Tinderbox has an all year programme providing dramaturgical support and processes for writers, theatre workers and other artists exploring theatre as a medium.
Please visit the Writers Centre for full details of our different initiatives for writers: from the start of writers’ interest in writing for the stage to professional commissions. Click here for the Writers Centre
We run an annual programme for aspiring stage writers between 16 and 25 called Fireworks. This is a 4-5 months long programme of workshops and writing a short play performed by professional actors. Click here for more info on Fireworks – Young Writers Programme
Tinderbox initiates in collaboration with other companies and organizations a range of Special Projects that aim to create events and opportunities for theatre practitioners and stage writers. Click here to find out more about the Special Projects
In addition, Tinderbox administers the Joint Sectoral Dramaturgy Project - a sector wide project encouraging a rigorous approach to new work and available to theatre companies and practitioners across Northern Ireland. The project is funded by the Arts Council Northern Ireland.
If you have any queries about Dramaturgy at Tinderbox or queries for Hanna Slättne please contact her via e-mail: hanna.slattne@tinderbox.org.uk
We are proud to be funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for a three-year new writing project running 2008 – 2011. Click here for more details of the NEW STAGES programme and The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The 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.
Tinderbox’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’s award winning playwrights Jimmy McAleavey and David Ireland have both been shortlisted for the Meyer Whitworth Award for best new play by an emerging writer 2011.
Joining them on the short list of seven plays is Plan D by Hannah Khalil, which Tinderbox presented as a rehearsed, reading at the Pick n Mix festival 2009.
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