New Writing South supports and encourages new writing in the south east, working with creative writers across all genres, providing opportunities, nurturing talent and encouraging creative development. It helps build partnerships between writers and producers, bringing new writing to the widest audience.
Conceived by New Writing South and Chichester Festival Theatre, the programme (now in its second year) offered twelve young writers aged between 16 and 25 based in the south east, the opportunity to work with screen, TV and theatre writer Suhayla El Bushra in ten tailor-made workshops to inspire and develop them as playwrights. The participants did not need any previous experience as a playwright, but a passion for writing and a desire to give it a go were essential. To read more about this inspiring programme, visit the creative learning pages of our website, www.newwritingsouth.com
Julie Everton, tutor of Foundation Skills in Screenwriting, an online course hosted by New Writing South in association with the University of Sussex, talks to Bethan Grylls about the benefits of the course and of online study.
Rail Rhymes our interactive live poetry event for Brighton Festival and Southern Trains got underway at the start of the festival in May with performance poet Paul Lyalls. The carriage, which forms part of the last train to London and departs from Brighton at 11pm has been curated to inspire passengers to create their own poetry as they speed through the Sussex countryside. Already the performances have been producing some fantastic work by people who wouldn't normally interact with or write poetry. Other performances were given by Joshua Idehen, Liz Bentley and Niall O'Sullivan
Rail Rhymes our interactive live poetry event for Brighton Festival and Southern Trains got underway at the start of the festival in May with performance poet Paul Lyalls. The carriage, which forms part of the last train to London and departs from Brighton at 11pm has been curated to inspire passengers to create their own poetry as they speed through the Sussex countryside. Already the performances have been producing some fantastic work by people who wouldn't normally interact with or write poetry. Other performances were given by Joshua Idehen, Liz Bentley and Niall O'Sullivan.
New Writing South's OurSpace project ended on a high with showcase finale piece 'Insomnia'. The project was designed to give students, aged 13-16 from Brighton Youth Theatre, Falmer an insight into the many aspects of working in the performing arts. The Falmer High School students had the rare opportunity of working with top professional practitioners to create and produce their own piece of theatre.
The professional practitioners involved were: writer Jo Smith, award-winning filmmaker Simon Wilkinson, Olivier winner Stephen Clark, Simon Harvey of internationally renowned Kneehigh Theatre, ex-Eastenders actress Victoria Gould, professional voice coach Nancy Wigglesworth, and zany Brighton based Unpacked Theatre. Insomnia was performed at the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton in June 2009.
Supported by Arts Council England, South East and Brighton & Hove City Council.
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Julie Everton - Foundation Skills in Screenwriting course
New Writing South hosts Rail Rhymes Performance Poetry for Brighton Festival 2010
New Writing South hosts Rail Rhymes Performance Poetry for Brighton Festival 2010
