What we do

REVIEW OF “ACT YOUR AGE” PLAYS AND PERFORMANCES

JUNE 24

At last, this year North Cumbria Scriptwriters was able to recommence its competition, open to all wannabe writers, following the pandemic.

And what a response! Twenty-seven entries which had to be reduced to six.

A hard task but a worthwhile one as the six selected for performance in April this year at Keswick’s Theatre by The Lake and Penrith Playhouse gave a wide range of styles and subject matter. An AI carer, a ‘weed’ growing grandmother, and a Hendrix fan with little knowledge of geography, entertained at both venues successfully to appreciative audiences. More serious subjects were tackled, including climate change, which also made an impact.

NCS very much recognise and appreciate the effort put in by the directors, the actors and the theatre staff who put themselves forward to ensure the words of the writers come to life on the stage.

It was a successful event from the conception of the Act Your Age theme to the final performance, more than enough to encourage us to run a new competition in 2026. Again our thanks to all concerned.

If you were in the audience and would like to comment, or if you are interested in writing scripts for performance, then please contact us on Northcumbriascriptwriters@gmail.com . Our meetings can be fun! 

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ACT YOUR AGE is coming to Penrith and Keswick!

GET YOUR TICKETS!

 20^th April at Keswick Theatre by the Lake -

https://www.theatrebythelake.com/event/lonely-cloud-act-your-age/

 27^th April at Penrith Theatre –

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/penrithplayers/north-cumbria-scriptwriters/e-gdozxz

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Lovely write up in Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald last week for our winners: https://cwherald.com/

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Entries have been entered...

Judges have judged...

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Lonely Cloud competition: ACT YOUR AGE. Thank you to all entrants and a very special well done to our winners!

🎉🎉🎉WINNERS🎉🎉🎉

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ACT YOUR AGE: Competition is now closed!

Thanks to everyone who entered, stay tuned for updates on winners and dates for performance!

Hello and welcome to the North Cumbria Scriptwriters (NCS) blog!

We are a group of writers with a serious commitment to writing for performance on stage, screen and radio.

We are associated with the Theatre By The Lake (TBTL) in Keswick, Cumbria, UK.

Our members pay a small annual subscription and we meet on the last Thursday of the month (except December) usually at TBTL, but occasionally at other venues.

North Cumbria Scriptwriters is a writing group, first established in 1999, which meets on the last Thursday of each month (except December).  Typically, we convene at 7.30pm in the Lamont Robinson Room at TBTL.

Originally known as North Cumbria Playwrights, the name was changed in 2006 to encompass all aspects of writing for performance, theatre, radio and television so far, with film still a target.  

Our objectives are to: 

• Promote and support scriptwriting in Cumbria.
• Encourage our members to write, write, write!
• Gather information concerning competitions, organisations looking for writers, funding and courses, and disseminate it to our members.
• Run scriptwriting courses and workshops.
• Take an active interest in each other’s work. 

What do we do?

We run courses for group members. In the past we have run a variety of these courses. Leading professionals in various aspects of radio and TV have held both one-day workshops (usually on a Saturday) and longer running courses. One such was a six month Writing for Radio course where tutor sessions were held every six weeks.

We organise our own script in hand performances and also write for others.

Our Members are sometimes commissioned to write for local celebrations.

Meetings:

At the beginning of each meeting we cover group business (for example, progress reports on grants, participation in future events, any moneys owed, etc).

In the second part of the meeting, we read something one of us has written, followed by a round table session of constructive comment. So far, no violence has ensued!