Ink Festival 2024
Runs until Monday, 15 April 2024 (See all dates)
- Time
- 12:00 - 23:00
The 8th annual INK Festival takes place on April 11-14 in Halesworth, Suffolk. The festival will expand further across the town, creating more original performance spaces, and showcasing 70 new short plays for both stage and radio. These plays are chosen from nearly a thousand submissions reflecting the talent of both new as well as experienced writers, many from our region.
INK’s Youth Festival Day on April 15 once again provides an exclusive, unique and free opportunity for students to experience live theatre.
What sets the INK Festival apart is that every play is selected, cast and produced by INK. These original plays are all under 20 minutes. Each entry is read at least 5 times before a short list is formed. Directors then make their choices from this selection. INK casts the plays from auditions in Suffolk and London bringing together a team of more than 60 professional theatre practitioners.
This year the diverse submission categories include: A Play on a Bus, Planet INK, Cock Ups, Treasure and Radio Comedy creating a wide variety of relevant, entertaining and thought-provoking plays.
There are also a number of 5 -minute plays from some very special supporters – The INKredibles: John Boyne, Jon Canter, Christopher Douglas, Jan Etherington and Rachel Joyce.
Beyond the plays the festival boasts an exciting line-up of stand-up comedy, art, poetry, music, children’s programmes, fascinating talks, workshops, short new films and much more.
Sunday Funday (April 14) transforms the Market Square with street performers, music, stalls and food – an ideal free event for families to enjoy.
Luke Wright has curated a stunning line up of performance poets featuring James McDermott, Alice D’Lumiere, Martin Figura, Kate Fox and Elvis Mc Gonagall. Luke himself showcases his new show Joy on Saturday April 13. See more details about the poets HERE. All these events are included in your ticket for the relevant day.
There will be workshops to help you write better scripts, better comedy and better poetry! And special guests to enlighten you!
All these events are covered by the DAY ticket – prices from £25.00.
Day Tickets for students 16-25yrs £10.00. A carer ticket is available for free. Under 16yrs are free with an accompanying adult.
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The 8th annual INK Festival takes place on April 11-14 in Halesworth, Suffolk. The festival will expand further across the town, creating more original performance spaces, and showcasing 70 new short plays for both stage and radio. These plays are chosen from nearly a thousand submissions reflecting the talent of both new as well as experienced writers, many from our region.
INK’s Youth Festival Day on April 15 once again provides an exclusive, unique and free opportunity for students to experience live theatre.
What sets the INK Festival apart is that every play is selected, cast and produced by INK. These original plays are all under 20 minutes. Each entry is read at least 5 times before a short list is formed. Directors then make their choices from this selection. INK casts the plays from auditions in Suffolk and London bringing together a team of more than 60 professional theatre practitioners.
This year the diverse submission categories include: A Play on a Bus, Planet INK, Cock Ups, Treasure and Radio Comedy creating a wide variety of relevant, entertaining and thought-provoking plays.
There are also a number of 5 -minute plays from some very special supporters – The INKredibles: John Boyne, Jon Canter, Christopher Douglas, Jan Etherington and Rachel Joyce.
Beyond the plays the festival boasts an exciting line-up of stand-up comedy, art, poetry, music, children’s programmes, fascinating talks, workshops, short new films and much more.
Sunday Funday (April 14) transforms the Market Square with street performers, music, stalls and food – an ideal free event for families to enjoy.
Luke Wright has curated a stunning line up of performance poets featuring James McDermott, Alice D’Lumiere, Martin Figura, Kate Fox and Elvis Mc Gonagall. Luke himself showcases his new show Joy on Saturday April 13. See more details about the poets HERE. All these events are included in your ticket for the relevant day.
There will be workshops to help you write better scripts, better comedy and better poetry! And special guests to enlighten you!
All these events are covered by the DAY ticket – prices from £25.00.
Day Tickets for students 16-25yrs £10.00. A carer ticket is available for free. Under 16yrs are free with an accompanying adult.
Dates
The event runs from 12:00 to 23:00 on the following dates.
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