old accountant and a troll. When Isobel commissions a sculpture, to prevent her troll from inheriting her farm, she unwittingly unleashes his ingenuity for mischief. But there are some things even he hasn’t bargained for...

An Anaesthetic for Birthdays

Seed commission script-in-hand for Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal. A baby-boomer fear-of-aging dark comedy, under development. May 2011

24 Hour Plays, Theatre Royal Bath and Roughhouse Theatre

Venue magazine's #2 Best Play of 2011. Six writers, six directors and a pool of actors meet for the first time on a Friday night. By the Saturday night, we wrote, directed, rehearsed and performed six brand new pieces of theatre.

No Milk, No Stamps - Rondo Theatre

Script in hand, Rondo Theatre, Bath. Script developed from 24 Hour Plays. A "big society" drama. Work in progress. Produced by Roughhouse Theatre. August 2011

Water's Not So Thick, Rondo Theatre, Bath

Produced by Butterfly Psyche Theatre. June 2011. Venue Magazine 4 stars: "Acutely observed and sharp as tacks...a bleak portrait of dysfunction and dependence, and a plot which builds with the relentless momentum of tragedy."

Passion - Eddie King & The Death of Rave, Tobacco Factory Theatre

A 10-minute monologue (one of four) making up promenade event, Eddie King and the Death of Rave. Produced by Dark Stuff. August 2011 Venue magazine: "Gill Kirk’s ‘Passion’ was a splendidly fast, fevered monologue... [about] a sped-up, loved-up Scot for whom the rave was a place less of hedonism than of to-the-death love and solidarity with his fellow men."