Examination of Resources for Writing for Performance

Something I found in my travels which I thought I might share. I'm reading the large report now... The Australia Council for the Arts has commissioned a report into the development of writing for performance across Australia. Script development is a process whereby writer/s are assisted by a dramaturg and/or director and sctors to scrutinise and improve a script intended for theatre production. A research project was commissioned by the Theatre Board of the Australia Council to examine script development organisations and survey programs in Australia theatre in 2005. The project aimed to: * Survey the resources currently available for the development of writing for perforamnce * Assess the strengths of these services and identify gaps * Examine best practice models in this area, both local and international, with particular focus on the institutional structures that support them * Make recommendations on how the Theatre Board's funds can best support the development of scripts for performance over the next five to ten years. For more information go to: http://www.ozco.gov.au/arts_resources/publications/script_development_report/