January Meeting- Derby Museum, Sun 8th January, 2-4pm

Happy New Year! We’ve moved our January meeting back to this Sunday, and we’re ready to make plans for our scriptwriting journey through 2023- how about you? If your resolution is to dust off your pen/ laptop/ typewriter and get cracking on that story you’ve been wanting to tell, come and join us! Visit the …

Wordsworth inspiration for DSW member wins prize

Lynda Aylett-Green’s not-too-serious piece, ‘Wordsworth in Derbyshire’ got second prize in this year’s NAWG competition and she’s really delighted to have been placed. The Duke of Devonshire is waiting impatiently at Chatsworth as he’s told the poet to write a flattering sonnet about his stately home, though surely fourteen lines isn’t enough to describe the …

National and international recognition for DSW members

It was great to meet up again at Derby Museum to discuss our scripts in progress and celebrate successes! Congratulations to DSW member Lynda for being shortlisted in the NAWG members competition for her historical piece ‘Wordsworth in Derbyshire’. And DSW member Richard goes international after his play ‘Fancy Dress’ featured in Remarkable Theatre’s 2022 …

September Meeting at Derby Museum, Sunday 4th Sep, 2-4pm

Welcome back! Hope you had a good summer- Derbyshire Scriptwriters is back from its summer break and meeting again in the first floor education room at Derby Museum to discuss our ongoing plans to bring members’ scripts to a wider audience- if you’d like to join us, you’d be more than welcome- visit the Join …

July Meeting at Derby Museum, Sunday the 3rd, 2-4pm

We’ll be meeting in the first floor meeting room at Derby Museum to discuss DSW member Richard’s current work in progress, as well as our ongoing plans to bring members’ scripts to a wider audience- if you’d like to join us, you’d be more than welcome- visit the Join Us page to get in touch.

DSW member brings holiday memories to life online

Congratulations to DSW member Chrissie, whose life story writing expertise helped create an online memory box of Lincolnshire seaside holidays. Working with local writers and creatives, stories and experiences were woven together to create a series of audio tales you can listen to online, as well as stories from her own past in ‘Going East’ …