We are thrilled to announce that our new playwriting competition in partnership with Nottingham Playhouse is opening April 2015! This is a unique partnership between one of the regions leading producing theatres and new…
Above: Rebecca Ryan Above:Jack Finch, Rebecca Ryan, Naomi Ackie, Neil Craig, Polly Lister We’ve been sitting in on rehearsals for Derby Theatre’s world premier of Solace of the Road, which opens at Derby Theatre on the…
Fifth Word think about The Stage's “Leading theatres commit to gender equality measures” In December last year we were in our first production meeting with our new show Amateur Girl. The coffees were being poured and the…
It’s quite unusual to have two plays by one writer staged at the same theatre simultaneously, yet Amanda Whittington is taking Nottingham Playhouse by storm. On the main stage is My Judy Garland Life, an…
Rehearsals are now in full swing for our new show Amateur Girl and our rehearsal room at Nottingham Playhouse is a hive of activity. Today we are finishing off our technical rehearsals and our team are busy doing what…
Fifth Word Theatre and Film City productions will be holding open auditions for young actors to take part in 2 short films to be shot in Derby between August - September 2014. The short films Pride and Tell Me (working…
In 2013 Fifth Word will be working with renowned playwright Amanda Whittington to develop and produce her new play Amateur Girl. Gary says it’s not about glamour no more. Men want girls in their own home, them who look lik…
Rehearsals are now in full swing for our new show Amateur Girl and our rehearsal room at Nottingham Playhouse is a hive of activity. Today we are finishing off our technical rehearsals and our team are busy doing what…
Photo by Robert Day Welcome to a little update and peek into the rehearsal room for BONES NATIONAL TOUR. It was over two years ago now that we first read Jane Upton’s script for BONES, handed to us by Esther Richardson w…
We’ve been busy for the past few months thinking about our online selves. Some of that thinking has resulted in what you are seeing now; a restructured website that doesn’t look too different from what we had before. We wante…
