I don't get to the theatre very often, but once in a while a production catches my eye and I have to go. Being a kid at heart it's usually a puppet show, musical or play aimed at youngsters like 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' 'Dr Doolittle,' and Neil Gaiman's 'The Wolves in the Walls.'
Earlier this year I enjoyed 'The Doubtful Guest' a surreal tale of a penguin-like creaturebased on the classic illustrated Edward Gorey book. I joined the Everyman/Playhouse mailing list and among the forthcoming treasures is 'Proper Clever.'
'Proper Clever' is a new play written by children's writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Well as I've mentioned once or twice I'm a bit of a fan so I've booked my tickets. Now I just have to be patient until October.
Here's the write up incase you're a fan too: "Claire and her gang are proper clever ... and they know it. They're friends... and they're sure of it. They're watching from the sidelines... and they have a plan. Then Bex stumbles into their virtual world. Sad and desperate she's the perfect test for their experiment, one that will bring down the most popular girl in school. Frank Cottrell-Boyce writer of 24 Hour Party People, Millions and Cosmic brings us a mulitmedia story for the myspace generation about clever versus smart and how to satisfy the hunger for knowledge when everyone's eating burger and chips."
Find out more at www.everymanplayhouse.com
This week is also the last part of the Everyword Festival of New Writing 2008 at the Everyman, Hope Street, Liverpool . On Wednesday 5.30-6.30pm there's Q&A: From the Box to the Boards with Coronation Street writer Jonathan Harvey. On Friday (July 25th) there's a workshop for budding Cottrell-Boyces on 'writing for the big screen' followed by Q&A 1-4pm with Jon Croker Story Editor and Talent Tracker from the Development Fund at the UK Film Council and then a free event on writing for BBC Television 5 - 6.30pm with Hilary Martin, Development Executive TV Drama North Hub, producer Ellen Taylor and writer Daisy Coulam.
Single events £3 with discounts for Pick 'n' Mix, full details are on the website.
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