Story Engine Birmingham
Join us at Story Engine Birmingham – a new stage to screen scratch night showcasing some of the best writing and acting talent in the West Midlands!
This is an exciting chance to see four short plays which shine a light on the brilliance of our city’s creative community.
Story Engine Birmingham aims to link the worlds of professional theatre and TV, providing opportunities and possible pathways into the growing West Midlands TV industry. Promoting skill sharing and networking, Story Engine Birmingham is an entertaining scratch night where talented local actors and writers can make industry connections.
So come along, and join the community!
Presented as part of Home & Horizons Festival.
Audience Comments
“It was such a fun night” Mrs R Tunda
“Such a great vibe” Mr Egg
“So great to see our local talent being shouted about” The Stirchley Gorilla
This event is supported by Birmingham Rep and Create Central.
Venue
Presented by
Story Engine Birmingham
Price
FREE Entry
Entry to this event is free, but tickets must be booked in advance.
Age Guidance
12+
Running Time
Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes without an interval.
Engineers
Engineers
Aimee Berwick
Aimee Berwick
Aimee is a performer, writer and musician.
Performing credits include: My Name is Leon (BBC2); Chase Tales Trail (Birmingham Rep/Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles); Jazz in the Jungle/ Oscar at the Opera/the Christmas Moon Cat (Joey Walter/Ning-ning Li); The Decision (Birmingham Opera Company), Bright Places workshops (Birmingham Rep).
Rae Mainwaring
Rae Mainwaring
Rae Mainwaring is a disabled Writer from Birmingham. She was part of The Rep‘s Foundry 2019 cohort and is an alumni of Graeae’s Beyond program and BBC writers room Cov voices.
In 2023, her play Bright Places won the Peggy Ramsay/Film4 bursary award. Her play, ‘The Last (plastic) Straw‘; written for young performers, was commissioned by the Playhouse project and performed in several regional theatres.
Rae has a series in early development for screen with Left Bank Pictures and has taken part in a Netflix writer’s room.
Tom Ward
Tom Ward
Technical Design
Clive Meldrum
Clive Meldrum
Previously at The Rep: Good For a Girl; Community; Love & Rebellion Festival; Order & Chaos Festival; Parklife; Uncommon Riches Festival; GrimeBoy; The Play What I Wrote; Sky Comedy Rep; Constructed; Blue/Orange; Stuff; Elephant; I Knew You; To Sir With Love; The Quiet House; The Rotters’ Club; Folk; Unknown Male; The Mother; Tweet Tweet; Respect; Cling To Me Like Ivy; Last Easter; How To Tell The Monsters From The Misfits; Bulletproof Soul; Looking For Yoghurt and Hopelessly Devoted.
Other theatre credits include: Bright Places (Carbon Theatre); Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan the Musical (BOA Group); Shrive, Faustus: That Damned Woman, Bad Roads, Serious Money, The Trojan Women, The Penolopiad, The Learning Lottery, How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, Byrthrite, Animal Farm, The Red Vial and The Visit (University of Birmingham).
As Associate Sound Designer: Counting & Cracking – UK tour (Belvoir), Family Tree – UK tour (Actors Touring Company), Rebel Music – (Middle Child Theatre/Birmingham Rep)
Audio work: Chase Tales Trail – Cannock Chase Heritage Trail audio walk (Cannock Chase Council & Birmingham Rep)
Clive is also a visiting lecturer at University of Birmingham and BOA Stage & Screen.