Tandem Writing CollectiveWe are a female led writing collective established and run by playwrights, Jennifer Adam, Amy Hawes and Mhairi Quinn. We travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow showcasing our plays and linking up with grassroots theatremakers as we go. Tandem has new writing at its heart. The collective was formed to create and perform short topical pieces of experimental theatre. Our events offer 5-6 short form plays, which are rehearsed in the afternoon and then performed script in hand that evening. Each show also features live music from excellent local musicians. Our stories are always current and push boundaries in terms of form and content. We aim to entertain and educate and we do so in a relaxed, informal environment. We began in 2016 in the function rooms of local pubs, and despite our work now being welcomed at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, we still like to maintain that fun and relaxed vibe in our shows. |
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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)
Image by Mihaela Bodlovic
Since our very first show in June 2016 , we have produced 82 Tandem Plays and 17 events to date, collectively showcasing 52 individual pieces of theatre.
We have taken part in 2 festivals so far, Formation Festival at Assembly Roxy in February 2018 and Rep Stripped at Dundee Rep in March 2019.
Our events feature live music from excellent local musicians and we are very lucky to have worked with a number of incredibly talented Scottish actors and inspiring directors including Amy McKenzie, Jo Rush, Kolbrun Bjort Sigfusdottir, Sarah-Rose Graber, Tom Moriarty, Fiona MacKinnon, Flavia D'Avila and Alice Langley.
At our first birthday event in June 2017 we celebrated 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.
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS - TANDEM 2023
In 2023, Tandem Writing Collective bring you their most ambitious, moving and thought-provoking work in the form of three 20 minute plays in April 2023. The plays will be developed over the summer with a writing mentor and Tandem will return to stages in the Autumn with three 45 minute plays, grown from the seeds of our April shows.
You can come see our brand new 20 minute plays at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow on Wednesday, 5th April:
https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/tandem-at-the-tron-2/
Or at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh on Saturday, 22nd April:
https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/tandem-writing-collective-spring-23
Tandem Writing Collective Presents: Rock, Paper, Scissors
How many people can you afford to feed? Five for a week? One for a month? How about 10 billion for the next 27 years, but then no-one at all? When the world runs out of resources, how will your grandchildren decide? Should we rock, paper, scissors for not just the right to be heard, but the right to survive?
With quiet facts drowned out by loud opinions and calamity around the corner, the hugely successful Tandem Writing Collective are back to bring their unique short writing and music nights to audiences, with their most ambitious and critical project to date: ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, exploring how we decide on the hardest, the most delicate and the most divisive themes facing us all today.
This event features three 20 minute plays written by Jennifer Adam, Amy Hawes and Mhairi Quinn, with live music from Aaron MacGregor.
Reviews:
http://www.tandemwritingcollective.co.uk/reviews
Below are some images from our previous Tandem Writing Collective events.
We have taken part in 2 festivals so far, Formation Festival at Assembly Roxy in February 2018 and Rep Stripped at Dundee Rep in March 2019.
Our events feature live music from excellent local musicians and we are very lucky to have worked with a number of incredibly talented Scottish actors and inspiring directors including Amy McKenzie, Jo Rush, Kolbrun Bjort Sigfusdottir, Sarah-Rose Graber, Tom Moriarty, Fiona MacKinnon, Flavia D'Avila and Alice Langley.
At our first birthday event in June 2017 we celebrated 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.
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS - TANDEM 2023
In 2023, Tandem Writing Collective bring you their most ambitious, moving and thought-provoking work in the form of three 20 minute plays in April 2023. The plays will be developed over the summer with a writing mentor and Tandem will return to stages in the Autumn with three 45 minute plays, grown from the seeds of our April shows.
You can come see our brand new 20 minute plays at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow on Wednesday, 5th April:
https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/tandem-at-the-tron-2/
Or at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh on Saturday, 22nd April:
https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/tandem-writing-collective-spring-23
Tandem Writing Collective Presents: Rock, Paper, Scissors
How many people can you afford to feed? Five for a week? One for a month? How about 10 billion for the next 27 years, but then no-one at all? When the world runs out of resources, how will your grandchildren decide? Should we rock, paper, scissors for not just the right to be heard, but the right to survive?
With quiet facts drowned out by loud opinions and calamity around the corner, the hugely successful Tandem Writing Collective are back to bring their unique short writing and music nights to audiences, with their most ambitious and critical project to date: ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, exploring how we decide on the hardest, the most delicate and the most divisive themes facing us all today.
This event features three 20 minute plays written by Jennifer Adam, Amy Hawes and Mhairi Quinn, with live music from Aaron MacGregor.
Reviews:
http://www.tandemwritingcollective.co.uk/reviews
Below are some images from our previous Tandem Writing Collective events.
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