“Comic material provided by local Cumbrian writers and performed by actors from the current Spring season. Short stories, poems and comedy combine to create a 30 minute interlude to your day.”
In association with edenarts
After the success of last year’s readings at Theatre by the Lake, submissions are being sought for more.
If you are a writer living in Cumbria here’s a great opportunity to get exposure for your work at the county’s only producing theatre – Theatre by the Lake in Keswick.
Associate Director Stefan Escreet is planning free lunchtime readings in the Studio Theatre in April. These scripted readings will be undertaken by Dennis Herdman and James Nickerson (both appearing in Stones in His Pockets) and directed by Mary Papadima, TbtL Resident Director.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Each reading/performance and very short: say, a maximum of 10 minutes but really best to aim at 5 minutes. It also of course needs to be family-friendly, as it’s well before the 9 o’clock watershed.
There’s no theme – just let your imagination run riot – and the readings can be stories or poems (including extracts from longer pieces), but MUST be original work, new material and FUNNY! Think irony, satire, stand-up, farce or subtle … but not short plays.
All work will of course be credited.
The facts:
o We only have 30 minutes to fill, so we need (short) short stories and poems.
o We don’t want sketches or plays.
o Material should be comic – as advertised.
o There is no money involved – the event is free to attend (ticketing from box office so we can manage numbers).
o We cannot pay the writers, but we will reserve them two seats for a reading as last time. We will also acknowledge them in the programme (if we produce one), or verbally during the readings.
o The readings will be in the studio this year – this allows more people to attend.
Entries should be typed on single sided sheets of A4, double line spaced and either sent as a Word email attachment (preferred) or as hard copies by post, in the first instance to:
New Writing Cumbria enquiries@newwritingcumbria.org.uk
Eden Arts
1 Sandgate
Penrith
CA11 7TP
DEADLINE: 12 MARCH
