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National Young Writers is our acclaimed, online writing programme for creatives aged 18 – 30. The course is free to attend, and provides an in-depth exploration of writing and creating short digital plays designed for social media platforms.

Productions

Eilidh Nurse

Eilidh (she/her) is an emerging writer from a small fishing town in rural Scotland, now based in London. Her debut play was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, shortlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, and won the Rose Theatre’s New Writing Festival — later performed at Riverside Studios after winning the Originals Playwriting Award.

Her writing often explores rural identity, community and change. Drifters continues that theme — set against the backdrop of the sea, it captures moments of connection and distance between people on the edge of things.National Young Writers is our acclaimed, online writing programme for creatives aged 18 – 30. The course is free to attend, and provides an in-depth exploration of writing and creating short digital plays designed for social media platforms.

Starring Gary Lewis, with voiceover from Thomy Lawson
Produced by Eilidh Nurse & Hiranya Griffith Unny
Filmed by Eilidh Nurse, Hiranya Griffith Unny and Hannah Bingham
(With a special thanks to Ronald Kirkland for the use of Hughie)

The Last Excuse by Mackenzie Steed

Mackenzie (she/her) is a working-class emerging writer, actor, presenter, and director from Newport, Mackenzie is passionate about creating authentic work that reflects the world we live in. She has worked with companies including Sherman Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre, It’s My Shout, and Burnt Orange Theatre, and recently completed a six-month training course with Old Vic Theatre Makers. Mackenzie is currently developing her one-woman show That’s My Win! and is excited to continue growing her voice as a writer and theatre-maker with Pentabus.

About her inspiration for The Last Excuse, Mackenzie told us:

“My best friend (I won’t name her, in case she gets fired) has a list of excuses to get out of work, and I thought, what if they all started to come true.”

https://www.tiktok.com/@art_flicks/video/7565936784530476310

Cast & Crew:
Cerian Baulch
Kerry Joy Stewart
Laura Morris

Noor Sobka

Noor (she/her) is a Libyan Theatre and Screen Maker with a particular interest in Comedy. Noor is currently starring in a Comedy Sketch show with Gobby Girls Productions and writing and producing her short ‘Mourning Periodt’.

Evidence by Emma-Louise Howell

A crime can turn our mundane life into evidence. But why do women’s stories only grip us when they become a tragedy? What do we want to discover in these final, everyday moments of their lives?

Emma (she/her) is an award-winning writer for Theatre and Screen. Described as ‘one of our undoubted stars of the future’ (Broadway Baby), her work uses a blend of Theatre, Film and technology to interrogate the blurred lines between performance and real life.

Actor: Adam Wadsworth
Actor: Sidonie McLaren
Boom Operator: @harrytharry

Keepsakes by Katie Walker-Cook

Katie Walker-Cook (she/her) writes for stage, radio and screen. Her short plays have been performed at the Bristol Old Vic, Arches Lane Theatre, the Minack Theatre and Theatre503. Her words have aired on BBC Radio 4’s The Skewer and BBC Radio Scotland’s Breaking the News.

“Keepsakes” is a triptych of short films exploring how everyday objects can become totems of our deepest hopes and griefs. In the first film, “The Champagne”, an unopened bottle comes to symbolise an ambition that got left behind in the chaos of life.

Voiced by Lissa Berry

Voiced by Fenella Fudge
Scoring by @jamiecookmusic

Juicy by Lucy Heathcote

Lucy (she/her) is an award-nominated disabled writer, actor and director, originally from Australia. She’s interested in creating work that is curious, biting and unexpected.