Congratulations to DSW member Maria for the inclusion of her short story \’The Carpenter\’ in an anthology of work from a recent creative writing course for Good Mental Health and Wellbeing hosted by Chrissie Hall. Erewash Writers\’ Group received funding from the Small Grants Scheme (Erewash) to help the course happen- the anthology will be …
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Coming up: October writing workshop with DSW member Chrissie
\’Banish Winter Solstice Blues\’ with creative writing for well-being with Chrissie Hall, DSW Chair, at a residential course at Denman College Oxford from 28th to 30th October 2019. For more information and bookings contact Chrissie@lifestorywriting.co.uk or call Denman College on 01865 391991
Members News- October 2019
Hello, some great news in before our October meeting on Sunday: Congratulations to DSW Member Richard Layton, his play \’The Philosopher\’s Stoned\’ has won NAWG\’s David Nobbs Memorial Trophy for comedy writing. Great work, Richard!
Members News- September2019
Start Your Play in a Day DSW have been developing a number of exciting short play scripts which came out of the event we hosted at Derby Museum a while ago. The scripts have been in development since then and have now been critiqued by the group and also been the focus of an intensive …
Members News- January 2019
Happy New Year everyone! Derbyshire Scriptwriters started 2019 with our monthly meetup on the first Sunday of January in Derby Museum- as well as discussing two scripts in progress from DSW member John, we had some good news to share: Richard Layton’s play The Devil’s Bride has some additional tour dates on 20th– 21st March …
Members News- November 2018
Some great news from DSW members as we head into November: Johnny Sheehan is working on a World War One themed play The Letter, which he hopes to present at the Buxton Fringe Festival in July 2019- Chrissie Hall has been asked to lead a poetry residency at Derby College- Alan Dawson has just received …
Richard\’s chilling adaptation takes to the stage with Rumpus!
It\’s our summer break so there\’s no August meeting, but we\’d like to wish DSW member Richard and Rumpus Theatre Company the very best with their autumn tour of \’The Devil\’s Bride\’ Adapted by Richard from Sheridan Le Fanu\’s classic Victorian Gothic horror story, Rumpus will be performing across the UK in October and November, …
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July meeting: 2-4pm, Sunday 1st July, Derby Museum
It\’s our final meeting before we take a break for the summer- we\’ll be talking about our member\’s scripts in progress and making plans for our meetings when we meet up in September- if you\’d like to see what we do at one of our crit meetings, come along and say hello on the day, …
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June Meeting: 2-4pm, Sunday 3 June, Derby Museum
Hello, we\’re back to our regular routine of working on our members scripts in progress this month after May\’s AGM- you\’re very welcome to join us and see what we\’re up to- come and say hello on the day, or get in touch by email: joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 2-4pm, Sunday 6 May, Derby Museum
Hello, it\’s our Annual General Meeting this month, where we\’ll review the past year and make plans for the next year. We\’ll be back to discussing and workshopping our members scripts next month- if you\’d like to join us, get in touch via email: joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com