Tandem Writing CollectiveTandem is a writing collective established and run by playwrights, Amy Hawes, Jennifer Adam and Mhairi Quinn.
We travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow sharing our stories with local audiences while connecting grassroots theatre makers from both cities. Tandem Writing Collective has new writing at its heart and was established to perform short taster pieces of theatre that Amy, Jennifer and Mhairi have created after reading and critiquing each other's work. |
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"The Tandem Collective delivers exciting new writing from fresh voices in a package which guarantees the audience a good night out. Go. You won't regret it. "
- Stephen Greenhorn (Sunshine on Leith, River City, Passing Places)
Tandem Writers: Amy Hawes, Mhairi Quinn and Jennifer Adam
Tandem Writing Collective held its launch night, 'The Pilot' on June 3rd 2016 at the Wee Dram in Glasgow featuring music from West End Baroque. All five plays were directed by Braw Fox Theatre Company Co-Artistic Director Amy McKenzie.
We returned to the Wee Dram in September and travelled to the Cannon's Gait Bar in Edinburgh in November 2016 and April 2017 where we were delighted to welcome the musical talents of Heather Wolfe of Boorach band and Eilidh Park. All six plays at each event in Edinburgh were directed by Brite Theatre Artistic Director Kolbrun Bjort Sigfusdottir.
We celebrated our first birthday event in June 2017 with cake, live music and this time our plays included work donated by Lynda Radley, Rob Drummond and Clare Duffy.
A number of our plays have gone on to bigger things: Amy Hawes's play At Home with Bella was produced by Urban Fox Theatre Company as part of their Feast/Famine Project, Mhairi Quinn's play The Bridge Street Flats reached the final of the 2017 Progressive Playwright Award and Walk a Mile by Jennifer Adam was one of the winners of the Scotland Short Play Award in 2017.
In February 2018 Tandem featured 3 expanded plays at Annexe Art's Formation Festival at the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh and returned to their July festival with 5 brand new plays directed by Braw Fox Theatre director Jo Rush.
Our next event will take place in Glasgow's Wee Dram on Woodland's Road, on Friday, 30th November. We're looking forward to seeing you there!
Below are some images from some of our Tandem Writing Collective events.
To keep up to date with future Tandem Writing Collective events, follow us on twitter @tandemwriters
