We aren’t able to offer everything to everyone, so we tailor next steps according to how closely the scripts meet our creative aims for new work at the Everyman.
If we’re interested in a particular script, that’s when we might offer time in the Writers’ Room and dramaturgy from our New Works Associate – to assess its potential for programming consideration.
More often, a script may not quite be right for our in-house programme, but the writer’s voice or approach excites us and we think there may be another way of working together. In these cases, we’ll arrange a meeting, perhaps signpost other pathways (e.g. Seed Commissions or Playwrights’ Programme), and take it from there.
Of course, all our decision-making is highly subjective, and there are many plays and writers which are completely brilliant, but just not quite right for us.