Twenty artists share a new idea over two weeks. Maybe it's the first time it's ever been performed in front of an audience. Maybe it's a third draft. Maybe bits don't work yet. Maybe it's extraordinary. Live Drafts is about seeing the beginnings of shows before they're fully developed, and seeing what a show can look like before it becomes a show. Last year's First Drafts festival saw the very first outing of Company Three's The Act and the transformation tale A New And Better You - full-length shows that you can now see in our current season.
CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.