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Les & Ali's Big Balearic Adventure - my new play at GMFringe 2023

Jul 6, 20233 min read

Les & Ali's Big Balearic Adventure - my new play at GMFringe 2023

It has been a while since my last play, boyfriend stroke husband, which enjoyed just one night's performance before the entire world...

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STOP PRESS: It's the WriteForTheStage Prize for New Writing 2022

Mike Heath

Jun 15, 20222 min read

STOP PRESS: It's the WriteForTheStage Prize for New Writing 2022

Hurray! We're back! OK, it might not be the Oscars, but after an unplanned hiatus (I think there might have been an international...

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Feb 2022 - new term of writing courses! And new course: Copywriting

Mike Heath

Dec 14, 20213 min read

Feb 2022 - new term of writing courses! And new course: Copywriting

We're excited to announce that we've just opened up booking for a new term of the Intro and Progressing courses. And we're even more...

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Expressions of Interest: New Term in 2022

Mike Heath

Sep 24, 20212 min read

Expressions of Interest: New Term in 2022

We've had some time off during the pandemic, but we're planning on restarting all of the WriteForTheStage courses in January 2022. We...

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Touring Live Work During a Global Pandemic

Mike Heath

Sep 23, 20216 min read

Touring Live Work During a Global Pandemic

by Sophia Hatfield At Stute Theatre, we've built our practice over many years, creating and touring live theatre for library and...

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Mike Heath

Feb 20, 20213 min read

Development During the Pandemic

Who would have thought - a year ago - where we’d be right now? This time last year, I was working with a group of fanastic actors,...

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Creating New Worlds: Intro (with free workshop), Advanced, and Producing, starting in October.

Mike Heath

Sep 28, 20204 min read

Creating New Worlds: Intro (with free workshop), Advanced, and Producing, starting in October.

Autumn is such a beautiful time of year. It's the transition from one state of being to another colourful, productive period of the life...

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STOP PRESS! Progressing course starting this week

Mike Heath

Jun 29, 20201 min read

STOP PRESS! Progressing course starting this week

Just a quick message to remind you that the next term of Progressing is starting this week. There are still places available, so get in...

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Summer terms of Progressing and Intro (with free trials), Development Week 15, and Louise Page

Mike Heath

Jun 5, 20205 min read

Summer terms of Progressing and Intro (with free trials), Development Week 15, and Louise Page

Doesn't time in Lockdown go quickly? It seems like no time at all since the last term of the WriteForTheStage Intro and Advanced courses...

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The Big Things - broadcasting Live on YouTube, Fri 29th May, 7.45pm

Mike Heath

May 29, 20201 min read

The Big Things - broadcasting Live on YouTube, Fri 29th May, 7.45pm

The Big Things, by Mike Heath Grace is different. That's why Malcolm loves her. But will their differences tear them apart? Almost...

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Dommy B - Fire - a blog about writing children's poetry for the stage

Mike Heath

May 2, 20204 min read

Dommy B - Fire - a blog about writing children's poetry for the stage

My name is Dom, and I am a freelance poet who sometimes writes verse for children. It’s been my job now for ten years. I have a really...

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From Page To Stage - a blog by Johnny Temple

Mike Heath

May 2, 20202 min read

From Page To Stage - a blog by Johnny Temple

Have you ever wondered how a play makes its way from the written page to become a fully-staged performance? It starts, of course, with a...

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Two weeks of Intro course for free - WriteForTheStage courses starting April

Mike Heath

Mar 22, 20204 min read

Two weeks of Intro course for free - WriteForTheStage courses starting April

It’s difficult to start a blog piece without mentioning the current public health situation. I think it’s important to keep ourselves...

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Exciting news! Cracking The Feathers: a piece from a previous Development Week gets its full launch!

Mike Heath

Mar 2, 20201 min read

Exciting news! Cracking The Feathers: a piece from a previous Development Week gets its full launch!

With Development Week 14 starting tonight (Monday 2nd March), we're thrilled to announce the launch of a piece of work that has seen its...

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Mike Heath

Feb 29, 20201 min read

March is going to be a busy old month

March is going to be a busy old month. On Monday, it’s the start of Development Week. It’s a week of new work, shared in front of an...

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The art of managing a profit share project: boyfriend stroke husband @Kings Arms Theatre

Mike Heath

Feb 22, 20204 min read

The art of managing a profit share project: boyfriend stroke husband @Kings Arms Theatre

Rehearsal footage: boyfriend stroke husband. Rehearsing at Terrace Bar, NQ, Mcr Over the past few weeks, we’ve been in rehearsals for my...

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Studio Salford Development Week 14: The timetable

Mike Heath

Feb 15, 20202 min read

Studio Salford Development Week 14: The timetable

If you’ve never been to Studio Salford Development Week before, you‘ll want to know a little bit about it. If you have been before,...

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My new play coming in March 2020: boyfriend stroke husband - TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

Mike Heath

Feb 13, 20205 min read

My new play coming in March 2020: boyfriend stroke husband - TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

It's been a while since my last play, and I'm very excited to have gathered a fantastic team together to bring boyfriend stroke husband...

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Development Week 14: First week of March!!

Mike Heath

Jan 15, 20203 min read

Development Week 14: First week of March!!

Get involved in Development Week - a free opportunity to try your writing out in front of an audience who give feedback. March 2020.

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STOP PRESS: WFTS Progressing and Producing start this week. Places available.

Mike Heath

Jan 5, 20202 min read

STOP PRESS: WFTS Progressing and Producing start this week. Places available.

Happy new year, everyone. We’ve got a good feeling about 2020, here at WriteForTheStage. Our calendar of events kicks off with Studio...

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