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Development Week 9 - reflections
I'm really proud of Development Week. It's something that came out of problem - a show cancelled at Studio Salford leaving an empty week...
Mike Heath
Feb 27, 20173 min read
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How does a rehearsed reading help the development of a piece of writing?
I started writing for the stage back in the early 2000s. My first play, Jam, was on at the first ever 24:7 Theatre Festival (2004) and...
Mike Heath
Feb 17, 20174 min read
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Studio Salford Development Week 9 VLOG#1
Studio Salford Development Week is a really exciting and special time for WriteForTheStage. It's our opportunity to celebrate and share...
Mike Heath
Feb 16, 20172 min read
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The Cycle - rehearsed reading at Development Week 9
Greetings ladies and gentlemen! I am very happy to announce that Great Expectations Theatre is ready to share with you our latest...
Mike Heath
Feb 16, 20171 min read
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Studio Salford Development Week 9 is go! (Well, nearly)
Studio Salford Development Week is all about new things - new writing and new artists trying out new work. And it's your opportunity to...
Mike Heath
Feb 14, 20171 min read
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Sacha's Song springs to life - #DevelopmentWeek9Blog
There is a quote often repeated in the WriteForTheStage classes that goes along the lines of “In Manchester, if you want to do something...
Mike Heath
Feb 10, 20171 min read
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The Writer's Challenge - Studio Salford Development Week
Studio Salford, based at The Kings Arms Theatre, has been around for a long time. The first production was Conor McPherson's The Weir,...
Mike Heath
Feb 8, 20173 min read
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Some of the shows at Studio Salford Development Week 9
We have a great line-up of work at Studio Salford Development Week 9, which is running between 20-26th February at The Kings Arms Theatre...
Mike Heath
Feb 7, 20173 min read
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Setting up a stage-writing template in Final Draft 9
I used to love working with Celtx. It was really intuitive and made writing for the stage a real breeze. It created a format for stage...
Mike Heath
Feb 3, 20173 min read
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Timetable released for Studio Salford Development Week 9
I'm excited to announce that the full timetable for Development Week is now live and open for bookings. As ever, we're presenting loads...
Mike Heath
Feb 2, 20172 min read
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Hard work and determination gets you somewhere!
As I write this, I’m at my day job trying to cram another meeting into an already over-stuffed Outlook calendar. I’m also texting my...
Mike Heath
Jan 18, 20172 min read
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Casting call - rehearsed reading for Development Week
Shout Out for Actors: to perform a rehearsed reading of a play at the ‘Studio Salford: Write for the Stage’ Development Week 9 (20th-26th...
Mike Heath
Jan 12, 20172 min read
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Get Involved in Studio Salford Development Week
I'm excited to say that there have been lots of enquiries from lots of people who haven't been involved in Development Week before,...
Mike Heath
Jan 8, 20173 min read
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Studio Salford Development Week 9 - open for submissions
It's that time of year again, folks, for our twice-yearly week of all things new at Studio Salford and beyond. Development Week is a...
Mike Heath
Jan 5, 20172 min read
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The highs and lows of auditioning for a cast
This Saturday just gone our director Mike and I spent the afternoon auditioning for the two male parts in the new production of Marina...
Mike Heath
Dec 14, 20162 min read
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Cells: A Body of Work - 10 exciting artworks
Cells: A Body of Work - Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Tues 22nd November Last Tuesday was a very interesting experience indeed. I've...
Mike Heath
Dec 1, 20165 min read
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WFTS Producing - the new theatre companies we've helped support
I set up WriteForTheStage Productions in 2014 as a way of helping to get some of the work developed through the WFTS courses out into the...
Mike Heath
Nov 18, 20162 min read
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Marina and the Clone - my first CASTING CALL
How to track down a superstar and a clone... I've just launched my theatre company, Agrippa Productions. It was a big step and yet...
Mike Heath
Nov 16, 20162 min read
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Stuck for gift ideas? WFTS Books 50% sale and Gift Vouchers
I know it's early and I'm not a fan of mentioning Christmas too early, but it is coming up and you might be stuck for ideas for a gift to...
Mike Heath
Nov 15, 20162 min read
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Parallel - a journey of new writing
Tonight was really exciting for me. Parallel, written by Laura Lindsay, produced by Black Toffee and Harrogate Theatre began its tour at...
Mike Heath
Nov 1, 20162 min read
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