The Fox- as part of the Leverhulme Drama Festival

The Fox- As part of the Leverhulme Drama Festival

Wednesday 23rd April at 7pm

Written by Lauren Blakeway and Directed By Edward Gray
We all hate our jobs but when you are trying to hold down several and you are a care giver to elderly people, clients seldom surprise you until one night a strange character emerges from the bathroom. The Fox is a whimsical absurdist play looking at an outsiders view as to what it is to be human  

Actors:

Sinead Renaye
Luke Morgan
John Jones

Fast paced comedy 

Run time 30 mins

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Nemesis- as part of the Leverhulme Drama Festival

Nemesis- As part of the Leverhulme Drama Festival

Wednesday 23rd April at 7pm

Written by Sharon Colpman and Directed By Rachel Pennington
Michelle and Sonia love each other very much but something is stalling their love affair. They are both actors and both audition for the same parts. When a casting call is found hidden under the bed, all hell breaks out. 
But who is the true nemesis in this couples turbulent life. 

Actors:

Lauren Blakeway as Michelle
Michelle Phillips as Tara Stars
Deborah Elizabeth as Rachel
Faye Christina as Sonia

Fast paced comedy 

Some adult humour included

Run time 30 mins

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Adapting a Book (A Tag Team Challenge)

Adapting books with Sharon Colpman

Course details

William Booth is a local author writing about growing up in Liverpool as a working class lad with an entrepreneurial spirit. It is essentially a love story to his wife and Liverpool itself. 

Participants will be given a section of the book to adapt for stage  and will be guided via workshops and zoom meetings to understand how a creative writer’s room works and to meet deadlines and work as a team and individually. 

Editing written work and working with a producer and a director and dramaturg is central to this Tag Team Challenge.

Writers have been selected but we will be looking for more people with other skills, later in the project. 

The course is designed to run over 5 months with group meetings to suit the participants at Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street and via zoom for mentoring purposes

Dates between: 5/2/25 and 30/6/25 

We'd love to hear from you

email: info@makeitwrite.org
The Studio Below,
39 Rodney Street,
Liverpool.
L1 9EN

Producers Weekender (9th and 10th)

Producers Weekender - With Ted Gray and Sharon Colpman

Thinking of self-producing or producing at the Studio Below for the first time. This first step course gives you real world instruction on how run a successful show. Anyone completing this course will get priority when booking at the Studio Below.

Course details

What You Will Learn:

  1. Planning your show
  2. Hiring cast and crew
  3. Liaising with the venue
  4. Finding rehearsal space
  5. Looking for funding
  6. Budget, Invoices, contracts and Insurance
  7. Marketing and getting bums on seats
  8. Troubleshooting
  9. Tech, Get in and Get out
  10. Overseeing the show
  11. Paying everyone

 

 

This course will run over the two days of the weekend 9th and 10th November.  It will be held at The Studio Below (39 Rodney St. Liverpool)

Doors will be open from 10.30am where refreshments will be available, for a prompt start at 11am. The course finishes at 4pm each day. Please bring your own lunch or some money to buy your lunch in the surrounding shops.

The course is subsidised by The National Lottery Community Fund so is only £10 per person. Non-refundable.

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Creative play writing- 8 week course

Creative Play writing with Kiefer Wes Williams

Course details

This 8-part course is delivered by Grin Theatre’s Kiefer Wes Williams aims to give writers all they need to write a full play

In this intermediate playwriting course, participants are aiming to produce a 45-minute script through guided sessions and workshops related to writing for the stage. Participants MUST have some playwriting experience as this is NOT a beginners course. 

Price £48 per person. (This can be paid in three instalments)

What you will learn

The eight sessions will cover the following elements:

Giving in to Your Muse : the writer and the imagination – how the writer can harness individual imagination through writing techniques and exercises. Also to look how inspiration plays an important role in the writing process.

Setting Goals and maintaining discipline :  How to target the writers time and delegate writing tasks in a sensible and stress-free manner. Setting realistic goals and balancing writing time and lifestyle.

Characterisation and Dialogue :   how to refine characterisation and dialogue through your writing. Understanding the importance of character development and extending how dialogue works to the writers advantage

Mapping the Journey :   Understanding the ideal plotting tools available to the writer. Realising the journey to be taken. Making use of logging techniques. Being one step ahead of the process.

