Calling All Creatives…
lowercase theatre presents: First Draft. A scratch night taking place in the Albert Room at Cleethorpes Library, celebrating new work and ideas across creative forms.
What is a scratch night?
A scratch night is an opportunity for creative folks to showcase new work, test new ideas, and receive feedback from friendly audiences. lowercase theatre think it’s so important to share and celebrate work at every stage of development – not just the finished product!
If you have a new piece of work that you’d love to try out in front of an audience, keep reading…
How does it work?
- Submit a piece of new, original work. Submissions across different forms are encouraged – as long as they can be shared or performed on the night. Please see submission guidelines below for further details.
- lowercase theatre will select four pieces of new work to showcase at the scratch night.
- Each act will have up to 20 minutes to share their work. Audiences will be invited to share feedback for each piece
- Successful applicants will be invited to participate in two workshop sessions. lowercase theatre will support you to further develop and share your piece, in a way that you’d like it to be presented.
- Successful submissions will receive a £200 fee. Please note: If you are applying as a group of creatives, we can still only offer you a £200 fee.
Submission Guidelines
- You can apply to this opportunity as an individual, or as a group of creatives.
- You don’t need to consider yourself an ‘artist’ to apply. This is open to anybody over the age of 16, who lives in (or has a connection to) North East Lincolnshire. If you have an idea, we’d love to hear it.
- Work must be original, and considered ‘unfinished’ by the applicant. We’re particularly keen to support those who feel they’d benefit from our guidance to develop an idea.
- Pieces should fit into a 10-20 minute performance slot
- Submissions can represent any creative form – as long as it can be shared or performed on the night. Examples could include:
- A collection of poems
- An excerpt from a script
- A stand-up routine
- A dance or movement piece
- A collection of songs, or a musical performance
Submission Deadlines
lowercase theatre deadline for submissions of scratch material is 28th March. To apply complete this short online form, where you can upload your work. If you have any problems accessing the link, please complete this application form and email it to lowercasetheatregy@gmail.com with the email heading “lowercase first draft”.
Successful applicants will be invited to participate in the following workshops:
- 2nd May 7pm to 9pm
- 13th June 7pm to 9pm
The Scratch Night event – “First Draft” takes place on:
- 20th June – a free event open to public 7pm to 9pm at Cleethorpes Library Albert Room.
About lowercase theatre
lowercase theatre, an arts organisation based in North East Lincolnshire, amplifies new art and champions local creativity. This is their second scratch night to come to Cleethorpes Library Albert Room. Previous applications have included poetry, prose, music, script, comedy, and ideas that fuse different forms together. Images from our performers…
