In Work & At Work

In Work

Watch out for Inky Fingers, recent graduates Mark Winstanley and Lawrence Ghorra showcased their canned food hit, RAVIOLI at BLUE 4 – The Royal Exchange’s festival of new work from the North West . Mark and Lawrence will return to the Studio at The Exchange for a full production of the play in September 2007.

At Work

Mind The Gap by Luke Walker will be presented at this year’s 24:7 Theatre Festival. Watch this space for his production diary and follow the process from page to performance.

Mind the Gap was written while completing the Writing Live module of the course. I knew the basic scenario - a blackout and characters beginning to communicate telepathically until they merged and amalgamated into one (in)distinct character. That was the basic premise on week one. By week six I had the first full length draft. I can't take credit (although it may have come to me later) for the overlapping dialogue technique and I thank the other members of the group for telling me that the character in an early draft who constantly thought of German porn films was most definitely cut! It was great to be able to bring a new ten pages or idea every week and get instant feedback so that I didn't spend too long going down paths that were obviously the wrong ones (see above). I had the drive and energy to get the thing written in time for the deadline (just ... and after a solid 17 hour session!) and now I have my first play that will be performed.

Luke Walker 14/05/07