Tandem Theatre Collective - Jennifer Adam and Mhairi Quinn
From Scratch Night to Development to Commission – Yes It’s Possible!
Join playwright’s Jennifer Adam and Mhairi Quinn of Tandem Writing Collective for an inspirational session of how through hard work and dedication you can go from writing and performing self-funded scratch nights to receiving funding to developing and growing your scripts for performance and commission.
Tandem is a female led writing collective established and run by playwrights, Jennifer Adam, Amy Hawes and Mhairi Quinn. They travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow showcasing plays and linking up with grassroots theatremakers as they go. Tandem has new writing at its heart. The collective was formed to create and perform short, topical pieces of experimental theatre featuring live music, often composed specifically for individual productions by Dr Aaron McGregor. Since its inception in 2016 they have produced 58 short plays at 26 events including at 2 festivals, Formation Festival in Edinburgh and Rep Stripped in Dundee. In 2022 Tandem embarked on its biggest project to date - The Rock, Paper, Scissors Trilogy - developing three 20 minute plays into three 50 minute plays, performed script in hand at the Traverse in Edinburgh and the Tron in Glasgow in Spring 2023 and 2024. This project also included Tandem's first Musical!
One of Jennifer’s plays that was developed through Tandem - Ivor - was commissioned by Oran Mor’s Play, Pie, and a Pint as part of their Spring/Summer 2025 Programme. Jennifer is an award-winning Scottish Playwright. Her play Walk a Mile was one of five plays that won the Scottish Short Play Award in 2017.
Mhairi Quinn was selected by the BBC Writersroom for the ‘BBC Scottish Voices’ where she has been developing two comedy series pilots for TV. Mhairi also has a range of experience in writing for younger audiences and is part of ‘BBC Children’s New Voices Scheme.
Suitable for all creatives looking to develop work and networks
Members go Free
Non Members £15
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