SSP@50
SSP@50
DURATION
2 years
DURATION
2 years
CLIENT
Scottish Society of Playwrights
CLIENT
Scottish Society of Playwrights
Project Management
Project Management
Digital Design
Digital Design
Communications
Communications
PROJECT OVERVIEW
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Scottish Society of Playwrights (SSP) is a membership organisation representing the interests of professional playwrights in Scotland.
The Scottish Society of Playwrights (SSP) is a membership organisation representing the interests of professional playwrights in Scotland.
The Challenge
The Challenge
In a quickly changing world, how can we ensure theatre in Scotland flourishes over the next 50 years and beyond?
In a quickly changing world, how can we ensure theatre in Scotland flourishes over the next 50 years and beyond?
my role
my role
I managed all aspects of the SSP@50 Project, including design and communications, from funding to final report. At the heart of SSP@50 were ten Fellowship Awards, awarded to writers across Scotland, from Shetland and North Uist, through Inverness and Aberdeen, down to Biggar. The project culminated in a major conference, held in person and online, bringing together playwrights, producers, and decision makers to discuss how the sector can work together for a healthy and stable future.
I managed all aspects of the SSP@50 Project, including design and communications, from funding to final report. At the heart of SSP@50 were ten Fellowship Awards, awarded to writers across Scotland, from Shetland and North Uist, through Inverness and Aberdeen, down to Biggar. The project culminated in a major conference, held in person and online, bringing together playwrights, producers, and decision makers to discuss how the sector can work together for a healthy and stable future.
the story
the story
Eighty-seven applications were received to the SSP@50 Fellowship Awards with submissions from 15 different Local Authorities. This represented over half of the professional playwrights in Scotland at the time. Within the anniversary year, SSP membership increased by more than 10% to over 200 professional playwrights. Six hundred plus audience members attended activities across the nation either in person or online. Audiences in rural areas truly embraced the work created by the SSP@50 Fellowship Awards, with 183 attending over three nights of live performance across South Lanarkshire, a showcase event on Orkney attracting 120 people, and a public reading of a new Gaelic work in progress attended by over 5% of the population of North Uist and Berneray. Most importantly, the project succeeded in creating a space for writers to experiment with ideas that ranged beyond conventional boundaries. Through this, new models of work were created, with the potential to re-ignite and re-imagine theatre in Scotland over the next fifty years.
Eighty-seven applications were received to the SSP@50 Fellowship Awards with submissions from 15 different Local Authorities. This represented over half of the professional playwrights in Scotland at the time. Within the anniversary year, SSP membership increased by more than 10% to over 200 professional playwrights. Six hundred plus audience members attended activities across the nation either in person or online. Audiences in rural areas truly embraced the work created by the SSP@50 Fellowship Awards, with 183 attending over three nights of live performance across South Lanarkshire, a showcase event on Orkney attracting 120 people, and a public reading of a new Gaelic work in progress attended by over 5% of the population of North Uist and Berneray. Most importantly, the project succeeded in creating a space for writers to experiment with ideas that ranged beyond conventional boundaries. Through this, new models of work were created, with the potential to re-ignite and re-imagine theatre in Scotland over the next fifty years.
