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The Octagon is committed to developing new writing. We aim to give our audience the chance to see outstanding original work by Bolton writers.This event will give some of Bolton’s best local writers the chance to showcase their work and gain feedback.

Head of the Octagon New Writing department, Elizabeth Newman, will select the pieces and direct professional actors in an Octagon Studio performance.

Pieces selected for this event:

Keeping the Flame Alive – Lesley Strzalko
The Bitter Sweet Taste of Orange Peel – Rosie Adamson-Clark
My Tribute to Walt Whitman – Melanie C. Karopta
Lonely Hearts Snub/ In Search of My Better Half – Sally James
The Observer – Kath Kavanagh
Jehlita Blaze – Bill Brierley
The Things I Forgot – Phil Smith
Reflections – Raymond Dean
Mrs Craddock Benefits From Staff Training – Pat Turner
Industrial Anthem – Gaye Gerrard
A Magpie Called Frankie – Jolyon Coombs
The Lion and The Lamb – Rod Riesco
Love Lost – John Dawson
April in Paris – Carole Pickering
A Country Park – Eric W Tomlinson
When Beryl Met Albert – Bill Kenny
Always Something There to Remind Me – Dave Jones
Someone Else’s Shoes – Julie Ryle
The West Window - Jane Wilcock
Cast of Mind – Margaret Gilmour
A Winter’s Day…as Beautiful as You – Jeff Dawson
Washing the Glasses – Linda Ashworth
Similes of Absence – Saida Khan
Dilemma – June Eddowes
Screaming Snowflakes – Ria Amber Tesia
Oh J’adore – Joan Washbrook
A Bun in the Oven – Sally James
Meeting Grandma – Alan Markland
From a Midnight Train – Andy N
The Journey of Time and Life – Roland Bateson
Daniel – Sarah Dobbs
Nat of the Wanderers – Jeff Dawson
The Kiss - Thelma Hart