Are you a writer with a new theatre piece in need of an audience? Get involved in a night of fresh new writing!
St Margaret’s House are thrilled to be collaborating with Flat 4 Theatre for our upcoming Scratch Night: Freshly Squeezed.
Freshly Squeezed will showcase 6 short scripts from new writers, platforming some of London’s most exciting up and coming talent.
This is a night to champion theatre at an early stage of development and celebrate the importance of new work, brave ideas and strong voices. To further support emerging artists, we will provide a small financial contribution for every performer involved within the Scratch Night.
Next Scratch Night: Thursday 8th May 2025
Submissions Open: Tuesday 4th March
Submissions Close: Tuesday 25th March
Flat 4 Theatre
Flat 4 Theatre are a female and queer-led theatre company based in London, led by Artistic Director and Playwright: Natasha Brotherdale Smith. Flat 4 aim to create work that gives urgent and underrepresented stories the platform they deserve, with particular focus on staging politically fuelled, queer and female led stories that ignite important discussion and spark real change.
Check out Flat 4 Theatre here
What we are looking for?
This is an opportunity for you to test a new script in front of a supportive audience and get constructive feedback. Together, Flat 4 Theatre and St Margaret’s House have worked to make this night a supportive, inclusive and vibrant night of new theatre, where we aim to champion underrepresented stories and artists.
Please read the below and ensure your script meets the requirements before making a submission:
10 minutes in length (A 10 min short play, or a 10 min extract of a longer piece - please only attach the section intended to be performed and not the full script)
Monologues/duologues (No more than 2 actors per piece - multi-rolling encouraged of course!)
New/emerging theatre writers (Early career and emerging writers who are looking to take risks, try something new and potentially see their writing performed for the very first time)
Content (We are particularly interested in scripts with a political and/or community-based focus. We will not tolerate any forms of bigotry or discrimination within any submissions)
The above will help inform our rigorous selection process, in which, the Flat 4 & SMH team will select 6 scripts that best reflect our goal of supporting early career writers to stage their own, risk taking piece of theatre.
The Freshly Squeezed Process:
We want to make sure that Freshly Squeezed is a supportive process for all selected applicants, giving them space to take risks, try something new, and grow as new/emerging writers. With this in mind, we have worked with Flat4 to ensure that Freshly Squeezed is a unique Scratch Night with integrated support throughout:
Rehearsals - There will be a full rehearsal of all 6 pieces on Sunday 4th May, in advance of the Scratch Night itself, as well as a full tech & dress on 8th May
Feedback - Each piece will receive written feedback from the audience, as well as from the Flat 4 & SMH Teams
Network - Each selected piece will become a part of SMH’s emerging artist network, which can provide opportunity for further support and collaboration in the future
Submissions Open: Tuesday 4th March
Submissions Close: Tuesday 25th March