Creating The Script  :    How to pull everything together in a cohesive whole. Learning to edit and facing the final draft. How to access where you are at this moment

Delivery of Script   :  To the tutor and to be given a basic assessment by both MiW and Grin Theatre. For an additional fee we can dramaturg or give a detailed assessment. This can be discussed at the end of the course.

 

The course is designed in such a way that writers are able to communicate, develop and utilise their skills in a workshop setting to eventually produce and present scripts for submissions to either MiW and/or Grin Theatre Company

The course is designed to run over the course of 8 Saturdays 10.30-12.30 at Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street

Dates between: 8/3/25 and 26/4/25 

We'd love to hear from you

email: info@makeitwrite.org
The Studio Below,
39 Rodney Street,
Liverpool.
L1 9EN

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Bad Blood- as part of the Leverhulme Drama Festival

Bad Blood- As part of the Leverhulme Drama Festival

Monday 21st April at 7pm

Written by Bernard Winston and Directed By Luke Sookdeo and Molly Farquhar

A serious subject approached with great humour. The story focusses on the importance of friendship in times of need. Matt has been diagnosed with Leukaemia and has just started treatment… Should he need a bone marrow transplant, he’s in trouble as he has no family. His friend Eddie does his very best to support him on this journey.

Actors: James Keiron as Eddie, John-Paul Cubbin as Matt and Rosie Raby as Nicki and Doctor.

This piece is a tribute to my friend who was diagnosed 25 years ago and recently lost his life to the disease. (Bernie Winston Writer)

Some adult humour included

Run time 45mins

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Some People Have “IT”- as part of the Liverpool Fringe Festival

Some People Have "IT"- As part of the Liverpool Fringe Festival

Friday 11th October at 18.00 and 20.00 tickets £5-7

Written Directed and Performed By Sinead Renaye

Script Edited by Sharon Colpman

A one women show in which Sinead Renaye reveals herself…respectfully!

Sinead is a mixed Heritage actor who is trying to work in the tangled world of the creative industry. She discusses topics such as the pressures of growing up Black, the blaze attitude of university tutors and the dreaded Casting Directors. There will be pathos and humour plus Barbie and Dancing. Sinead doesn’t pull any punches so join her for a night exploring the arts from her perspective.

No age limit.

 

 

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The Bot – as part of the Liverpool Fringe Festival

The Bot - As part of the Liverpool Fringe Festival

Thursday 10th October at 18.30 and 20.15 tickets £5-7

By William Thacker 

Directed by Edward Gray
When Prime Minister Tobias Quantick promises to rebuild Britain, his lack of decisiveness is a barrier to progress. When a scientist visits with an AI chatbot that can rule the country for him, Tobias jumps at the idea. But when the AI takes a dark twist, after his chief of staff makes a blunder, Tobias has to decide if the truth is really worth it. The Bot is a dark comedy and a political satire for our times.

Actors: Ted Grant, Denny McDermot and Lauren Blakeway

 

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Queer View – Play night as part of Queer words

Queer View - Play Night at the Studio Below as part of Queer Words

Saturday 31st August- 6.30pm and 8.30pm - tickets £5-£7

Enjoy three 20 minute plays chosen from entries from Grin Theatre and The Make it Write community.  There will be two performances of the three plays, one at 6.30pm and one at 8.30pm. Please book your tickets at the link below.

The Plays

Rivals by Sharon Colpman: Michelle and Sonia are actors but they are also a couple and they audition for the same parts. This begins to cause a rift between them but will this love/hate relationship pay off in the cut throat world of the audition room.

The Meat Rack by Paul Daley: George is a young lad of ambition but currently he is on the meat rack, selling himself to strangers. This dangerous world soon brings him to the attention of a tough, rich and bored man, looking for a toy to play with. Will George survive the encounter. (Some homophobic language used)

Lighten up by Tony Vale: Lionel is terminally ill in a hospice when he is visited by his devoted partner Isaac. This touching play looks at love, death and a changing world.

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Queer Words – Spoken Word Night

Queer Words - spoken word night at the Studio Below

Sunday 1st September - Pay what you decide

Join us for a night of flash fiction, poems, monologues and duologues with an LGBTQ+ theme. Grin theatre are in collaboration with Make it Write for this non-stop evening of spoken entertainment. The evening is curated but if you have some work you would like to read out on the night keeping with the theme, please let the organisers know on the night. We have some vacant spots later in the evening.

Entry is Free but suggested donations at the door are £3-£5

Deadline for Entries 31st July