DYSPLA were looking for 3 storymakers, based in England, keen to write a script for screen or stage. We had three residences available on our 12-month program (part-time) and offered full development and support during the whole process.
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The residency was tailored to each resident and will take place in London throughout 2019. Along with Surgery Scripts sessions, dramaturgy, a rehearsed reading and mentoring, DYSPLA provided travel subsidy for anyone outside of London, desk space and rehearsal rooms.
- Surgery Scripts (SS) sessions,
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A professional rehearsed reading
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Industry mentoring
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1 full script SS rehearsal
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Dramaturgy sessions
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2 hrs a week story development and production advice
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Script notes from some of our SS Directors Pool of over 130 directors
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Travel & subsistence, desk/rehearsal space
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Access to our industry database and networking support;
- Online marketing thoughout 2019
“Do you have a story you're dying to tell? Something so raw and close to the bone it scares you? Maybe it's too risky to make or too dirty to write down, or maybe the idea has more bark than bite and you don't know which is scarier. Maybe you just don't know how to write it down because you have never written a script before. Maybe you’re not a writer. Maybe you are something else. Maybe you do not know what you are, but you know that if you don't tell your story, it will rot inside you and you might lose your inner spark, or worse, your will to live.”
DYSPLA is currently applying for funding for the next DYSPLA Storymakers Residency for 2022. If you'd like to join our mailing list to find out more, please contact us.
SURGERY SCRIPTS Since 2010 we have supported over 200 writers and directly worked with over 700 artists through Surgery Scripts (SS), our script development workshops primarily designed for the dyslexic and neurodivergent creatives. SS offers 4 writers per session an opportunity to work with professional directors and actors on around 15 minutes of their script. Each is performed and the writers receive feedback from the an audience of professional writers, directors, actors, producers. Click here to find out more.
NEURODIVERSITY The neurodiversity paradigm was initially embraced by individuals on the autism spectrum, but subsequent groups have applied the concept to other developmental conditions such as ADHD, developmental speech disorders, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysnomia and intellectual disability; mental health conditions such as bipolarity, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, sociopathy, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and Tourette syndrome.
DYSLEXIA “Dyslexia a ‘specific learning difficulty,’ which means it causes problems with certain abilities used for learning, such as reading and writing. Unlike a learning disability, intelligence isn’t affected. It’s estimated that up to 1 in every 10 to 20 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia.” NHS.uk
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