Cucumber Writers

Cucumber Writers are a group of emerging playwrights based in the West Midlands. Hear about our upcoming projects here.

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“One article caught my eye, the widow of a murder victim who found it in her to forgive and support the murderer. The dynamics of this situation fascinated me. There are so many leads from this one situation, so many what ifs?.”

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@CucumberTweets present - ‘A Blog Series: Our Best Writing Prompts’ #6 by Elizabeth Parkes

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Read our monthly series of blogs where we delve back in time to share each of our writers’ thoughts on what prompted them to write some of their best work!

Our sixth blog comes from Elizabeth Parkes who shares her story of finding inspiration after reading a newspaper;

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“I remember one day looking out of the window and watching the raindrops racing each other down the glass. I was inside, 13 years before anyone had heard of COVID-19, having my own personal lockdown.”

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Cucumber Writers present - ‘A Blog Series: Our Best Writing Prompts’ #5 by Angela Gallagher

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Read our monthly series of blogs where we delve back in time to share each of our writers’ thoughts on what prompted them to write some of their best work!

Our 5th blog comes from Angela who shares her lovely story of finding inspiration during a difficult time in her life;

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#TONIGHT! 8pm on our #CucumberWriters @YouTube channel it’s Night 3 of ‘Dark Horse’ our series of #ShortPlays performed in 2020 @DarkHorseMosele in #Birmingham Follow the link: https://t.co/7OlzY9uqMc #NewWriting #Theatre #Drama #WestMidlands

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Watch our final episode of ‘Dark Horse - Night 3’ debuting Mon 7th June 8pm. Follow the link: https://t.co/7OlzY9uqMc

Join us as we share 2more new #ShortPlays filmed @DarkHorseMosele #Birmingham 2020 & interact with us live using the comments feature #NewWriting #Theatre #Drama

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Featured plays are;

‘Chances’ by Amy Simcox and ‘Time May Change Me’ by @WGallagher

Directed by @louise17main

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Watch our final episode of ‘Dark Horse - Night 3’ debuting Mon 7th June 8pm. Follow the link: https://t.co/7OlzY9uqMc

Join us as we share 2more new #ShortPlays filmed @DarkHorseMosele #Birmingham 2020 & interact with us live using the comments feature #NewWriting #Theatre #Drama

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“As I began to write... all the old feelings, the creative juices came back and suddenly I found a part of myself that I thought was perhaps forever gone.”

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We present ‘A Blog Series: Our Best Writing Prompts’ #4 by Khush Chahal

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Our fourth blog comes from Khush Chahal who shares inspiration for her work with Graeae during the first lockdown when she was feeling that she may never write again.

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Remember to tune into our YouTube channel on Monday at 8pm for ‘Dark Horse - Night 2’ Link: https://t.co/SeTRjV4q3I #NewWriting #Theatre #Drama #WestMidlands #playwriting

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Happy #BankHolidayWeekend everyone! Watch ‘Dark Horse - Night 2’ Monday 10th May 8pm link https://t.co/SM1ONKbrYA

Join us as we share 2 more new short plays filmed @DarkHorseMosele #Birmingham 2020

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#NewWriting #Theatre #WestMidlands

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Happy #BankHolidayWeekend everyone! Watch ‘Dark Horse - Night 2’ Monday 10th May 8pm link https://t.co/SM1ONKbrYA

Join us as we share 2 more new short plays filmed @DarkHorseMosele #Birmingham 2020

#CucumberWriters https://t.co/5e48XRssCv​

#NewWriting #Theatre #WestMidlands

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Featured plays are;

‘Madonna of the Laundromat’ by Angela Gallagher
Starring Deborah McEwan

‘Customer Relations’ by Liz Parkes
Starring Lee Garrett, Lorna Meehan

Directed by Louise Marshall

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Dark Horse - Night 2 Monday 8pm via link https://t.co/SeTRjV4q3I

Join us as we share 2 more new short plays on the theme of Dark Horse filmed at the Dark Horse pub in #Birmingham before lockdown.

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#NewWriting #Theatre #WestMidlands

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including how an innocuous conversation with family members about bins became a prompt to write.

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#CucumberWriters present ‘A Blog Series: Our Best Writing Prompts’ #3 by Louise Marshall.

Follow the link: https://t.co/wkNjAbblq0

“Inspiration is as predictable and controllable as a butterfly.”

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Read our monthly series of blogs where we’ll be delving back in time to share each of our writers’ thoughts on what prompted them to write some of their best work!

Our 3rd blog comes from Louise Marshall who shares her inspiration for her work on our production ‘Case Histories’