everyword 2013

Thursday 14 November

2pm - 4.30pm

The Nation of Wales is Our Stage John McGrath from National

Theatre Wales shares his experience of working with writers and

directors in creating work in found spaces across Wales.

6.45pm

The Music Rooms By Tayo Aluko, with Oludele Olaseinde.

7.45pm

Bright Phoenix Jeff Young’s epic and poetic

play – a Liverpool homecoming. Script in hand performance,

directed by Serdar Bilis.

Friday 15 November

1pm - 4pm

Belonging With Lindsay Rodden (Literary

Associate) and playwright Stephen Sharkey: A practical writing

workshop for playwrights exploring found stories, spaces and other

things left behind.

4.30pm

Revolution Find out what young people believe

in, what makes them angry, and what being ‘political’ means for them today. Devised by Young

Everyman Playhouse with Young Writer Laura Kate Barrow.

Where to Find Us

This year it’s a site specific festival in the crumbling splendour

of The Royal School for the Blind (on Hope Street, opposite the

RLPO and Philharmonic Pub),so do wrap up warm and wear

comfortable footwear.

Tickets

Readings and workshops £5The Music Rooms £2

Day Tickets:Thursday / Saturday £9.50Friday £15Festival Pass:All events £30

With thanks to our Partners

With thanks to our Funders

Friday 15 November

6.45pm

The Music Rooms By Laurence Wilson with

music by Excalibah, directed by Matthew Xia.

7.45pm

Cop Thriller Joe Ward Munrow and Elinor Cook team up with director

Charlotte Gwinner and Sarah Butcher to create a bespoke thriller.

Saturday 16 November

2pm - 4pm

Unsung The remarkable story of Edward

Rushton celebrated with a reading from this new play, and a discussion with the creators. In partnership with DaDaFest and Turf Love, written by

John Graham Davies and James Quinn, directed by Matt Rutter.

6.45pm

The Music Rooms By Lizzie Nunnery, with Vidar Norheim and Martin Heslop,

directed by Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder.

7.45pm

A Rook Flew Through The Room A reading of a new play by

David Spencer: the story of one man’s bittersweet love / hate affair

with life, performed by George Costigan and Niall Costigan.

Thanks to Liverpool City Council for its financial support

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Our partners in the festival are LIPA and their talented team of design and production students, and Hope Street Hotel. The team at the

Hope Street Hotel have been instrumental in making this Festival happen and we are very grateful for their support.

EVERYWORD IS FOR EVERYONE WHO WRITES, OR WANTS TO WRITE,

FOR PERFORMANCE; AND FOR THOSE EXCITED BY THE THEATRE-

MAKING PROCESS OR WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN

A THEATRE-MAKERS BRAIN.

This year we take you and our writers on a journey…

Everyword invites you to explore new plays in new ways.

...into the secret spaces and hidden places of The Royal School

for the Blind on the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street.

The Music RoomsThree miniature musicals inspired by the Blind School and its rich history both as a musical training ground for partially sighted children, and later

the site of The Picket social club. A cocktail of composers, writers and directors come together to create a series of musical shorts from Lizzie

Nunnery (Intemperance, Swallowing Dark) with Vidar Norheim and Martin Heslop; Tayo Aluko (Call Mr Robeson) with Oludele Olaseinde;

and Laurence Wilson (Urban Legend, Lost Monsters) with Excalibah.

Every day at 6.45pm

Bright Phoenix Jeff Young’s epic and poetic play receives a script in hand performance, directed by Serdar Bilis (The May Queen, Proper Clever). Bright Phoenix

is an homage to Liverpool taking us into the heart and soul of our beloved city: onto the roofs, into lost cinemas and secret gardens, exploring

idealism, fatalism, guilt and homecoming.

Thu 14 Nov at 7.45pm

RevolutionFind out what young people believe in, what makes them angry,

and what being ‘political’ means for them today. Devised by Young Everyman Playhouse with Young Writer Laura Kate Barrow.

Fri 15 Nov at 4.30pm

Cop Thriller A cop show based on an original crime from Liverpool’s past, when

the Blind School was headquarters for the Police Special Squad during the 1920s. Playwrights Joe Ward Munrow (Held) and Elinor Cook

(this year’s George Devine winner) team up with Sarah Butcher (Artist / Producer with non zero one and Hide&Seek) and

Charlotte Gwinner (Associate Director at Everyman and Playhouse) to create a bespoke thriller. The investigation has begun…

Fri 15 Nov at 7.45pm

UnsungEdward Rushton was Liverpool’s most implacable opponent of slavery

(although often overlooked by historians), and was also the original founder of the Blind School in 1791. In partnership with DaDaFest and Turf Love, we celebrate his remarkable story with a rehearsed reading of the first half of

Unsung, a new play remembering this extraordinary man and the times he lived through. There will also be a discussion with the team including writers

John Graham Davies and James Quinn, and director Matt Rutter.

Sat 16 Nov at 2pm

A Rook Flew Through The Room

For a few hours each week, Jim escapes to a rented room. Here he is free from his family, his drinking, from even the tumultuous century unfolding around him. But tonight he is not alone – not without his younger self for company. George Costigan and Niall Costigan play Jim in this reading of

a heartbreaking, and often very funny, new play from David Spencer.

Sat 16 Nov at 7.45pm

The Nation of Wales is Our Stage

John McGrath from National Theatre Wales shares his experience of working with writers and directors

in creating work in found spaces across Wales.

Thu 14 Nov from 2pm to 4.30pm

BeLongingA workshop with Lindsay Rodden, Literary Associate for the

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and playwright Stephen Sharkey (The May Queen; the Liverpool Playhouse production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui). A practical

writing workshop for playwrights exploring found stories, spaces and other things left behind. Maximum 15 participants.

Fri 15 Nov from 1pm to 4pm

The InkwellPull up a chair and get yourself a drink in The Inkwell, a place to create and collaborate, talk and think or just soak up the Festival atmosphere.

Open from 12 noon each day until late

The Graffiti PlaysA celebration of Liverpool playwrights, the art of typography and the visceral act of writing. Designed by Chris Canavan and Adele Hayter.

Thu 14 to Sat 16 Nov from 12 noon until late

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