ProductionsDynamic new plays that resonate with audiences in Belfast, Northern Ireland and beyond Blue for a Boy at the 15 Minutes Play FestivalTinderbox will performing Blue for a Boy by Julie Dutkiewicz at the Ulster Hall as part of the 15 Minutes “very short play festival, to mark the 150th Anniversay of the Ulster Hall. Click on the heading to find out more. Irish Times Theatre Award Nomination for Guidelines Lighting DesignerCiaran Bagnall has been nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for his lighting design on Tinderbox’s Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life. Click on the heading for further details. Girlband by Stacey Gregg for Autumn 2012Tinderbox is working with playwright Stacey Gregg and composer / performer Katie Richardson on Girlband, a new play with original live music. Click on heading for further details. Mailing ListTo sign up for the Tinderbox Mailing List to be kept up to date on all the latest news and events please email mailinglist@tinderbox.org.uk. Be sure to include your name, address and postcode…. |
DramaturgyInnovative programmes to nurture and support playwrights and the plays they want to write Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life is short listed for the Stewart Parker AwardPaul Kennedy’s new play developed and produced by Tinderbox for the Belfast Festival at Queens in the autumn 2011 is shortlisted for the prestigious Stewart Parker Award. The sold out run of Guidelines for A Long and Happy Life transported … David Ireland wins Meyer Whitworth Award for Everything Between UsTinderbox’s winning streak continues with another award for playwright David Ireland David Ireland has been awarded with the prestigious 2011 Meyer-Whitworth Award for Best New Play by an Emerging Writer for his stage play Everything Between Us which was commissioned … Information for WritersClick here to find out about how to submit a script to Tinderbox Theatre Company Please note new submissions guidelines as of February 2012 Click here for the Writers Centre and information about our year round programme for writers… |
OutreachRevolution Gets Under WayThe second year of Tinderbox’s youth theatre programme Revolution has got under way with youth groups from across Belfast and North Down. Last year’s Revolution saw the performance of RJ’s Leaving Day in the Grand Opera House and The Long Gallery in Stormont. This year Groups including the Frank Gillen Centre, The Foster Carers Association and Holywood AEP are devising new scripts and performing them in a showcase later in the spring. Click on the post for more information. New Year for Turning the PageThe second stage of Tinderbox’s innovative community writing exchange programme, Turning the Page starts in February. Groups from East Belfast Mission will be taking part in writing workshops to create their own monologues which will be exchanged and performed by their partner group. Click the post for more information. |
