Act Two is where the exciting things happen.
Act 2 is new writing company and development platform for emerging
playwrights, theatre-makers and, increasingly, other artists using text in
their performance such as poets and visual artists.
We work with writers through 5 core roles:
- Written
dramaturgical notes and feedback
- Regular writers'
nights - writer focussed
- Rehearsed
reading/scratch events - work on its feet focussed
- Advocacy,
mentorship, education/courses and support
- Relationships with producing organisations (both NPO and G4A funded) for writers to get their work on
Notes are currently offered via
Nottingham Playhouse, where Gareth, our producer-dramaturg, is an associate
artist, and script feedback is available for unsolicited
submissions from the East Midlands. We’re very grateful to Nottingham Playhouse for supporting
writers in this way.
Our regular writers’ night sessions are Write
Club - a fortnightly
writers' group at Nottingham Playhouse, which we plan to take to other venues
too - and PlayShuffle, a
collaboration with In Good Company, which we have run at Derby Theatre and
Attenborough Arts Centre, in Leicester .
We have taken scripts from these sessions and produced them as
rehearsed readings, helping the piece to develop through a workshop process and
via feedback from an audience. We also produce other events where we ask
writers to create something specifically for that event. For more on these
opportunities see our Origins
programme and the Archive for past projects.
We are in the process of developing short courses and other
workshop events with local partners so watch this space for more information on
all of this! We have also brokered relationships between writers and producers
leading to productions (including Daniel Hoffmann-Gill’s Kings) and readings. We also think we're pretty good at advocating
on behalf of writers with buildings, organisations and funding bodies so get in
touch if you'd like any advice.
Act 2 is coordinated by Gareth Morgan, whose website is available
here. Act 2, however, is not just one person. We've worked with some brilliant
people already, see our Archive for details, but we're still interested
in hearing from you whether you're a writer, director, performer, company or
just interested in what we do.
To get in touch
please go to the Contact page.