Budding playwrights in Hull are invited to apply for the Middle Child Writers’ Group, which returns in January 2025.
The free introduction to playwriting course includes a series of five weekly workshops, designed to help people find their voice and start writing their first ever script.
These scenes will then be brought to life by professional actors, in a rehearsed reading at the next Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival, in the summer of 2025.
The group is led by Tom Wells, a local playwright whose work has been performed in theatres across the country.
Tom said: “It’s properly exciting to be running the Middle Child Writers’ Group again.
“Every year we find ace new writers full of characters, stories, warmth and humour and give them the tools to start turning those things into plays.
“I’m sure this year we’ll get another brilliant gang.”
Hannah Scorer took part in the 2019 course and has since gone onto receive paid commissions for Hull Truck Theatre and Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival 2024 (pictured above).
Hannah said: “It is easy to talk yourself out of joining things. The usual questions of what if I’m no good or what if everyone else is amazing can be followed with feelings of being a fraud.
“The great thing about the group is that the only thing you need is an idea and imagination. If that’s you, apply. You will be richer for the experience.”
Applicants don’t need to have written anything before or come from a theatre background.
Tom added: “All you need is a few good stories to tell – funny stories, sad stories, tough stories, tender stories – stories we’re eager to see on Hull stages.
“Whether you’re burning to put something on stage, or just curious to see whether you can write a play, we’d love to hear from you.”
Applications are now open and close on Tuesday 26 November.
Full details about the Writers’ Group and how to apply are on the Middle Child website.
