120 plays and 35 years later, Theatre West is celebrating its coral anniversary with a brand new project! In a tough new writing landscape, but with our new BOV Associate Company residency, we want the women in our region to get writing over the next 18 months. Our aim is to mark 2026, doing what we do best, with a season of stonking new work.
We've had a look back at our archives and pulled out ten well loved marketing images to get the creative juices flowing.
To see the ten images, please click here
At the tail-end of 2024 we offered the opportunity to choose one of these images as a jumping off point to write a ten minute piece and let us know how the picture inspired the script.
We received nearly 70 fabulous scripts from women around the region and after much reading and deliberation, we have chosen eight writers to go forward to the next stage of the project - to work with a dramaturg to develop an hour-long play. Huge congratulations - we are so excited about working with them!
Hannah Ali Khan - Sparks
Sharon Clark - Raising of the Soho Dead
Jenny Davis - Shed
Madeleine Farnhill - Una
Clare Reddaway - Storm
Janet Taylor - Frozen Peas
Rina Vergano - Planet Gemini
Katie Walker-Cook - Hello
In December we'll choose three of these for further development, with the aim of producing them in autumn 2026.
The writers below were all long-listed
Lucy Bell - The Snow Leopard
Micha Colombo - Steam
Constance Fleuriot - Starlight Hill/Sisters
Sam Holland-Bunyan - Diva
Ally Kessler - Confessions
Helen Liston - Feathers
Jo Mason - I am Rudi!
Hannah Mulder - Cantilever