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“The Everyman is back producing the next generation of Liverpool playwrights” (The Guardian)
At the beating heart of the theatre’s renaissance is our work with writers; since it is our passionate belief that an investment in new writing is an investment in our theatrical future. Our mission is to nurture and develop the playwrights who will represent the city’s talent, its voice and its unique energy.
“The Everyman in Liverpool is living up to its name. Thanks to a new play, it is doing what theatres all over the country dream of: pulling in scores of first time theatre goers alongside loyal subscribers… blazes with energetic intelligence… this will change people’s minds and in unexpected ways” (The Observer on Unprotected)
In Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture the theatres' will have produced no less than six major new writing pieces, featuring two re-workings of classic plays, Three Sisters on Hope Street by Diane Samuels and Tracy Ann Oberman, and Tartuffe by Roger McGough, two epic musicals, Phil Wilmott's Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi and Eric's by Mark Davies Markham, a searing drama about the family cost of war in the shape of Esther Wilson's Ten Tiny Toes and Proper Clever, Frank Cottrell Boyce's first stage play for young people. The year's Everyword festival, extended to 2 weeks for the first time, has also given a glimpse of the next chapter of new Liverpool stagecraft from some of our supported writers as Chloe Moss, Laurence Wilson and Jonathan Larkin present their latest works.
“A further sign of Liverpool theatre's burgeoning confidence” (The Observer on Three Sisters on Hope Street)
Other highly acclaimed productions have included the acclaimed Intemperance by Lizzie Nunnery, The May Queen by Stephen Sharkey, The Electric Hills by Michael McLean, The Flint Street Nativity by Tim Firth, The Way Home by Chloe Moss, Paradise Bound by Jonathan Larkin and Unprotected by Esther Wilson, John Fay, Tony Green and Lizzie Nunnery, which transferred to the Edinburgh Festival where it won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.
“The Everyman’s new writing programme has unearthed a talent worth celebrating” *****
(The Guardian on Lizzie Nunnery’s Intemperance)
Around the main production programme, the theatres run a range of projects and activities to create opportunities and endeavour to support writers at every career stage. Playwright Support offers an invaluable network of contacts and access to like-minded people, informing playwrights of up-coming events and opportunities. For all budding playwrights, we also run an open Script Submissions scheme that currently receives over 600 unsolicited scripts per year, all of which we aim to respond to within 3 months.
The Young Writers' Programme is a year-long programme working alongside experienced practitioners, which nurtures and develops exciting new voices to create a new generation of Liverpool writers.
“A rare play that captures the essence of Liverpool and its people without plunging into the usual clichés”
(Liverpool Daily Post on Paradise Bound) |
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