Freedom Studios invites you to our work-in-progress readings of new writing created by participants from our Writers Studio Group. Over two evenings on Saturday the 20th and Saturday the of 27th April we will be presenting 10-minute short plays and 10-minute extracts from larger works that will be read by professional actors. This is a brilliant opportunity to see some fantastic new writing being created in our region, but also give your feedback to writers and be part of the development of these stories.

Writers Studio Group: Readings 20th April

Givers and Takers – Written by Fiona MacLean
Whose Memory is it Anyway? – Written by Laura Strickland
Untitled – Written By Amber Hafren
Now/Then – Written by Richard D Rhodes
Disguises – Written by Kristina Diprose
Boomerang (Working Title) – Written by Claire Eden
The Bully in the School Yard – Written by Sarah Hennessy
Preloved – Written by Carolyn Eden

Pieces performed by Hannah Mullen, Jeanette Percival, Claire Eden, Carolyn Eden, Rhiannon Canoville-Ord, Muj Shah, Beccie Allen, Dan Carey, Andrea Kovacs, Mohammend Sheblu Miah

Writers Studio Group: Readings 27th April

Brian’s Birthright – Written by Ann Morgan
I Blame the Parents – Written by Laura Baldwin
You’re Supposed to be at Home – Written by Kevin McDonnell
Service With a Smile – Written and performed by Izzie Smith
Nowhere Like Home – Written and Performed by Lateral G
The Sufi Spy – Written by Mian Rahman
Untitled – Written by Haleema Begum
Down Out and on the T’Dole – Written by Connor Drake
Untitled – Written by Beenal Shingadia

Pieces performed by Mohammend Sheblu Miah, Carolyn Eden, Sonia Wrightson, Taylor Rhys Wells, Noor Hadid, Simon Jennings

Our Writer’s Studio Group was a cohort of 25 writers from Bradford who met over 10 sessions from November 2023 to February 2024 to develop their playwriting skills and meet industry professionals. This opportunity was part of our Bradford Voices project.

This is a pay-what-you-feel event. This means there is no obligation to pay for a ticket. We appreciate we are living in difficult times but if you are able to contribute this will help Freedom Studios to continue to support writers in the future.