CPP: Writing for Performance

The @NationalTheatre has launched their new digital platform for the Black Plays archive. 🫶🏿 The new website contains a catalogue of over 850 Black British, African, and Caribbean plays produced in the UK from 1909 to today. Find out more here: blackplaysarchive.org.uk

Thank you, @JamesMockler_ for ending our featured playwright series so beautifully. Over the past few weeks, 14 playwrights have shared insight into their work, influences, inspirations & dreams. Please book to support them, their voices & their work: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dot-dot-…

This piece explores the complexities of grief, guilt, death and love, using mystery, the supernatural, and old video games, illuminating the strength of human spirit, our ability to forgive, and the power of redemption. 2/2

More from @JamesMockler_ : This is a photo from ‘The Godfather’, my favourite out of all the projects I’ve written @cssdcpp . In this play, a grieving husband & father is forced to confront his lost child, or be destined to succumb to the pain of his past. 1/2

@JamesMockler_ is a writer fascinated by social issues, philosophy & queerness. James: I am intrigued by how queerness can inform creative processes & can embolden work, and I have a great interest in working with communities, particularly LGBTQ+ youth and healthcare contexts.

Last, but most certainly not least, we have @JamesMockler_

Hope everyone had a restful Bank Holiday weekend. Only two more sleeps until the New Writing Festival begins, with only one more writer to be revealed... eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dot-dot-…

Charlie, thank you for ending our week with pure 🔥! Please support Charlie and their fellow playwrights by joining them 3-4 June for the New Writing Festival. eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-writing-…

In their spare time Charlie is a professional Mario Kart 8 driver, semi-professional chef and amateur dog-trainer.

After graduation, Charlie is keen to broaden their range of work & integrate their comedic performance style into their writing.

In their first year of university, they played Grouch the Clown in Presto, a non-verbal musical performance which toured to schools in Oldham & centred on queer joy. 1/2

Their writing style is characterised by vivid narratives and lyrical descriptions and during their time at @cssdcpp their plays have touched on themes such as mental health, nonbinary identity and interpersonal relationships. 2/2

Get ready for this! Today's featured playwright is...Charlie Hayward!

It was absolutely brilliant to hear from @IndyNile ! To support Gabriel and all the wonderful playwrights of @cssdcpp 2021, please do book for the New Writing Festival eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-writing-…

My proudest achievement as a drag artist is being the current reigning winner of London’s most chaotic drag competition – @thegoldrushldn , as well as putting on my debut solo show at @theatredeli in 2019. You can find me on Instagram @indy_nile! 2/2

@IndyNile : Outside of @CSSDLondon , I have been a drag artist since 2018. My drag persona, Indy Nile, is a brash, garish, wannabe lady-killer who subverts the tropes of the working men’s club comedian (with incredibly tacky suits to boot). 1/2

Outside of my writing, I am also the current Trans Officer on @CentralSU , working with staff and students to create a more welcoming environment for Trans people @CSSDLondon 3/3

As a writer, I have always had an affinity for comedy, and aim to subvert often tragic representations of trans people in fiction by creating joyous representations within my work. 2/3

More from @IndyNile : My identity as a trans man has been very influential in developing my artistic voice. A example being my digital solo performance, Bindr, a comedy exploring the isolating and degrading obstacles that many trans people face whilst dating. 1/3