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Script Scratch: March 2025
Script Scratch
Date
13 March 2025
Time
7.00pm-9.00pm
Venue
The Other Palace, 12 Palace St, London, SW1E 5JA
Join Masterclass this March for the return of Script Scratch, in partnership with The Other Palace!
Script Scratch is an opportunity to celebrate new writing. Hear extracts of new scripts from four Masterclass members in The Other Palace studio, share your feedback to help develop the work, then network in the bar afterwards with programmers, directors, producers and the next generation of writers!
How It Works: Each writer has two minutes to introduce their script, before a panel of actors read a ten-minute excerpt. Then you, the audience, have a few minutes to provide feedback via an app, before a quick discussion with the writer.
After the event we encourage you to stick around for a drink in the bar. Whether you are a writer seeking a producer, or a director looking to widen your pool of performers, your next collaboration could be one conversation away.
Book to attend as an audience member via The Other Palace's website. Are you a Masterclass member? Head to your dashboard for our exclusive member discount👀
This is Not a Gun Play by Caroline Lezny
Can you teach someone to stay alive? In an alternate-reality Britain where guns are carried legally, where school shootings and lockdown drills are a fact of life, sixth-form teacher Victoria revisits three days from her past, in a desperate attempt to teach her students how to survive in an active-shooter situation. From schoolyard squabbles, to an impending wedding, to a not-so-peaceful protest, Victoria must face how these three days defined her relationship to gun violence—and what she is going to do about it now.
Shoreditch Muse by Emma Zadow
1860, London. Jamaican laundry girl Fanny Eaton needs money and the ‘bad boys’ of British Art, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, need new models. Fanny begins posing for the beguiling Dante Gabriel Rossetti. But what do they see in each other? Who is in control as the paintings emerge? Inspired by the real life of Jamaican muse Fanny Eaton.
The Good Device by Elby Rue
The play follows Charlie, a man battling depression, who participates in a clinical trial testing a deep brain stimulation device that promises to ‘fix’ him. But as the device alters his emotions, he begins to question the true meaning of normality.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Jack Elverstone
A linguistic archaeologist who cannot visualise, has trouble expressing herself. So she must overcome her fear of being vulnerable and be seen by those she holds dear.