About This Event

Bringing scriptwriters & screenwriters together to read your work in progress, script-in-hand, for feedback & development. ArtyParti presents 'Sunderland Scratch #11' - bringing scriptwriters & screenwriters together to read your work in progress, script-in-hand, for feedback & development. Now onto our eleventh scratch event, we pleased to be hosting regular scratch nights in Sunderland, and we've seen the invaluable insight events like these can offer to writers on their work in progress. Come and join us to help keep scratch nights like this thriving! Both ticket options now include the opportunity to bring a friend or peer as an 'audience member' free of charge, as a 'plus 1'. For Writers: An opportunity to hear your writing read aloud (script in hand), and receive feedback on your scripts in progess. We're looking specifically for scripts for theatre, screen, and audio. (For poets or spoken-word, we would recommend looking at Sunderland's monthly poetry & spoken-word night King Ink and Poetical Outlaws, or checking out our other quarterly event, 'Writer's Unblock'.) Due to timings, writers' tickets are limited to 5 writers - this will allow us to work through everyone's scripts on the evening. (2 writers' tickets are remaining.) Writers, please send your work / extracts to JaySykesMedia@gmail.com by the end of Saturday 7th November 2026, so that we can share your script with our other writers & audience to read in advance. Please limit your writing to 10 pages of dialogue maximum - one script per writer. Each writer will receive feedback cards from other attendees, and have the chance to receive & discsuss verbal feedback after their reading. The reading and conversation will be recorded in audio, and sent to each writer after the event. Writers' tickets include a free +1 - you have the opportunity to bring a friend, fellow creative, or loved one as an 'audience member' free of charge, as a 'plus 1'. For Audience: A chance to enjoy unheard and unseen writing at an early stage, written by local writers. You'll have the opportunity to give feedback to the writers on their works in progress, and get a taste of the writing/re-drafting process, whilst having fun meeting members of Sunderland's creative community in the process. Audience tickets include a free +1 - you have the opportunity to bring a friend, fellow creative, or loved one as an 'audience member' free of charge, as a 'plus 1'. Place: Port Independent, Sunderland, SR1 1QD Please note - the main door will be closed - please use the side door, opposite the Joplings building. Date: Wednesday 11th November 2026 Time: 6pm - 9pm Price: £5 (+ VAT) Including a free +1 audience member or free for everyone who supports ArtyParti on Patreon as a 'Friend' or 'Bestie'.

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