About Scriptdawg
It's a bit ruff. . .
Scriptdawg Description
ScriptDawg is an initiative which sets out to bring new writers work in front of an audience. To achieve this, we offer five writers the chance to take on our 72 hour writing challenge. This is where writers are given a theme or topic and three days to produce a 5 – 7 minute script. The scripts are then given to three actors for cold performances.
The process:
Day 1 – The writers are given the secret theme or topic and around 24 hours to produce the first draft.
Day 2 – Writers, actors and the director meet up for read throughs, all acting as script editors. The writers are given another deadline for final drafts.
Day 3 – The scripts are sent to the actors and directors for rehearsals and staging, in
preparation for the performance.
The performances start at 7pm on the second Wednesday of every month.
The Guys:
James Humphreys - O. G. Thought father, essence, soul and spirit of ScriptDawg. Not of the actual name, however.
Founded SD in response to the lack of opportunity for writers to showcase themselves other than through script slams and competitions. But, mainly formed the company to lower my hours at the job centre.
Producer for the majority of SD's performances but consider myself a writer (USW BA Scriptwriting graduate).
Sam Rees - Host and hype man of ScriptDawg.
Sam's been with SD since the second show. Never exactly keen on theatre, he gave it a pop and realised it wasn't that bad at all. Thus far, he's had four pieces performed through the 'Dawg. Now, he's the guy that stands at the front, improvising half-baked witticisms, all misanthropic and mumbling. He likes to see ScriptDawg as "gateway theatre".
Sam chiefly serves as a producer /facilitator for the company, but first and foremost, he's a writer (he. . . dabbled in Scriptwriting at USW).
Reviews
The Day of the Dawg is Over
Nothing lasts forever. Even the stars above us are dead. It's with a heavy heart that we announce that ScriptDawg has finally ceased to be, crushed under the weight of its own awesomeness. But enough modesty.
We won't drag out this eulogy. We want to thank every single one of you who supported us across the two years.
... Writers, we're going to deeply miss working alongside you all. And should any of you feel a little lost and need a little guidance, the former pillars of ScriptDawg will be more than happy to help.
Actors, you went above and beyond with the limited amount of time you had to work on the scripts. ScriptDawg seemed to slowly come to benefit the performers as much as it did the writers.
Thank you for all the memories and we hope that we were able to help you creatives out, even if it was just a little.
In this painful, unnatural, character-subverting final message of sincerity, we bid you farewell.
All the best and beyond, ScriptDawg
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A slightly belated but very heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped out, took part or just attended our sojourn in Newport - the writers, the fabulous peoples of Reality Theatre, spearheaders and actors alike, Le Pub and all other decent folk under this blinking, burning Sun. 'T'was a blast.
FINAL REMINDER! FINAL REMINDER!
Hot-foot it to Le Pub this evening for some fresh-off-the-brain, fresh-on-the-page ART! The Dawg is Dawging in Newport. Follow us and Reality Theatre to the epicentre.
There's music, too!
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The writers made their pilgrimage to the Jewel of the South, Newport. As always, we're impressed to see the diverse selection of ideas the writers came up with.
Our representative forgot to snap a pic our our latest batch of hopefuls, so here he is in a regretful pose.
Thank you to Barnabas arts house and Reality Theatre for provided us with such a lovely venue.
... Tomorrow. 7pm. £2 OTD. Be there! Dom Dom Jordan Criddle Kym Frederick Kimi Tustin
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And the theme for Thursday's show is... PIONEER. Let's see what our majestic scribblers can conjure out of sheer nothing. Sheer nothing... Empty space... Blimey. It's all so... isn't it?
Swing by Le Pub and feast your senses. Behold our cheer!
Tomorrow we commence our 72-Hour Challenge in Newport. The themes will be set. The stopwatch will be clicked. The sweat will flow. It's gonna be a mad one!
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It was a pleasure. Hopefully we see more events and opportunities like this for writers in the future!
Aaaaaand we can reveal the writers for next week's more north-easterly writing challenge... The lucky scribes are...
Claire Boot Jordan Criddle Kym Frederick... Dom Price & Kimi Tustin
Congrats, y'all! We look forward to working with you on this incredibly, incredibly, incredibly intense challenge. No pressure... Just joshin'. It's just incredibly intense.
If you're Newport way, enjoy the idea of Newport or like anyone involved personally, get your rear end in motion!
Reality Theatre Le Pub
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Congratulations to Simon James and his script Igloo Bombs for winning the TicketSource ‘Best Writing Award’ at the Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival Closing Party. We had a great time working on this project and hope to see more initiatives like this to get those shy writers from out of the woodwork! Also, a massive thank you to the actors who read for the three scripts.
***WRITERS NEEDED***
Only three more days to enter a script for ScriptDawg's Newport shenanigans. Deadline is 28th June, 23:59.
Check the event page for further details <3
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You can still make it, and there's free drinks... Though we're seeing to those drinks so be Swift!
Wow!? What do these numbers even mean? Guess there's only one way to find out now, isn't there? You can watch Ed Sheeran on YouTube anyway! The Gate Arts Centre 7pm.
Tomorrow night marks the Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival closing party!
Get on down to get down. For a respectable knees-up, a respectable show with respected guest judges and a respectful reveal of the Festival Favourite Award!
Aretha would be proud. We arrogantly insist.
It is time.
We can officially reveal the three finalists for TicketSource's Best Writing Award at the Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival closing party!
In no particular order, they be:
... Igloo Bombs by Simon James Odd Ones In by Claire Boot Binary by Philippa Mannion
We'd like to thank everyone who submitted. The level of quality and variety was something to behold - even our thick canine skins were softened.
To catch the performances of these three pieces and the reveal of the winner, head down to The Gate on Saturday. All deets below and within!
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We've crossed that coveted threshold of 450 likes... Thank you. To those that have supported us in any way, shape or form, from attending events and lending us your talents to actively not assaulting us, we thank you. From the bottom of our Dawgy hearts. Woof woof <3
As part of this bad boy, we're helping stage the top three submissions for TicketSource's Best Writing Award.
We're in need of some actors. You'll be required only on the day itself, which will be this Saturday, the 20th, from the afternoon onwards. Any and all are welcome and encouraged to apply!
Please contact us at scriptdawg@gmail.com to express interest.
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Photographs provided by TicketSource of ScriptDawg’s Crash Course for the Procrastinator being spearheaded by our very own James Humphreys. DISCLAIMER: The not so impressed face that he is pulling is directed at another Dawger, otherwise he mostly has a radiant smile. Mostly.
Today is the last day to submit yo scripts for TicketSource's Best Writing Award. Get them in, y'all.
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