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The Big Things - Greater Manchester Fringe Festival
There's certainly no rest for the wicked! Still reeling from the great success of my last play, Avoidance, which played to packed-out...
Mike Heath
Jun 15, 20173 min read
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WFTS Workshops during the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival
Studio Salford WriteForTheStage have been sponsoring the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival for the last 3 years and we're very proud of...
Mike Heath
Jun 9, 20172 min read
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WFTS Intensives - COMEDY - 21-23rd July
This summer we're going to be running our first Intensive, focusing on Comedy. Writers are notorious procrastinators. When we've got an...
Mike Heath
Jun 7, 20172 min read
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Avoidance 31May-3Jun - we'll be going Live during rehearsals
Rehearsals for Avoidance are now well underway. Although we've applied for funding, we still don't know whether we've got it yet (we...
Mike Heath
May 5, 20172 min read
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Avoidance VLOG #1
We started rehearsing for the upcoming production of my new play, Avoidance, last Saturday. I've put some rehearsal footage together in a...
Mike Heath
Apr 26, 20171 min read
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LearnInYourLunchHour launches in May!
Want to join a Studio Salford WriteForTheStage course but can't get to the venue? From May, geography and access will no longer be a...
Mike Heath
Apr 20, 20172 min read
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We've completed casting for Avoidance - 31st May-3rd June
Well, that was hard! Auditioning is really difficult! You have to make really tough decisions and, ultimately, you have to let the...
Mike Heath
Apr 13, 20173 min read
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My WriteForTheStage experience
I have done two WriteForTheStage Advanced courses. Why, you might ask? Am I some sort of masochist? Well, the answer is no. Due to an...
Mike Heath
Apr 13, 20172 min read
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WFTS WritersLab - week 2
The WritersLab this week was nothing less than revelatory. There's a grand start to a blog! As I've mentioned in previous blogs, I first...
Mike Heath
Apr 5, 20174 min read
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WFTS WritersLab first session
The first WriteForTheStage WritersLab was a great success. There were 6 of us and we read 4 new pieces of writing, all of which we...
Mike Heath
Mar 29, 20173 min read
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Casting Call - Avoidance @ Kings Arms Theatre, 31st May - 3rd June
I'm excited to announce the dates that we've just confirmed for my next play, Avoidance, are 31st May - 3rd June at The Kings Arms...
Mike Heath
Mar 24, 20171 min read
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WriteForTheStage WritersLab - anyone interested?
Do you need a deadline to make you productive? Do you need to hear your words spoken out-loud? Do you sometimes wish that being a writer...
Mike Heath
Mar 17, 20172 min read
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Marina and the Clone - first night evaluation
The first night of any new piece of writing is always a huge risk. Directing a new piece of writing is a challenge because the material...
Mike Heath
Mar 16, 20173 min read
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Theatre review - Marina and the Clone, The Kings Arms, Salford
Hilarity, wildness, eccentricity and Ann Diamond! The latest collaboration between writer, R.P. Douglas and director, Mike Heath, had it...
Mike Heath
Mar 16, 20173 min read
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Get-In day for Marina and the Clone
As I write this on the 192 bus (hopefully I won't get mugged for my laptop!) the clock is ticking until the metaphorical curtain rises...
Mike Heath
Mar 15, 20172 min read
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WFTS Producing FRANK
Frank talks about the WFTS Producing. Frank Hill talks about his experiences so far on the WriteForTheStage Producing course. The session...
Mike Heath
Mar 11, 20171 min read
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Marina and the Clone - I'm exhausted from laughing
Well, it's been quite a whirlwind. Rehearsals started last Monday and have been an utter onslaught of playful silliness. I don't remember...
Mike Heath
Mar 11, 20171 min read
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Marina and the Clone VLOG#1
We've been rehearsing for the upcoming run of RP Douglas's new play, Marina and the Clone, for the last week. There's been lots of...
Mike Heath
Mar 8, 20171 min read
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All the real work is done in the rehearsal period ~ Donald Pleasence
By Richard Douglas Last week saw rehearsals start for Marina and the Clone, my first project as solo producer. We began on Monday evening...
Mike Heath
Mar 7, 20172 min read
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Marina and the Clone is alive! (well, almost)
I'm really excited today. We've just finished a really successful Development Week at Studio Salford and I'm instantly jumping straight...
Mike Heath
Feb 27, 20172 min read
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