Pyromania is a bursary programme created by Fire Exit to support playwrights based in Scotland to develop their skills in experimental writing. Designed for writers at any stage in their career, Pyromania aims to help create truly innovative text for contemporary theatre.
Award-winning writer and director David Leddy will work with two writers to mentor and support them to develop a new script over the course of a year. Pyromania is a Fire Exit programme with Tron Theatre and support from Playwrights’ Studio Scotland and Take Me Somewhere. Funded by The Bridge Awards and Creative Scotland.
In 2018/19 each playwright selected will receive:
- A £1000 cash bursary.
- Between 6-8 mentoring meetings over the course of a year with David Leddy.
- A rehearsed reading of the script at the end of year with a professional cast (scheduled to take place at Tron Theatre as part of Take Me Somewhere, May 2019).
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Have had at least 1 play professionally staged.
- Have a proposal for a contemporary, experimental script they would like to write and develop through Pyromania.
- Be living full-time in Scotland.
- Not be a student in full-time formal education (i.e. 16 hours or more per week).
- Be available for one year to work on their script and to attend mentoring meetings with David Leddy.
- Be over 21.
In order to apply for Pyromania applicants are required to submit the following:
- A completed application form.
- A 10-page sample of writing. The writing sample should demonstrate the quality of the applicant’s previous work, the style does not need to be experimental. The sample needs to come from a stage play.
- A proposal for a contemporary, experimental script to be developed and written; no longer than 1 x A4 page.
- A playwrighting CV; including contact details and information on professional productions of the work.
Applications will be eligibility-checked in the first instance before they are anonymised and passed to the assessment panel. Applications will be assessed by Fire Exit and Playwrights’ Studio Scotland.
Key Dates
28th February 2018 – Deadline for 2018 applications.
April 2018 – Notification of successful applicants and announcement of playwrights.
May 2018 – Mentoring begins.
May 2019 – Rehearsed readings of developed scripts at Tron Theatre as part of Take Me Somewhere.
Deadline
5pm on Wednesday 28th February 2018.
For more information and to apply please go to http://davidleddy.com/learn/pyromania-bursary-programme#0
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