In-between Writing and Performing

In discussion with 6 emerging writers from the textLAB programme – Anna Whealing, Bo Hogan, Calum Philp, Dylan Russell, Lara Delmage and Lintong Zhang – episode 2 tackles the space between writing and performance: how can and should a piece of writing be responsive to current world concerns, how may text challenge the role of the performer and, contrarily, how may the audience have a direct impact on the writing and how it is performed?  

This episode was recorded in September 2022, when the artists were on the textLAB programme on the lead up to their collective Rehearsed Reading. To find out more about the project and how their works developed, please visit: https://scottishyouththeatre.org/national-artistic-programme/2022/textlab/ 

You can also find short interviews with each of the artists over on our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishyouththeatre 

Chapters

• 1:17 What responsibility does the writer have to reflect on current world concerns?
• 9:00 Where does the responsibility lie in editing or adapting old writing?
• 13:54 What are your new scripts about?
• 22:59 How can writing challenge the role of the performer or the audience?