Stage Write: Spring 2024

StageWrite is a hothouse for the development of new writing for theatre, designed to help plays grow from page to performance. It supports writers in the process of getting their work up on its feet and in front of an audience for the very first time.

Plays are performed script in hand to allow for a more developed experience than a rehearsed reading (where actors simply read the play out loud).

StageWrite presents two plays over the course of one evening, performed by professional actors, and includes a short Q&A session after each piece to allow the audience to give feedback and the writers to discover more about how their work is received.  Every time StageWrite happens, it’s different – the nature of profiling brand new work!  Follow us on Instagram (lifeboxtheatre) and Twitter (@lifeboxtheatre) for updates.

‘Tins’ by Pauline Watts
Four sisters in the waiting room of a hospital try to picklock a secret found in one of their
mother’s tins. The humorous, loving, and sometimes aggressive interactions between the
sisters reflect the relationship they have as siblings and the roles they play within the family.
They are, however, united in wanting to uncover the secret their mother has been hiding.
We’re thrilled to have discovered this moving and funny new play for StageWrite Spring
2024.

‘Extrapolation’ by Richard Ely
In an anonymous office space, sometime in the near future, two government officials meet.
They neither like nor trust each other.  Nevertheless, they must co-operate to decide the
fate of an individual and, by extension, that of a whole stratum of society.  But who is really
being judged – and to what end?   With dark humour and cleverly crafted dialogue,
‘Extrapolation’ considers a future in which ruthless competition between government
departments and the individuals who staff them has outstripped concern for society at
large. It asks the question: what do we really value, and why?

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