DryWrite Presents LITTLE GEM
At The Bush Theatre
17th May 2010 9:30pm

DryWrite is creating a 'Wraparound' event responding to the Bush Theatre production of Little Gem by Elaine Murphy. How you respond to something so profoundly brilliant and moving is proving to be one hell of a challenge.. Hmm.. something is cooking though..

BOOK NOW at www.bushtheatre.co.uk
or call the Bush Theatre box office on 0208 743 5050

DryWrite Presents ONCE UPON A GENERAL ELECTION
At The Bush Theatre
5th May 2010 9:30pm

Nabokov, DryWrite and The Bush Theatre are all creating work to explore what it means to be a first time voter in 2010.

We are working with the brilliant Joel Horwood, Al Smith and Collette Kane on an utterly bizarre piece of theatre. Not to be missed!

Tickets £3
BOOK NOW at www.bushtheatre.co.uk/production/first_time_voters/
or call the Bush Theatre box office on 0208 743 5050

DryWrite Presents AND THE ACT GOING HOME TONIGHT IS...
At Trafalgar Studios at the Roundhouse
Sunday 13th November 2009

8 writers
4 rounds
1 celebrity ordained

DryWrite's latest mission: To discover the Human X-Factor. Nine writers submit their characters to an audience in four nail-biting voting rounds. The characters with most votes go through to the next round. Those that don't cease to exist. There can be only one winner.

Writers include:
Hannah Davies / Megan Ford / James Graham / Joel Horwood / Nick Payne / Sam Peter Jackson / Al Smith / Kat Walter

With compering from the wonderful Danny Rigby

DryWrite Presents DANCE:RADIO at the Roundhouse
Tuesday 3rd November 2009

Every movement tells a story.
What if we could hear it?

Theatre think tank DryWrite collaborates with internationally acclaimed choreographer Ann Yee to create a unique challenge. Her new cutting edge work meets four of the nations most exciting writing talents head on. They will form the score to her dance; radio plays.

Witness one dance performed with each radio play it has inspired in a unique explosion of artistic synchronicity.
What will these extraordinary disciplines unlock in each other?

For one night only, DryWrite is dancing with dialogue.

Playwrights include:
Al Smith / James Graham / Joel Horwood

DryWrite Presents DANCE:RADIO at York Theatre Royal
Saturday 10th October 2009

Every movement tells a story.
What if we could hear it?

Theatre think tank DryWrite collaborates with internationally acclaimed choreographer Ann Yee to create a unique challenge. Her new cutting edge work meets four of the nations most exciting writing talents head on. They will form the score to her dance; radio plays.

Witness one dance performed with each radio play it has inspired in a unique explosion of artistic synchronicity.
What will these extraordinary disciplines unlock in each other?

Join us and discover for yourself.

For one night only, DryWrite is dancing with dialogue.

Playwrights include:
Al Smith / James Graham / Joel Horwood

DryWrite Presents DRYFIGHT AT LATITUDE FESTIVAL
17th-19th July 2009

The new writing collective DryWrite will be bringing an ultimate showdown to Latitude. Eight hot writers. Eight brand new pieces. Eight big fights choreographed by the leading fight directors on the scene. Place your bets - as a blistering examination of violence on the stage will unfold.

But you don't only watch the show.

Meet the characters before the fighting commences, make a guess who you think will win and wear your wager on your head for all to see. Coloured hats will represent who you are supporting.It's time to re-visit the theatre of old. It's time to meet the Gladiators of our modern day.

LLLETS GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLE!!!!!

There can only be one winner.Who do you think will triumph?

Writers include:
Tim Price / Joel Horwood / Joe Penhall / Matt Hartley / Phil Porter / Phoebe Waller-Bridge

DryWrite PresentsWhat's Love Got To Do (Got To Do) With It?
Thursday 4th June 2009
The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, E1 0LA
7:45pm

Ten Writers
One Audience
One Love?

DryWrite seeks to interrogate the most fundamental relationship between audience and character. What does it take to write a truly sympathetic character? What makes an audience fall in love?

