The Right Twig

Young playwrights’ programme with Fighting Words Belfast and the Lyric Theatre.

Writers have to start somewhere, and playwrights have it the hardest: Scripts need lots of collaboration – not to mention performers and an audience – before they start to take shape. THE RIGHT TWIG will give 8 young people in Belfast (ages 14-18) the chance to write new pieces for the stage, and see professional directors and actors bring them to life. We’ll work from the foundations up – whether you’re trying play-writing for the first time or already love theatre and want to dive deeper. This is the first time Fighting Words and the Lyric have collaborated, and we can’t wait to get started.



THE RIGHT TWIG PROGRAMME (January – March 2019)

Starting in January 2019, RIGHT TWIG participants will take part in a series of workshops, learning about theatre straight from writers, directors, performers, designers, dramaturgs, and other creative professionals. In-depth writing workshops will help each writer develop a new play. These brand-new pieces will be performed as part of the Belfast Children’s Festival in a showcase on 10th March at the Lyric’s Naughton Studio.