Screen/Play Table Reads
Sharings from our award-winning writers
– Wednesday 11 May 2022
“Electrifying stories that spark the imagination.”
Box of Tricks and Sky Studios’ inaugural Screen/Play Award launched to unearth two writers from the North of England with electrifying stories that spark the imagination.
The winning writers – Conway McDermott and Sarah Tarbit – were awarded a bursary of £10,250 to write a brand new play and a short screenplay – inspired by a single central idea – developed with support from Box of Tricks and Sky Studios’ Innovation Hub throughout 2021.
Join us as we share work-in-progress scripts from the award-winning writers with table reads of their screenplays at Royal Exchange Manchester.
Screen/Play Table Reads
WASTED by Sarah Tarbit
After a teenager dies by suicide in Ashington, his friends and family are thrown into turmoil. Seeking answers, they ask why their town has so many dead boys. A timely story about the reverberations and inequality of suicide.
PRIESTESS by Conway McDermott
El is alienated, overdrawn, and fighting to make sense of their trans identity. When they’re lured into a close-knit new-age friendship group, validation and community quickly give way to past life grudges, prophetic visions, manipulation and abuse.
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Cast Members:
![Alfreya Bell (she/her)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Alfreya-Bell-125x150.jpeg)
Alfreya Bell (she/her)
![Dean Bone (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Dean-Bone-125x150.jpg)
Dean Bone (he/him)
![Harriet Ghost (she/her)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Harriet-Ghost-125x150.jpeg)
Harriet Ghost (she/her)
![Josh Hart (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSF4057-HART--125x150.jpg)
Josh Hart (he/him)
![Steven Hillman (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Steven-Hillman-125x150.jpeg)
Steven Hillman (he/him)
![Jake Jarratt (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jake-Jarratt-125x150.jpg)
Jake Jarratt (he/him)
![Nicholas Lumley (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nicholas-Lumley-125x150.jpeg)
Nicholas Lumley (he/him)
![Daniel Watson (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Daniel-Watson-125x150.jpg)
Daniel Watson (he/him)
![Rachel Austin (she/her)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Rachel-Austin-125x150.jpeg)
Rachel Austin (she/her)
![Jacob Butler (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jacob-Butler-125x150.jpeg)
Jacob Butler (he/him)
![Alice Christina-Corrigan(she/her)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Alice-Christina-Corrigan-125x150.jpeg)
Alice Christina-Corrigan(she/her)
![Elijah W Harris (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Elijah-W-Harris-125x150.jpeg)
Elijah W Harris (he/him)
![Robyn Holdaway (they/them)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Robyn-Holdaway-125x150.jpeg)
Robyn Holdaway (they/them)
![Matthew Khan (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Matthew-Khan-125x150.jpeg)
Matthew Khan (he/him)
![Inigo Robertson (he/him)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Inigo-Robertson-125x150.jpg)
Inigo Robertson (he/him)
![Karla Marie Sweet (she/her)](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Karla-Marie-Sweet-125x150.jpg)
Karla Marie Sweet (she/her)
Creative Team:
Directors: Adam Quayle & Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder
Script Editors: Donna Metcalfe & Natalie Keane-Aspin (Sky Studios)
Executive Producer: Vicky Wharton (Sky Studios)
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