Playwrights include:
Megan Ford / Tom Morton-Smith / Zoe Simon / Steve Thompson / Gabriel Bisset-Smith / Matt Hartley / James Graham / Molly Davies

DryWrite and The Oxford School of Drama Present
GAME GIRL, GAME BOY

8 Writers
16 Actors
1 Battle of Wits

The Oxford School and DryWrite explore the art of manipulation and mind games with eight of the hottest writers in town.

Writers include:
Frazer Flintham / James Graham / Matt Hartley / Ed Hime / Joel Horwood / Phil Porter / Amy Rosenthal / Penelope Skinner

DryWrite presents DryFIGHT
Sunday 1 February 2009
The Tabernacle, E1 OLA
7:30pm

What happens when an audience really stand to win or lose?
What happens when you have a real, vested interest in the outcomes?
And, finally, what happens when it all turns violent?

6 Writers
6 Choreographers
6 Fights

PLACE YOUR BETS. (Literally)

Writers include: John Donnelly / Ashanti Dhawan / Matt Hartley / Joel Horwood / Phil Porter / Penelope Skinner

DryWrite presents THE MOB
Wednesday 1 October 2008
The George Tavern, E1 OLA
7:30pm

What does it take to make an audience heckle?

We decided to find out. Girls on one side, guys on the other. Writers out to rile us. Can we bring ourselves to heckle?

Writers include: Yasmine Akram / John Donnelly / Ben Ellis / Megan Ford / Suzanne Heathcote / David Kantounas / Lisa Parry / Tim Price / Che Walker / Phoebe Waller-Bridge

DryWrite presents GOODIE BADDIE
Sunday 3rd August 2008
Innocent Smoothie Village Fete

A fairytale version of GUILTY? for all ages.

Writers include: Joel Horwood / Tim Price / Penny Skinner / Matt Morrison

DryWrite presents GUILTY
at Latitude Festival

6 Writers have received a real headline of a grizzly crime committed. Those 6 writers seek to justify that crime from the criminal's viewpoint. Should they be forgiven? YOU DECIDE.

How responsibly do we judge crime and criminals in our society? Do we dismiss the criminal as 'other'? Do notions of 'right' and 'wrong' too easily become blurred with notions of 'good' and 'evil'? And how easily can a sympathetic character cause us to take leave of our 'better' judgement?

Guilty or Not Guilty? The audience will vote with their voices.

Writers include:
Joel Horwood / Colette Kane / Matt Morrison / Penny Skinner / Tim Price / Lucy Kirkwood

DryWrite presents DRYDANCE
Monday 7 July 2008
8pm, Roundhouse Studio,
£5 on the door

1 award-winning writer. 3 talented British choreographers.

Another great night in the history of DryWrite. The DryWrite girls loved DRYDIRECT and LYRICS so much that we thought it was time to try our hands at finding another new way of exploring writing...
This time it's the turn of the choreographers!

We're really thrilled that Simon Stephens (PORT, ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD, MOTORTOWN, HARPER REGAN) has written an exquisite piece just for DRYDANCE for the choreographers to explore through movement, dance and physical theatre.

The choreographers are:
Gemma Donoghue / Lucie Pankhurst / Kate Webster

And then after their performances have taken your breath away...we have a little theatrical treat for you!

Deborah Findlay performs the piece in full, as it was written.

We're venturing from east to north too and are excited to be making our debut at the Roundhouse.

DryWrite presents___________?
Thursday 22 May 2008

The DryWrite girls have given our writers another cracking theme.

But this time, only we, and they, know what it is.

It's your job to work it out.

Writers include: Ayesha Antoine / Daniel Jackson / George Gotts / Laura Stevens / Matt Morrison / Megan Ford / Penelope Skinner / Terry Johnson / Tim Price / Steven Bloomer/ Suzanne Heathcote / Davina Shah

DryWrite presents FUNNY, NOT FUNNY
Wednesday 19 March 2008
8pm

This time round the DryWrite girls have decided not to give our line-up of writers any rules or themes except "be funny".

An exploration of humour on stage.

Presented anonymously as ever...Come with your best selection of giggles, guffaws, shrieks and sniggers ...and laugh when it's funny (and don't when it's not!).

