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 be selecting four pieces of new work to showcase at the scratch night.
- 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.
- 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
- A monologue
- An excerpt from a script
- A stand-up routine
- A dance or movement piece
- A collection of songs, or piece of music
- Work submitted can be up to 20 minutes in length. (Your submission can be part of a longer piece, however we’ll only be showing up to 20 minutes on the Scratch Night).
- Work must be original, and not a finished product. We are particularly interested in working with people who feel as though they could really benefit from support to develop their idea, and put it on stage.
Submission Deadlines
lowercase theatre deadline for submissions of scratch material is 26th April. To apply complete this short online form, where you can upload your work. If you have any problems accessing the link, please complete the word 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:
- 24th May 7pm to 9pm
- 28th June 7pm to 9pm
The Scratch Night event – “First Draft” takes place on:
- 5th July – 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. Since 2021, lowercase has been creating events and productions that celebrate community stories and inspire conversation, in their characteristically informal and personal style. Their first professional production, is it dead out?, debuts in Spring 2024. Check out their work on Facebook and Instagram @lowercasethtr.
