Powerful, hilarious, devastating, fierce, romantic, hopeful: For the Spring 2022 Young Playwrights project, we handed the Lyric Theatre’s Naughton Studio over to 8 young writers for one night in May, and their plays brought all the emotions. All of them.
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS: ON STAGE AT THE LYRIC gave these young people (ages 14-18) workshops on ins and outs of playwriting, plus time and space to create and develop their own original short play. They worked alongside professional directors, dramaturgs, actors and sound designers to bring their scripts to the stage for a public showcase. Never predictable, always fizzing with humour and intelligence: Watch and read these performances crafted by NI’s newest playwrights, covering themes of love, war, myth, comedy, mystery, addiction, peer support, racism, homophobia, religion, gender identity - y'know, nothing too giant or anything... Let their wise humour and total bravery inspire you.
Watch the FWNI Young Playwrights Spring 2022 final recording
Scripts
Isaac Quinn- Arthur & Echo
Iona Hasset- Hairitage
Robyn McNerlin- History Repeats Itself
Tara McLean- Para Physin
Anna Bradley- Soap
Michael Doran- Solace & War
Kaila Patterson- The Boy Without a Birthday
Gethin Shuttleworth- The Great Investigation
Writing mentors and dramaturgs
Karis Kelly
Emily DeDakis (also Project Coordinator)
Directors
Colm Doran
Seón Simpson
Sound designer
Marty Byrne
Performers
Francis Mezza
Mary O’Loan
Caílum Carragher
Florence Adebambo
Amanda Doherty
Stage Manager
Jordan Nelson
Kerri McGimpsey
Technician
Caitlín Hunter
Thank you to our funders Backstage Trust and Foyle Foundation
