About us
DryWrite is a new writing theatre company inspired by the power of anonymity.
We support writers to step out of their comfort zones: to experiment, to innovate and to play with subject, form and space.
We believe that playwrights can often find themselves struggling to break out of a cycle of generating the same type of work time and again. The constraints of British theatre can influence writers to carve their 'identities' too early on in their careers. We want to liberate them so that they can play, take risks and question and re-question their approach to writing in order to 'flex their literary muscles'.
All our writers present their work anonymously – you’ll know who has written for each event, but not which piece they have written. You’ll see the work of established writers played out along side that of a first-timer and everything in between.
Through our event theatre approach, in which every night is unique, we challenge each of our writers to write under highly specific and original controls. We think it's important that our writers actively comprehend and contribute towards the audience's experience of the whole evening. No mean feat when you have as many writers in one line-up as we do!
We're also exploring other initiatives, conjured up to test artists of other disciplines to work with new and innovative writing in fresh ways: DryDirect and LYRICS being our two latest examples.
In all our work we endeavour to raise questions about modern theatre and life for Londoners.
Come and play! |
