May 04
Those who were present at the writers meeting last Wednesday night were treated to a series of quite extraordinary performances. It was the Savage Club Script Night, and the members were asked to submit scripts of 1000 words to be performed on the night by the Savages themselves. There was a good turn out on …
Apr 17
On the 17th of March around 18 Savages descended on the bar of The Pack Horse in Leeds to celebrate the first ever Savage Club HOOT! The Hoot is an irregular meeting of both facets of the Savage Club (artists and writers) with the aim of sharing knowledge about local arts events, competitions, performances and …
Nov 04
This is a twisting tale by savage writer GJ Webster. The topic was picked out of a pile of writer’s ideas at a September savage meeting. Check out Forum pages on this site for other savage writers’ topics or if you want to get an idea of how an antipodean brain works, http://grailnotes.blogspot.com/ . The newspapers …
Oct 08
In August we told you about a play written by Savage Peter Etherington. It had been selected for performance in GI60‘s One Minute Play Festival, an annual event held jointly by the Viaduct Theatre, Dean Clough, Halifax and Brooklyn College, New York. GI60 is organised by Screaming Media. Each year they put on two sets …
Oct 05
This is a short story by Savage member GH MacDonald. It was written for a recent Writers’ Meet where the task was ‘The Sky at Night’. You can see lots more responses to this and other tasks on the Forum on this site. Also check out ghmacdonald.co.uk. Closure It has been the most perfect day …
Jun 08
Last Halloween I went to a night of spooky plays called G(hosts)i60 at the Viaduct Theatre, Dean Clough, Halifax. There were dozens of one-minute plays performed one after the other. It was very entertaining with some great stories and scary moments. And what was good was even if there was a play that wasn’t so …
May 30
There are lots of benefits to joining the Leeds Savages, but one of the most pertinent and ever enjoyable, is the chance to meet like-minded, imaginative people who have dreams and never say ‘never’. Get a lot of creative people together and jam them in one place and you’re bound to end up with a …
Mar 30
Date: Weds 6th April Time: 19:15 Venue: Pack Horse Inn (upstairs room), Pack Horse Yard, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 6AT, 0113 242 4810 The next Leeds Savage Writers’ meet will be on Wednesday 6th April in the upstairs room of the Packhorse Inn in Leeds city centre. The topic for this meet is The writing …
Mar 22
Leeds Savages Han Bisson and Pete Etherington have been getting out and about, and telling the world about their expeditions. Courtesy of the Culture Vulture, you can read Pete’s theatre review of Yes, Prime Minister here, and Han’s experience of Armagnac tasting here
Mar 17
Date: Weds 23rd March Time: 19:15 Venue: Pack Horse Inn (upstairs room), Pack Horse Yard, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 6AT, 0113 242 4810 The next Leeds Savage Writers’ meet will be on Wednesday 23rd March in the upstairs room of the Packhorse Inn in Leeds city centre. The topic for this meet is The writing …
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