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Videos – Actors on researching and rehearsing Our Country’s Good

Kathryn O’Reilly takes a break from rehearsals to talk about crime, punishment and the long sea voyage of the First Fleet. Her character, Liz Morden, comes from various prototypes. One is Nancy Turner, a 21-year-old servant who was tried at Worcester in 1785 for stealing clothes to the value of 40 shillings. She was sentenced […]

The Andrea Project

In late 2017, 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. This was The Andrea Project, a collaboration between Out of Joint, the Royal Court Theatre and the Bolton Octagon to coincide with our […]

Same As It Ever Was

“EVEN NOW, VOICES LIKE DUNBAR’S ARE LARGELY ABSENT FROM THE ARTS” 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. To have a play produced for the Royal Court at the age of 19 is an astonishing achievement. For it […]

How I write plays

“Keep on writing, even if it’s crap. You can always throw it away later”. Maybe all writing advice boils down this bit of practical wisdom from Alistair Beaton. We spoke to Alistair and other successful playwrights to ask them about the business of writing. Where does inspiration come from? When is the best time of […]

Verbatim Theatre

SECTIONS: What is Verbatim Theatre? For example… 40 years of verbatim plays Practical guide to making verbatim theatre WHAT IS VERBATIM THEATRE? Verbatim theatre is theatre made from real people’s words. A form of documentary theatre, it allows theatre makers to explore events and themes through the words of people at the heart of them, […]

Associate University Programme

Since 2012, Out of Joint has run an Associate University Programme. The programme has been designed to build and strengthen our relationship with universities by providing opportunities to collaborate and learn – and even develop new work. For instance, research and development work with Hertfordshire University led to the development of Rebecca Lenkiewicz play Jane Wenham: The Witch […]

The Accidental Leader by Alistair Beaton

Full script: THE ACCIDENTAL LEADER by Alistair Beaton Alistair Beaton’s one-act play imagines an orchestrated mass resignation by members of a shadow cabinet in protest at an ineffectual Leader of the Opposition. First performed on 18 May 2016, it anticipated by some weeks the actual mass resignation of Labour’s shadow cabinet. The Accidental Leader was commissioned as […]

All That Fall – education pack

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Contents: Introduction Aim Samuel Beckett Beckett’s Work Summary of the play Research A Brief History of Ireland Theatre of the Absurd Rehearsals Actioning and Analysis No Vision: An interview with Max Stafford-Clark Our Production   AIM The resources, research and information in this study pack are intended to enhance our audiences’ enjoyment and understanding of […]

AFRICAN ADVENTURES

We’re having a bit of a clear-out! So snap up these three collections of enthralling plays which we’ve put together at discount prices. 2 books | £6 including UK p&p Two richly imagined thrillers full of humour and strong characters. Bang Bang Bang by Stella Feehily Two young women – human rights observers – head to the Democratic […]

Special Offer Script Bundles

We’re having a bit of a clear-out! So snap up these three collections of enthralling plays which we’ve put together at discount prices. Great presents, whether for you or someone else. AFRICAN ADVENTURES 2 books | £6 including UK p&p Two richly imagined thrillers full of humour and strong characters. Bang Bang Bang by Stella Feehily Two young […]