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The
work - including three radio plays, a screenplay and a TV
drama - will be produced as rehearsed readings on stage at
the Alma Tavern in Clifton.
The
writers involved are the winners of this year's Southwest
Scriptwriters' annual drama competition.
This
writing workshop is based out of the Bristol Old Vic, and
says it "works to promote stage, screen and radio writing
in the area using a mixture of talks, courses and reading
workshops".
Chair
Andrew Graham told this website: "We meet every week
at the Old Vic and it is an open invite: the first session
is free.
"There
is a lot of confidence in the group and a lot of trust.
"People
bring their scripts along for feedback sometimes two or three
times."
The
Bill
Current
members have written episodes for TV series including BBC1's
Doctors and ITV's The Bill.
The group's artistic director Tim Massey, said: "10 years
on, we're still finding that there really is some exciting
new work out there."
And
it is work that could be picked up by producers sitting in
on the rehearsed readings, says Mr Graham.
The
first play in the season, Bottled Up, is by Totterdown
resident Kate Stonham:
"It's very encouraging to see my work placed again.
"Even
the rehearsal process, seeing the actors' reactions to the
script, helps the development process."
•The
week-long festival of script-in-hand performances begins on
Tuesday 6 July with Bottled Up by Kate Stonham.
On
Wednesday 7 July: Abraham by Patrick Makin
On
Thursday 8 July: A Pint On the House by John Colborn.
On
Friday 9 July, If Possible, Make a U-Turn by Linda
Ewles
On
Saturday 10 July: Wingless Victor (the overall winner)
by Bruce Fellows.
Each
script will be performed at 7.30pm and 9.00pm: apart from
Abraham, which receives a single reading at 7.30pm.
Tickets
are £5 and can be reserved online or by calling 0117 909 5522.
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