Happy New Year! We’re back for a 2025 full of stories and scripts ready to write and discuss! If you’d like to join us and see what we’re getting up to, say hello here.
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December Meeting: Sun 1 Dec, 2-4pm, Derby Museum
Our crime-themed script project continues with a script from DSW member John for us to discuss, as well as our plans for taking our scripts to the stage in 2025… And maybe a mince pie or two…! If you’d like to say hello and see how we work with members to develop their scripts and …
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November Meeting: Sun 3 Nov, 2-4pm, Derby Museum
We’re making a bold start with our new crime-themed script project- we’ll be discussing two scripts this month from DSW members Richard and John- it’s going to be really interesting to see where our members take us on this theme over the next few months… If you’d like to say hello and see how we …
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Members success stories: October 2024
DSW members Richard Layton (with a short story called No Such Word as Can’t) and John Hassall are both due to be featured in the December edition of NAWG’S Link Magazine. John’s self published short story collection ’21 at 70′ will be available soon, and Richard’s piece ‘AI Say, AI Say, AI Say’ is a …
October Meeting: Sun 6 October, 2-4pm at Derby Museum
Hello, after a busy month featuring our day of six one-act plays, we’re starting our next project, centred around writing crime. We’ll be discussing our ideas and making plans to bring them to the page (and beyond)… If you’d like to say hello and see how we work with members to develop their scripts and …
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What a day!
We had an amazing Saturday at Derby Theatre this weekend as we saw our six final one act plays take to the stage in the Studio Theatre- our actors did fantastic work performing our scripts after a meetup with the writers and a rehearsal session the day before.DSW want to give special thanks to Stuart …
Six Plays, One Day- our 7.30 performance
As we’re getting ready for our festival of plays on Saturday 21st September 2024 at Derby Theatre, here’s a little bit about the two plays you can see at 7.30pm: WAITING FOR GODWYN by Jeff Tullin Waiting for Godwyn is (among other things) a light hearted look at the trials and tribulations of advancing years, …
Six Plays, One Day- our 5.30 performance
As we’re getting ready for our festival of plays on Saturday 21st September 2024 at Derby Theatre, here’s a little bit about the two plays you can see at 5.30pm: THE REVOLT OF THE EARLS by John Hassall “The Revolt Of The Earls” is set in Norman times and involves the plot to usurp King …
Six Plays, One Day- our 2.30 performance
As we’re getting ready for our festival of plays on Saturday 21st September 2024 at Derby Theatre, here’s a little bit about the two plays you can see at 2.30pm: BROKEN RECORD by Andrew Kells Broken Record is about British eccentricity, sibling jealousy and finding a way to honour the past without repeating it. There …
Jeff’s winning ‘Mummylogue’ heads online
Congratulations to DSW member Jeff and his winning Mummylogue ‘You are my Sunshine’, which is now available to download at the Wireless Theatre website. His followup piece, a Daddylogue (of course!) will be available online soon- congratulations Jeff!