Congratulations to DSW member Jeff who is one of November’s Thursday Connectors with his prose piece ‘Think of a Number’ in PenToPrint.org! Congratulations Jeff!
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November writing success for DSW member Jeff
Congratulations to DSW member Jeff who is PenToPrint.org’s November listener contribution with ‘The First Day of the Rest of Your Death’Well done Jeff!
November Meeting: Sun 5 Nov, 2-4pm at Derby Museum
Hello, we’re well on our way to having our scripts ready for selection at our next festival of plays in a day at Derby Theatre, after holding our first online script readthrough this month. It’s a chance for writers to hear their work take a step off the page, and a really useful experience for …
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Edinburgh Fringe 2023- Or ‘What I did on my Holidays’
If you didn’t get chance to be there, DSW member Jeff has very kindly given us the lowdown on his experience of theatre, arts and comedy at Edinburgh this summer: I’ve been a Fringe aficionado for many years now, having started attending probably around 2002. Each year, the number of venues grows . The list …
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October Meeting: Sun 1 Oct, 2-4pm at Derby Museum
Hello, we’re less than a year away from our next festival of plays in a day at Derby theatre, so we’re meeting up to discuss DSW member Hugh’s latest script this Sunday- if you’d like to join us, get in touch.
September Meeting at Derby Museum: Sun 3rd Sep, 2-4pm
This time next year, we’ll be getting ready to see the final six scripts chosen for our 2024 Festival of One-Act Plays at Derby Theatre– so this month we’re continuing to critique and develop work in progress from DSW members Andrew and Jeff- if you’d like to see what we’re up to, get in touch …
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August Meeting at Derby Museum: Sun 6th Aug, 2-4pm
After the great news Derbyshire Scriptwriters will be presenting another festival of one-act plays at Derby Theatre in 2024, we’re meeting in August this year to get started on critiquing members scripts- starting with new member Jeff’s work in progress.
Nomination success for Richard
Congratulations to DSW member Richard- his play ‘Cancelled in A Flat Major’ has been nominated in the National Association of Writers and Groups ten minute play contest- good luck Richard!
July Meeting: Sun 2nd July, 2-4pm at Derby Museum
This Sunday’s meeting agenda is to discuss and plan our next round of short play scripts for working with Derby Theatre again in 2024, but it will now include a moment to reflect on the sudden and very sad news of the death of DSW member John Briscoe. John was instrumental in getting our festival …
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DSW’s Chrissie hosts writing workshops at Derby Cathedral
DSW member Chrissie is hosting two creative writing workshops as part of the Four Hares and a Rainbow exhibition on Saturday 10th June and Wednesday 21st June at Derby Cathedral. Four Hares and a Rainbow is an exhibition of four large paintings by Michael Cook, and two pieces by lettering artist Elizabeth Forrest– inspired by poems written by …
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