WRITE IT : MIC IT

WRITE IT : MIC IT is Poleroid Theatre’s acclaimed, eclectic performance platform for the UK's best emerging and established Playwrights, Comedians, Spoken Word Artists and Sketch Groups.

Our nights are curated and hosted by Artistic Director Molly Roberts, and allow artists to try out new material to an audience right at the ground level of its development, in a supportive, generous and nurturing environment.

Poleroid have given opportunities to hundreds of artists since launching WRITE IT : MIC IT in 2012 and have been hosted at:

Paines Plough Roundabout

The Hackney Attic

Upstairs at the Ritzy

Vault Festival

Live Theatre Newcastle

Manchester Castle Hotel

Wilderness Festival

Standon Calling Festival

Edinburgh Fringe

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Interested in performing?

Drop us a line with a brief outline of your act / work and any example material to:

writeitmicit@poleroidtheatre.co.uk

“Doors that seemed shut will open with the correct combination of words. Your own words may not arrive easily or immediately but eventually, with stubbornness & sweat, they will appear.”

- Anne Bogart

WIMI

PRAISE

“Performing with Poleroid Theatre was one of the most informative experiences of my theatre career. I learnt that telling my story takes courage”

James Cooney (RSC/Bottleneck)

“It is an invaluable resource for writers and writer performers - it's an opportunity to crash test material in an intimate and relaxed environment, the audience fully briefed on what to expect and open to whatever you throw at them. It's a great place to explore new ideas that perhaps don't have a home yet and to experiment in new spaces that you otherwise wouldn't have a chance to perform in.

After last year's WIMI in Edinburgh, I decided to apply to take my new show to the venue we performed in, because I enjoyed the experience of performing there so much. I'm now booked in as a visiting company at that

venue (Paines Plough Roundabout) this year. Poleroid gave me a little foothold in that relationship as well as a chance to test out the space.”

Katie Bonna (Dirty Great Love Story/Soho Theatre)

“Write It: Mic It has a perfect audience for testing out new material”

Daniel Carpenter (Writer)

"My two poems first read at Write It : Mic It were published today”

David Marshall (Poet)

“Write it Mic it has been integral to my development as a writer and comedian over the past two years. Write It Mic It at Hackney Attic, where I first encountered it was a superbly run gig hosting a truly eclectic mix of fascinating, diverse and fiercely contemporary voices. The work on show was vivid, raw and held huge creative capital - Write It Mic It was to me a platform wherein new artists cut their teeth and found their voices. The audience was supportive, rapt, willing and it was packed to the rafters.

I did my first several gigs at Hackney attic with Molly and the experience of it was utterly invaluable. It was a safe space to try out new work and find my feet as the kind of creative I wanted to be. After performing an extract of my show LUNCH at Write It Mic It at the Paines Plough Roundabout at Summerhall in Edinburgh last year, my show was picked up for a full run at the Vault Festival 2016 where it sold out and won the Festival Spirit Award. It was then picked up for a full Edinburgh Fringe run this year at the Underbelly, Cowgate and has just been named in the New Current Magazine's top picks of the fringe."

Luke Courtier (Musical Comedy Award Finalist 2015)

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