Page to Stage
Page to Stage 2019 was performed on Wednesday 14 August
Congratulations to the prize-winners, to the writers of the selected scripts and to everyone who contributed to a fabulous evening’s entertainment! Thank you, all writers who submitted a script
Page to Stage is the Writers’ Summer School’s miniature short-play festival. Each year, several five-minute plays are selected from those submitted in the months prior to the Summer School. These plays are then cast, rehearsed and performed at Swanwick before a reliably appreciative audience. The focus is on encouraging and developing play-writing, but there’s also the added incentive of awards for the audience’s favourite scripts and performances
The seven finalists in the 2019 Page to Stage were:
Selections were made by a panel of judges at the Stockport Garrick Theatre, who saw only anonymous copies and cast their votes independently.
Congratulations to the selected writers and many thanks to all who submitted a script. Eighteen were received in total and there was much to enjoy in all of them.
- 'A Mother's Cupcakes' by Pearl Andrews-Horrigan
- 'Bill's Last Night' by Maggie Cobbett
- 'Dominoes Anyone?' by Susanna Lewis
- 'In the Heat of the Day' by Julia Hartnett
- 'Stop Right There' by David Bromley
- 'Pushed to the Limit' by Geoff Parkes
- 'Who Would've Thought?' by Alison Proom
Selections were made by a panel of judges at the Stockport Garrick Theatre, who saw only anonymous copies and cast their votes independently.
Congratulations to the selected writers and many thanks to all who submitted a script. Eighteen were received in total and there was much to enjoy in all of them.
Want to take part in Page to Stage 2020?
If you’re coming to the Writers’ Summer School in 2020 and would like to submit a script for Page to Stage, keep an eye on this page. Submission guidelines and writing tips will appear in the new year, after tickets for the Summer School go on sale.
Page to Stage 2018
The seven finalists in the 2018 Page to Stage were:
The five minute plays were cast and rehearsed during the week and performed on Wednesday 15 August.
Thanks to Steve Barnett, videos of the plays are available on YouTube. You can view them by clicking here.
Links to videos of the 2019 plays will be posted on this website as soon as they become available. Keep checking back because they are all worth seeing.
We would also like to thank the Stockport Garrick Theatre for selecting the 2018 finalists.
- David Johnson – ‘To Be the Best’
- Pearl Andrews-Horrigan – ‘Moving Out’
- Julia Hartnett – ‘Set in Stone’
- Janet Denny – ‘At Home with the Harveys’
- Sue Noon – ‘Home Supporters’
- Alison Proom – ‘Is Anybody There?’
- Geoff Parkes – ‘Payback’
The five minute plays were cast and rehearsed during the week and performed on Wednesday 15 August.
Thanks to Steve Barnett, videos of the plays are available on YouTube. You can view them by clicking here.
Links to videos of the 2019 plays will be posted on this website as soon as they become available. Keep checking back because they are all worth seeing.
We would also like to thank the Stockport Garrick Theatre for selecting the 2018 finalists.
