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 Writing Collective held its launch night, 'The Pilot' on June 3rd 2016 at the Wee Dram in Glasgow and has held another events since at the Traverse Theatre, Cannonsgait Bar and the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh and at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. TWC also travelled to Dundee Rep to participate in their new writing festival Rep Stripped in 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.
Tandem Writing Collective had big plans for 2020, including launching a new programme of longer plays that had undergone development with different creative teams, due to be performed at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow and at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. However a certain virus that shall not be named had other ideas.
We can't wait to continue sharing our stories with you as soon as are allowed to.
For now, you can see what Jen, Mhairi and Amy have been up to by following them on twitter:
@RubiedMoon (Jennifer Adam)
@AmyRGHawes
@Mhairi_Quinn
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.
Reviews:
http://www.tandemwritingcollective.co.uk/reviews
Below are some images from our previous Tandem Writing Collective events.
To keep up to date with future Tandem Writing Collective events, follow us on twitter @tandemwriters or visit our website www.tandemwritingcollective.co.uk
