Fresh Ink is an annual theatre festival supporting writers from Hull to create and develop new plays in the city.
Inspired by “scratch” theatre nights, Fresh Ink showcased early versions of new plays especially commissioned for the festival.
The inaugural 2024 edition featured script-in-hand performances in a marquee on Stage@TheDock, an amphitheatre by the river Hull, alongside a sharing of short scenes by the Middle Child Writers’ Group and a teaser of Middle Child’s 2025 play by Sid Sagar.
The programme also include writer workshops and industry talks at the pop-up space on Pier Street and a keynote speech from David Byrne, artistic director of the Royal Court.
Fresh Ink is produced by co-founders Middle Child and sponsored by co-founders Wykeland, with support from the J F Brignall Charitable Trust.
The 2024 festival was also supported Hull City Council, I Am Fund, Two Ridings Community Foundation, Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust, Hull Truck Theatre, the Warren Youth Project and the Garrick Charitable Trust.
20-21 July 2024
Stage@TheDock
Queen Street, Hull
Pop-Up Space
Pier Street, Hull
Photos
Photos by Sergej Komkov
Plays
No Woman Is an Island
Rosie Race
Can We Be Friends?
Hannah Scorer
Isabelle
Marc Graham
Jack & Gill
Grace Waga Glevey
Phobia
Andrew Houghton
Senzeni Na?
Prince Kundai
Middle Child Writers’ Group
Various Writers
Van Man (Working Title)
Sid Sagar
Workshops
Demystifying Writers’ Contracts
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain
Fun with Form
Travis Alabanza
Generating Ideas
Amy Trigg
Writing for Self
Yolanda Mercy
Responding to Place
James Phillips
Deepening Ideas
Luke Barnes
How to Read Plays
Rachael Abbey
Talks
Keynote Speech
David Byrne, Royal Court
Getting an Agent
Giles Smart, United Agents
PR for Writers
Emma Berge, Mobius Industries
How Local Work is Commissioned
Hull Truck Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, Back to Ours, Silent Uproar and Middle Child
Building a Career in Hull
Maureen Lennon, Lydia Marchant and Tom Wells
