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The practice months are over and the year is well and truly underway. How about a new segment? Introducing “Tundun’s Stocktake,” written by the “non-writing,” new-ish Operations Assistant, Tundun! As part of my slow and subtle spread into every facet of Stockroom, I have commandeered this space on our site and will essentially be using […]

When reports highlighted a low Covid-19 vaccine take up within the Black British community, it prompted conflicting feelings amongst Stockroom writers Tonderai, Maheni and Isaac. Their creative result is three urgent monologues about being black in these pandemic times and the conversations needed to navigate the emerging narratives. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Stockroom present the […]

Insights into the Writers Room My name is Pia, and I am the Creative Support Associate at Stockroom. I work with the writers to ensure they have anything practical they need to create projects. I also keep a diary of the creative process, and in this blog, I hope to share some insights into how […]

Stockroom is a writers room for theatre, and the Stockroom Artists produce new work for stages around the country. Our writers room is made up of six exceptional artists, working collaboratively across new shows. The Stockroom Artists are: Georgia Crowther, Isaac Tomiczek, Chris York, Erica Buist, Tonderai Munyevu and Maheni Arthur. Catch an insight into […]

(This blog has been written by Tom, our new Head of Development.)  I am both a writer and a fundraiser. A lot of people recoil when I tell them that, in general artists don’t like fundraising. A lot of people do it as a practicality, and some people even get good at it, but I […]

Programming is a tricky thing, especially when you only have a couple of shows a year. And representation can be a difficult balancing act when you have so few opportunities (although not as difficult as some might have you believe). With that said, we wanted to talk about our next piece of programming, which we […]

As part of the Associate programme Lizzie, a student at one of our Associate Universities, joined us for a four-day development workshop for our upcoming play.

Eight young women from Bolton and London worked with professional playwrights Laura Lomas and Rachel Delahay to make their own short plays for a performance at the Royal Court Theatre.

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett on Andrea Dunbar’s extraordinary portrait of teenage girls Rita, Sue and Bob Too, at the Royal Court Theatre from 9 January, then touring.

Taj Atwal, star in our new production of Andrea Dunbar’s iconic play Rita, Sue and Bob Too, talks about her first encounter with the work of a young woman who would come to be her favourite playwright.