ProductionsDynamic new plays that resonate with audiences in Belfast, Northern Ireland and beyond 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. Guidelines for a Long and Happy LifeTinderbox Theatre Company presents a new play by Paul Kennedy. For full details go to www.guidelinestheshow.com… 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 360º Script Writing Festival 2012The booking are now open for this years’ 360º Script Writing Festival organised by Tinderbox Theatre Company and BBC NI. The festival runs 25th to the 27th of January and features a range of talks and workshops. The workshops are free but it is essential to book your place. For the full programme details and how to book go to our workshops page. 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 … Tinderbox Writers Win Major AwardsTinderbox Theatre Company achieved unprecedented success when both Jimmy McAleavey and David Ireland won Stewart Parker Trust Awards at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Jimmy McAleavey was awarded the New Playwright Bursary, while David Ireland won the BBC Radio Drama Award. This is the first time that any theatre company has claimed both major awards in one year. Click on post for more information |
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. Tinderbox to Perform at StormontTinderbox has been specially commissioned to create and perform a new work in Stormont on behalf of the Pilgrim Trust. Written by Julie Dutkiewicz the piece will highlight issues regarding women in the criminal justice system. Click the post to find out more. 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. |
