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scream it out loud
SCRATCH NIGHT AND NETWORKING EVENT scream it out loud
New writing scratch night and networking event. Reserve tickets to our first scratch night event to see the following shows on the night totally for free!
Our scratch night showcase some of our best work from in hour talent. With a new theme every month this is a great opportunity to experience new work from unique writing voices.
Our scratch night are also open to our subscriber base. Subscribers can submit to our scratch night for the chance to have their work reviewed and created in collaboration with Light Trap Entertainment
You can subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates on our Scratch night events. We cover not only theatre but film, radio and dramatic book readings at our events so whatever your medium you can submit regardless. We can't wait to read your work. Come down and meet the team! Get involved with our community and support new work today!
Our scratch night showcase some of our best work from in hour talent. With a new theme every month this is a great opportunity to experience new work from unique writing voices.
Our scratch night are also open to our subscriber base. Subscribers can submit to our scratch night for the chance to have their work reviewed and created in collaboration with Light Trap Entertainment
You can subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates on our Scratch night events. We cover not only theatre but film, radio and dramatic book readings at our events so whatever your medium you can submit regardless. We can't wait to read your work. Come down and meet the team! Get involved with our community and support new work today!
the vicar's wife
IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2021the vicar's wife
What’s a Vicar’s Wife to do when not everybody is singing from the same hymn sheet? Even the Vicar himself…
In the small town of Salford everyone knows one another, the postman, the owners of the local shop etc. Vicar’s Wife Bev especially knows her neighbour Maudrey Maguire- unfortunately. It’s only because Maudrey helps Bev’s husband Stan with the Sunday Service at the church that she’s more than an acquaintance. However, when Bev finds a suspicious- silky and tatty- object in Stans briefcase, she infiltrates the radius of Salford.
A laugh out loud deeply relatable experience following a unique and quirky lead. Packed with humour, love, mistrust, monologues, wine and wonder The Vicars wife stands on its own two feet as a unique place experienced you'd be sore to miss
Written by two time The Great Northern Creative Festival award winning writer Kelsey Cromwell the mind behind Warum and Sticky Situation with a creative voice like no other. A highly enjoyable night out for the whole family. Adult themes included age restrictions apply. Please read all terms and conditions before ticket purchase. Tickets are non refundable
In the small town of Salford everyone knows one another, the postman, the owners of the local shop etc. Vicar’s Wife Bev especially knows her neighbour Maudrey Maguire- unfortunately. It’s only because Maudrey helps Bev’s husband Stan with the Sunday Service at the church that she’s more than an acquaintance. However, when Bev finds a suspicious- silky and tatty- object in Stans briefcase, she infiltrates the radius of Salford.
A laugh out loud deeply relatable experience following a unique and quirky lead. Packed with humour, love, mistrust, monologues, wine and wonder The Vicars wife stands on its own two feet as a unique place experienced you'd be sore to miss
Written by two time The Great Northern Creative Festival award winning writer Kelsey Cromwell the mind behind Warum and Sticky Situation with a creative voice like no other. A highly enjoyable night out for the whole family. Adult themes included age restrictions apply. Please read all terms and conditions before ticket purchase. Tickets are non refundable
letters to lenin
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST SERIES - EP 1 FREE letters to lenin
The world premier of Olivia Lewis-Browns newest drama Letters To Lenin based on the true events of Russia’s gripping revolution.The year is 1876 and the attempted assassination of the great Tsar Alexander the third by the Bolshevik group Narodnaya Volya has gone horribly wrong exiling young revolutionary Nicolai Patrenko to the shores of Victorian Britain where he seeks refuge amongst Salford’s mining colonies. There Patrenko awaits a single letter that will clear his name and confirm his ticket home. However what he learns and who he meets in the midst of a workers uprising against corrupt capitalist pit owners will change the political and economic future of Russia forever.
Jam packed with mistaken Identities, murder, unrequited Love, revolution, risk taking, redemption, action and gore under the direction of newest director Olivia Lewis-Brown this production will attempt to bring to light a never before seen integral part of British and Russian history and divulge the hidden politics that paved the way for one of the greatest revolutions the world has ever seen.
Jam packed with mistaken Identities, murder, unrequited Love, revolution, risk taking, redemption, action and gore under the direction of newest director Olivia Lewis-Brown this production will attempt to bring to light a never before seen integral part of British and Russian history and divulge the hidden politics that paved the way for one of the greatest revolutions the world has ever seen.
small town boy
DRAMATIC BOOK READING & LAUNCH EVENT small town boy
It's 1985 in Thatcher’s Britain. Wham! and Madonna are Top of the Pops, the AIDs crisis is at its height, and baker's boy Finn Thompson has a secret... He's bisexual.
Nobody knows and he wants to keep it that way. But when you live in a small town like his, everyone knows everyone, and secrets don’t stay secret for long.
