Hull Truck theatre and theatre company, Park Bench, are looking for new voices from all over Yorkshire to submit work that will be curated, developed and performed as part of the BENCHMARKS series at Hull Truck. BENCHMARKS is a regular series of work-in-progress evenings showcasing and developing emerging talent from the region.

Brief:

Responding to the world today; disjointed community, change in a community and creating a new community. They are looking for writers to go beyond the page, respond and be inspired and empowered by their own community and to interpret that in whatever way they choose.

Park Bench will develop the work in conjunction with you professionally. This is a chance for you to create your benchmark and make your stamp, working with a peer company and utilising the resources of the region’s leading producing theatre.

There is the possibility for partnership work between Park Bench and the 2012 network of theatre-makers, that involves reaching out to communities in Yorkshire as part of the project’s creative process. We also want to explore the relationship of a writer with a place and a space.

The piece you submit can be unfinished at this stage. They are looking for potential in new voices, whether it is a play between 20-90 pages, a draft, a completed script or an unfinished story.

Send any submissions, questions or contact to thebench@parkbenchpoets.co.uk

Deadline: 29th January 2012

Both writers and performers will receive a small fee inclusive of expenses as well as a platform for future work.

Further details here.

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