19 February 2013
This Friday, Try Something New at the Parabola Arts Centre, where the work on show will include staged readings of new writing by Jess Searle and Annabel Box – two third-year students at the University of Gloucestershire. Their…
29 October 2012
We think there’s no better creative writing programme in the country, and our recent graduates seem to agree: this year the Creative Writing BA at the University of Gloucestershire was one of few writing courses to achieve a…
23 October 2012
Paine’s Plough, the UK’s leading new writing company, is in Cheltenham on November 1st, as they seek to weave a theatrical tapestry of the UK. In towns across the country, Paine’s Plough have commissioned local playwrights to write…
4 September 2012
After a summer break, we’re back up and running. Here’s the first of many great local opportunities that we’ll be advertising between now and the end of the year: Paines Plough, the leading company for new writers, is…
5 April 2012
Those of you who are around over Easter may be interested in an upcoming event at the Parabola Arts Centre. Some of our Creative Writing students, third-years who are nearing the end of their course, are performing in…
7 March 2012
You are cordially invited to a performance of scripts in development at the Parabola Arts Centre this Friday (9th March). You will be treated to extracts from five plays (read script-in-hand), which have been written by third-year Dramatic…
27 February 2012
Playwrights from the University of Gloucestershire are inviting the public to staged readings of their work at The Parabola Arts Centre on Friday 9th March. Below, Claire Holland reports on their preparations: Last Friday, myself and my peers…
17 January 2012
‘Try Something New,’ a night of music and theatre at the Parabola Arts Centre, is a chance to see innovative performances in development, right here in Cheltenham. They say: ‘Each night has a handful of companies sharing work…