Congratulations to DSW Member Richard- his short story No Such Word as Can’t is featured in February’s edition of Link Magazine.
Great work Richard!
Publication success for DSW Member Richard
March Meeting: Sunday 2 Mar, 2-4pm at Derby Museum
Shhh! If you listen carefully, you can almost hear Spring getting ready to, well, spring! We’re meeting this Sunday and continuing our 2025 plans by working with members to bring the threads of their crime themed scripts together- if you’d like to join us, click here.
February Meeting: Sunday 2 Feb, 2-4pm at Derby Museum
We’re continuing 2025 with developing and writing our series of crime themed scripts- and discussing one of them at our meeting this Sunday- if you’d like to join us, click here.
January Meeting at Derby Museum: Sun 5 Jan, 2-4pm
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.
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 stories, you’re more than welcome to join us- just click here.
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 work with members to develop their scripts and stories, you’re more than welcome to join us- just click here.
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 runner up in NAWG Members’ fantasy and science fiction competition.
Congratulations to you both!
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 stories, you’re more than welcome to join us- just click here.
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 Allen and the Derby Theatre team for their support and help to bring our writing to a local audience, along with our gratitude to Derbyshire Scriptwriters members who have contributed with funding to bring our stories to life. A few smartphone pics to give you a flavour of the brillant day we had:
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, and the refusal to grow old gracefully, Two ladies about to take a much-needed trip abroad, who are definitely no better than they should be.
About Jeff: Jeff is also seeing the effects of not owning a picture in the attic, and has taken the opportunity presented by Covid to retire sooner than planned, and get back to his love of acting and writing. So as well as being an author, with a number of staged works, you’ll find him treading the boards locally, and appearing vocally in a number of audio dramas.
WRONG TURN COMING BACK by Richard Layton
We’ve all seen those magazines on their newsstands with their incredible but true stories and promises of cash paid. Sometimes a story is so out of this world that it’s just too good to check…
Richard joined Derbyshire Scriptwriters in 2004 and after brief stints as Theatre Liaison Officer and Vice Chairman; he became the group’s secretary and has been ever since. In addition to writing the minutes he made a contribution to Chesterfield Tales for Tabs Productions and he has also written two full length plays for Rumpus Theatre Company – The Horrific Case of Mr. Valdemar and The Devil’s Bride adapted from Edgar Allan Poe and Joseph Sheridan LeFanu respectively. His work has also been showcased in the Pomegranate Playwrights Festival in Chesterfield and he has had work produced by Pintsized Plays in both the UK and New Zealand. He has also written short scripts for Pomegranate Playwrights and Derby Movie Makers, some of which he has then ruined by performing in them but he is happy today to leave the acting to the professionals.
