A monthly scratch night curated and produced by Pathway Theatre, showcasing new writing by four core writers and, on occasion, a special guest writer.
The idea for Hatch & Scratch came from the 'How to Write a Play' podcast with Mike Bartlett from the Old Fire Station, Oxford. It's all about hatching exciting new ideas and scratching them with some of the best directors and performers around.
With monthly pieces from Rachelle Grubb, Lauren Donoghue, Tom Hartwell and Kelly Long, HATCH & SCRATCH wants to encourage consistent practice and performance for writers, while offering a regular opportunity for actors and directors to work. Each month, a special guest writer will join. with a view to widening our creative circles expanding creative vision and collaboration
NEXT HATCH & SCRATCH DATE
PECKHAM FRINGE! PT I
To take part in Hatch & Scratch as an actor or director, please email your spotlight link or directing CV to the below email.
We build the companies each month from a database, which includes a spotlight link and contact email for each creative. If an actor or director is suitable for a piece, a member of the Hatch & Scratch team will be in touch via email to availability check you.
We usually don't put out open castings due to the short turn-around each month.
We'll acknowledge receipt of your details and that we've added you to the database. You may not be contacted immediately but we are building new companies every month.
We're always open for writing submission. We ask that the piece runs between ten and fifteen minutes, strictly no longer than fifteen. There is no theme or limit to what you can submit. It can be a short, or a stand-alone extract from a longer piece. We encourage writers to submit something that they will benefit from seeing on it's feet.
Once we receive your writing, we'll add it to our reading list. From there, we will either get in touch to give some feedback and suggestions on how the piece could develop or let you know that we'd like to programme it as part of one of our nights.
We'll acknowledge receipt of your submission, but you might not hear from us on the outcome straight away. We want to reassure that, not immediately being programmed on the following Hatch & Scratch date does not mean your submission hasn't been chosen for programming.
scratch@pathwaytheatre.co.uk
James Heaford
Maud May
Jodyanne Richardson
Conor Cook
DIRECTOR
Andy Mcleod
"You know we have people drive up here sometimes. Pulling by in the car, real slow so they can get a good look at the place."
The story of a haunting.
COMPANY
Becky Black
Leeroy Boone
DIRECTOR
Esalan Gates
All aboard one not-so-wild tube ride, where Beyonce and an unlikely friendship is where this train terminates.
COMPANY
Emma Mulkern
Jack Hesketh
DIRECTOR
Coral Tarran
Nathan goes back in time to try and save his relationship with Jessica.
COMPANY
Hollie Whelan
Joshua Welch
DIRECTOR
Geo Wiler
When it’s raining outside the world can seem a puzzling place.
COMPANY
Michael Dodds
Jack Blackey
DIRECTOR
Charlotte East
SM
Ella Jackson
"No is a complete sentence" - Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen
Michael Taktak
Misabella Caley
DIRECTOR
Geo Wilmer
It's the middle of the night in the arse-end of Italy at a truck stop off the motorway. And opportunity is calling.
COMPANY
Ben Lydon
DIRECTOR
Joe Ball
A big day. A chance to impress. But what's that noise?
COMPANY
Conor Cook
Molly Keogh
DIRECTOR
Heather Kirk
It's five monologues about toast.
COMPANY
Griffin James
Nathaniel Christian
DIRECTOR
Coral Tarran
There is nothing a game of Mario Kart can't fix... right?
COMPANY
Gigi Tisminetzky
Holly Sonabend
DIRECTOR
Ella Rowdon
A perfect weekend away in an idyllic cottage, Jas and Toby find themselves faced with the same question that punctuates all such getaways... what if we just never left?
COMPANY
Neil Gardner
Mary Roubos
Alex Nasdell
DIRECTOR
David Frias-Robles
Three strangers get stuck in a lift, will one make their meeting, will the other crash the wedding and will the other get the autograph he so desperately wants? A dark comedy where not everything is what it appears.
Claire Lacey
Kate Hawkins
Lizzie Coles
DIRECTOR
Julia Stubbs
Helena knows that something has been brewing and when her semi-estranged mother, Mona, calls her over to the house, she knows she won’t be able to ignore it, or her sister, Nina, any longer.
A story of female family, Irish mythology and feminine power.
COMPANY
Becky Black
Thomas Willshire
DIRECTOR
Conor Cook
Thinking five steps ahead: useful in Chess, awful in online dating.
FRIED
Rosie Twigg
Kathryn Bates
DIRECTOR
Lou Kendon Ross
Becca doesn’t want to be here. She doesn’t want to hear about your weird dream, and she definitely doesn’t want a needle stuck… there.
BY BETTINA PARIS
Bettina Paris
Tina Rizzo
DIRECTOR
Nicky Allpress
Krista lives in London. Pip lives in Malta. They’re sisters. They’re close. Even distance couldn’t drift them apart. To the world, their lives seem relatively normal. But a monkey has been on their backs for as long as they can remember, and now push has really come to shove. What happens when the dark cloud that has been hovering over them since forever, gives way to a huge storm?
Sisyphean Quick Fix is an authentic story about love, family & ‘the big, terrible thing.’
COMPANY
Katie Hart
Emma Zadow
DIRECTOR
Maria Messias Mendes
What if Heaven was a customer service support centre?
CONTACTLESS
COMPANY
Owen Jenkins
DIRECTOR
Harry Rowland
Molly Walker
DIRECTOR
Lauren Lambert Moore
In 2006, two physicists, Nielsen & Ninomya published a series of papers suggesting that the Higgs boson didn't want to be found.
Saoirse is worried - she doesn't want her and Eve to be found. In more ways than one.
COMPANY
Lizzie Coles
Jeryl Whitelock Burges
DIRECTOR
Jessica Millward
Lydia struggles to choose.
GETTING OUT TO GET IN
Luke Pierre
Elijah Holloway
DIRECTOR
Conor Cook
Card games, Patsy Clines and fried chicken. The unlikely triad of neccessities needed in order to get it out on a cold Dagenham night.
COMPANY
Sophie Gibbs
DIRECTOR
Maria Messias Mendes
Meet M, a thirty-something barista, bored of her day job and well…life. M is just trying to get through each day as it comes and is struggling with what her next move should be. Then one day, she suddenly connects with an unexpecting customer through music. I Think I’m In Love With Miley Cyrus is an one-hander, immersive comedy exploring human connection, self reflection and love.
COMPANY
Laura May Price
Jordy Lagbre
DIRECTOR
Hannah Lindstedt
This is not the first time that Joe and Emma have had sex. But they are also not a couple. A short and incomplete exploration of how we do intimacy, and what we mean by it.
Freya Evans
DIRECTOR
David Frias-Robles
"It’s been a few days now, since we last saw the sun. Are they still days without sunlight? I don’t know. Maybe that’s a question for a philosopher instead of a physicist. For me, it’s just a way to measure time - which out here, means nothing. Not really."
Amber is chasing the failing James Webb Telescope through space, but she can't seem to let go of what she's left behind.
COMPANY
Simon Grujich
Neil Gardner
Will Forester
DIRECTOR
Conor Cook
A farcical take on the state of the housing crisis in London.
Creative Director - Kelly Long
Peckham Fringe Subs
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