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> Pyromania Bursary
Pyromania is a new bursary programme created by Fire Exit to support playwrights based in Scotland to develop their skills in experimental writing. Designed for writers at any stage in their career, Pyromania aims to help create truly innovative text for contemporary theatre.
Award-winning writer and director David Leddy will work with two writers to mentor and support them to develop a new script over the course of a year.
Deadline: Tuesday 31 January
> Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship 2017
The Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship is an annual award that allows professional writers living in Scotland to enjoy a month-long residency at the Hôtel Chevillon International Arts Centre at Grez-sur-Loing in France with a stipend of £1,200. Each year, four writers are invited to spend time with other artists and absorb fresh cultural experiences.
Deadline: Wednesday 1 February
> Radio Drama Workshop
Be inspired by the exciting medium where your imagination is the only meaningful limitation. City of Glasgow College are running a six week radio drama workshop where participants will devise and record an original drama. Starts 7 February 2017
Deadline: Wednesday 1 February
> Yellow Earth's Professional Writers' Programme
Are you an early career writer of East Asian descent? Apply now to Yellow Earths' new two Year Writers' Programme.
Deadline: Friday 17 February
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The Keith Wright Theatre Talks: Lynda Radley
Thursday 19 January
Tron Theatre
The University Of Strathclyde presents a series of discussions between Keith Wright Literary Fellow Alan McKendrick, and some of the most idiosyncratic artists operating in theatre today. Each session will include extracts of work by the featured speakers, followed by a discussion of the different ways in which they conduct themselves as working writers, with a focus on what that constitutes for them in practical terms. Playwrights' Studio, Scotland are delighted that the inaugural lecture is between Alan and our Associate Playwright, Lynda Radley.
manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
Friday 27 January - Sunday 5 February
Various locations
Puppet Animation Scotland presents it's innovative international festival of visual theatre and animated film. Returning for its 10th year, the festival features productions from Canada, Belgium, England, France, Spain and a particularly strong contingent of Scottish work.
The Cause of Thunder by Chris Dolan
Wednesday 1 February - Sunday 12 February
Citizen's Theatre
A funny thing happened on the way to the pub… Bob Cunningham thought he saw a man ascend into the sky.
It's two years after the referendum, and Bob Cunningham has stuff on his mind: whether or not to take early retirement; politics, of course, and what to do about the No vote, Brexit, Corbyn, refugees… that weird thing about rising into the heavens… and not forgetting the letter from Ethel, his ex-.
Cuttin' a Rug by John Byrne
Wednesday 8 February - Saturday 4 March
Citizen's Theatre
The second instalment of John Byrne's much-loved Slab Boys trilogy. John Byrne's funny and poignant Slab Boys trilogy paints a vivid picture of the tough, rebellious, working-class culture of 1950s industrial Scotland. Following the hugely-popular production of The Slab Boys in 2015, the Citizens Theatre presents the next instalment in the era-defining trilogy. John returns to design the new production, directed by Caroline Paterson.
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Tron Theatre has been a major player in Glasgow's cultural scene for over twenty years. Producing and presenting an eclectic collection of new writing, reinvigorated contemporary classics, dance, comedy and music, the Tron occupies a spot in Glaswegian hearts as unique as the building that houses it - the 16th century Tron kirk, survivor of over 500 years of cultural change and social upheaval.
This week, playwright Gerda Stevenson is developing her new play, Out of Eden with support from Playwrights' Studio, Scotland's Professional Workshop Programme. Playwrights' Studio, Scotland are presenting a reading of the play as a Talkfest as the Tron event.
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