Writers:
Che Walker / Matt Hartley / Chloe Moss / Zawe Ashton / Kieran Lynn / Lucy Kirkwood / Cian Barry / Amy Rosenthal / Matt Morrison / Gabriel Bissett-Smith / Zoe Simon / Danusia Iwaszko / Bill Berkley

DryWrite presents THE CITY
Thursday 9 February 2008
8pm

A city has been destroyed.
All that remains is the naked territory and its citizens.
A leader must be elected, a vision for a new way of life adopted and a new city must emerge.

6 candidates, 6 manifestos, no limitations, one election.
What's your utopian city?

Writers:
Al Smith / Atiha Sen-Gupta / Dawn King / Alexandra Wood / Gavin O’Carroll / Nick Moss / Plato /

DryWrite presents LYRICS
Sunday 16 December 2007
6pm

For one night only DryWrite is proud to announce the arrival of.. LYRICS at The George

20 writers have dreamt up lyrics to be given to musicians and bands from all styles and genres of music.
No-one knows who has written for who until the night kicks off.

Its going to be a stormer.

Our Writers for the evening include:
Zawe Ashdon / Steven Bloomer / Frazer Flintham / James Grahams / Joel Horwood / Colette Kane / Chloe Moss / Gary Owen / Joe Penhall / James Phillips / Phil Porter / Tim Price / Penelope Skinner / Jack Thorne / Che Walker / David Watson / Alexis Zegerman

Jazz, Funk, Barbershop Quartet, Drum&bass, Irish Folk, Contemporary Classical, Rock, Banjos we have it all....

DryWrite presents GUILTY?
Thursday 15 November 2007
8pm

9 writers receive a real headline of a crime committed.
9 writers seek to justify that crime from the criminal's viewpoint.
Should they be forgiven? YOU DECIDE.
For the first time ever at DryWrite, the audience will vote with their feet.

How responsibly do we judge crime and criminals in our society? Do we dismiss the 'criminal' as 'other'? Do notions of 'right' and 'wrong' too easily become blurred with notions of 'good' and 'evil'?

Writers include:
Amy Rosenthal / Chloe Moss / Matt Hartley / Tim Price / Frazer Flintham / Matt Morrison / Che Walker / Gabriel Bisset-Smith / Frances Poet

DryWrite presents
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT VERBATIM THEATRE
Thursday 18 October 2007

10 great writers submit 10 new pieces.
Is it verbatim, or is it written? You decide.

Anevening examining the nature and value of verbatim theatre on the stage.
Can it be 'faked'?
Is reality stranger than fiction?
What can be gained from re-presenting naturalism on the stage?

Writers include:
Alastair Smith / Ayesha Antoine /Colette Kane / D C Jackson / Joel Horwood / Megan Ford / Nick Payne / Penelope Skinner / Zawe Ashton

DryWrite presents
DRYDIRECT

'Five Directors. One Text.
What can a director really bring to the work?'
This time, DryWrite is using just one text - without delineation of character, sentencing, location, narrative or structure. Each director will cast it, make sense of it and direct their own version of the text. This time the Directors are in the spotlight.

Written by Phil Porter.

Directors include:
Allison Troup-Jensen / David Salter / Michael Longhurst / Vicky Jones / Hannah Tyrell-Pinder

DryWrite at the Hampstead Daring Pairings
New Writing Festival 2007 Presents
SUPERHEROES

After all these years, we're still fascinated by them. But what can our obsession with Superheroes tell us about our modern state of mind? And how far can you push the metaphor?'

Presenting sixteen new pieces by sixteen exciting writers:
Zawe Ashton / Cian Barry / Stephen Bloomer / Nick Gill / James Graham / Matt Hartley / Joel Horwood / Terry Johnson / Colette Kane / Dawn King / Tom Morton-Smith / Chloe Moss / Zoe Simon

DryWrite presents
GENDER

Each writer writes a character of the opposite gender.
'How have notions of 'gender' changed in our modern climate? How do we redefine ourselves in a so-called 'post-feminist era?' Has an increase in individualism led to greater gender empowerment?'

Writers include:
Chloe Moss / Mike Bartlett / Cian Barry