Recently dumped, Finn meets Kat, a punk with her own baggage. After a couple of chance encounters, they quickly fall in love. But when Kat learns Finn's secret, she worries she's not enough for him and their paranoia and secrets from each other lead to reckless choices with irrevocable consequences.
If Finn wants the best of both worlds, he's gotta face the music.
Nobody knows and he wants to keep it that way. But when you live in a small town like his, everyone knows everyone, and secrets don’t stay secret for long.
Recently dumped, Finn meets Kat, a punk with her own baggage. After a couple of chance encounters, they quickly fall in love. But when Kat learns Finn's secret, she worries she's not enough for him and their paranoia and secrets from each other lead to reckless choices with irrevocable consequences.
If Finn wants the best of both worlds, he's gotta face the music.
north to south
CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT north to south
The newest directorial debut of Olivia Lewis-Browns play North To South
Sile Mcowen is a reporter investigating the classified case of Dorothy O Della, a nun kidnapped by IRA Agent Johnny Boyle as a means of getting himself over the border to a safe house in Cork. Sile is unwillingly teamed with Sargent Patrick Gilroy of the Dublin Guarda, due to the high profile of Siles Case. Together Sile and Patrick retake the treacherous road traveled by Dorothy and Johnny twenty years ago to try and piece together fragments of their forgotten story, in hopes of discovering why the records office tried to erase their names from history. However as they delve deeper the case becomes darker and more dangerous. Sargent Gilroy begins to suspect Sile isn't all she claims to be.
A whirlwind adventure through time with laugh out loud characters North to South is guaranteed not to disappoint.
Sile Mcowen is a reporter investigating the classified case of Dorothy O Della, a nun kidnapped by IRA Agent Johnny Boyle as a means of getting himself over the border to a safe house in Cork. Sile is unwillingly teamed with Sargent Patrick Gilroy of the Dublin Guarda, due to the high profile of Siles Case. Together Sile and Patrick retake the treacherous road traveled by Dorothy and Johnny twenty years ago to try and piece together fragments of their forgotten story, in hopes of discovering why the records office tried to erase their names from history. However as they delve deeper the case becomes darker and more dangerous. Sargent Gilroy begins to suspect Sile isn't all she claims to be.
A whirlwind adventure through time with laugh out loud characters North to South is guaranteed not to disappoint.
madhead
IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2021madhead
A brand spanking new play from our executive contributor and writer of ' Small Town Boy' Josh Stoddard
It’s winter 1996, the tail-end of “Madchester”, and Dan is caring for his terminally ill aunt. When she passes away, he’s kicked out by his estranged family and moves in with his friends. They introduce him to Jess and the two grow close, but the fallout from his aunt’s death stops Dan from forming a deeper connection with Jess. He keeps reliving his past, using the rave scene as a distraction from his grief. Set on a path to self-destruction, the only way for Dan to accept happiness and fall in love is to face his demons found in the dark.
Featuring all the best Madchester albums of the 90's this is a show that dances to the beat of its own drum. With gripping story, fantastic characters to get your heart pumping and your mind racing delve into the throwback experience, drama, drugs and love stories that is Madhead!
It’s winter 1996, the tail-end of “Madchester”, and Dan is caring for his terminally ill aunt. When she passes away, he’s kicked out by his estranged family and moves in with his friends. They introduce him to Jess and the two grow close, but the fallout from his aunt’s death stops Dan from forming a deeper connection with Jess. He keeps reliving his past, using the rave scene as a distraction from his grief. Set on a path to self-destruction, the only way for Dan to accept happiness and fall in love is to face his demons found in the dark.
Featuring all the best Madchester albums of the 90's this is a show that dances to the beat of its own drum. With gripping story, fantastic characters to get your heart pumping and your mind racing delve into the throwback experience, drama, drugs and love stories that is Madhead!
workshops and book clubs :
workshops and book clubs :
why not come along and join our book & script club?
why not come along and join our book & script club?
We want to connect with our writing community and help support new and emerging talent.
Want to meet other writers just like you and talk about the books and scripts you love? Would you like professional and community feedback on your work? Would you like to make awesome new friends with a hobby in common? Come down and visit us at Chapter One Books Manchester. You can reserve your seat to our first club meeting and receive information by signing up with the google form link above.
If you are a Patreon member you can access this club free with your promo code. Non members pay £5 for a ticket through www.screamwriter.events each session.
Get a coffee a delicious cake ( Also vegan friendly) and bring your work along for us to read. We can't wait to discover your talent. Instructions for what to bring to our club are included in your ticket information
Be the first to reserve tickets in advance to our book & script club AT CHAPTER ONE MANCHESTER!
Be the first to reserve tickets in advance to our book & script club AT CHAPTER ONE MANCHESTER!
If you are a official member through our Patreon membership account you can also submit your work to our monthly scratch nights for the chance to see your script or book performed live in association. with LightTrap Entertainment.
where we'll be next
where we'll be next