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Thursday 29 April, 7-9pm

Getting it Good, Getting it Right –

an evening with David Edgar and Bryony Lavery.To launch the revival of this famous studio venue (formerly Derby Playhouse), theTheatre Arts department at Derby present this event in partnership with the Writers’Guild of Great Britain and in association with Theatre Writing Partnership and DerbyTheatre.

Tickets £5.00, £2.50 for concessions. Free to Guild members.

Wednesday 5 May, 7pm

Penny Dreadful – a theatrical reading of Richard Pinner’s black comedy about thecontroversial, final chapter of Charles Dickens’ life.

Tickets £5.00, £2.50 for concessions. Free to Guild members.

Thursday 13 May, 7pm

Under The Skin – a showcase of new writing, performed and written by Theatre Artsstudents.

This is an all-ticket event, tickets are free.

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Getting it Good, Getting it Right – an eveningwith David Edgar and Bryony Lavery.

With the theatre thriving, the recent BritishTheatre Consortium survey has revealed justhow widely newly commissioned writingfigures in this success. Therefore, the challengeof what the playwright can bring to thecontemporary stage has never been morerelevant.

The two accomplished playwrights, DavidEdgar and Bryony Lavery will talk about howthey approach this challenge (both creativelyand structurally) and discuss David’s newpublication ‘How Plays Work’ and BryonyLavery’s latest collaboration with FranticAssembly Theatre Co.

‘How Plays Work’ will be on sale and signed by David Edgar at the end of the evening.

Penny DreadfulIn 1870, after Dickens had completed his latest reading tour of America and Great Britain, he wasarguably the most famous person in the Western world.However, beneath the surface lurked darker secrets: his notorious affair with the actress EllenTernan, half his age; his nightly habit of frequenting the most unsavoury areas in his belovedLondon and, finally, his swiftly failing health. Penny Dreadful has been specially re-worked for the studio theatre and will be presented as aworkshop reading by a professional company, specially assembled for the event.

Under The Skin For many years, the Theatre Arts department at the University of Derby has led a strongplaywriting and ‘writing in action’ strand in its course. The revival of the studio theatre providesthe perfect opportunity for trying and testing students’ work. Each individual is expected to writethe equivalent of an original one act play or first act of a full length piece by the end of theirdegree.

This showcase is the result of three years of development, reflecting the creativity, imaginationand experimentation of the students.

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